2011-02-21, 09:36 PM
>Pineapple' Wrote:AP/ Hybrid morde> tank morde.
Or in case you're unable to not immediately
or 
everything in sight that's out of your familiarity range, or actually do some research and theorycrafting...Mordekaiser has a shield system. That much should be obvious to you. Mordekaiser charges his shield based on how much magic damage he deals, which in turn allows Mordekaiser to absorb damage from his foes. In order to deal more magic damage to charge his shield more, he has a few options: hit more stuff with his abilities, hit more often, and/or hit harder. AP allows Mordekaiser to hit harder, letting him charge his shield at ridiculous rates even if there's only two or three people around. Obviously he'll be destroyed in seconds if he doesn't have any survivability outside of his shield, since the shield has a pretty low maximum capacity. That's where the Armor and MR come in.
Malphite has a somewhat different story in that Armor benefits one of his skills, and his Q allows Malphite to harass pretty well in addition to aiding temporary kiting or running. His ultimate is on a 1:1 AP ratio as well.
Wait, why does that Amumu have Rabadon's? Hmm???