Marlon fumbles game-changing Malphite ult while Doublelift begs him to press R

One button, one job, one very confused tank.

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(Image via Marlon on Twitch)
TL;DR
  • Marlon hesitated on a clean Malphite ultimate during a creator tournament team fight against Jynxzi's team, casting it too late to matter.
  • Doublelift was audibly shotcalling, repeatedly telling Marlon to press R while the engage window was still open.
  • The clip took off because the opportunity was obvious, the instructions were clear, and the execution still fell apart.
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A clip from a recent League of Legends creator tournament is doing the rounds, and it stars Marlon, a Malphite ultimate, and a Doublelift slowly losing his mind.

The setup was textbook. Marlon’s team ran into Jynxzi’s squad in a team fight. Multiple enemies were stacked tightly together, exactly the kind of grouping Malphite is picked to punish. His ultimate, Unstoppable Force, sends him flying into a target spot and knocks up everyone in the area. It is one of the most iconic engage tools in the game.

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Doublelift saw the opening immediately and started calling it. “Press R.” “Use your ult.” “R, Marlon.” The instructions kept coming. Marlon did not press R.

He hesitated, appeared to glance down at his keyboard, and finally fired the ultimate well after the window had closed. The cast landed without catching the enemy team in any meaningful way. By the time Malphite arrived, the moment was over.

High impact ult

The event itself is a creator-focused League tournament built around streamers who do not main the game, with names like Tyler1, Doublelift, Dantes, LosPollos, Greek, and 6pek attached. It is not designed for clean, high-level play. It is designed for chaos, live coaching, and clips exactly like this one.

Some viewers speculated Marlon may have been using nonstandard keybinds, which would explain the delay when teammates yelled out default inputs. That part is unconfirmed. What is clear from the clip is that he had several chances to hit a multi-target engage and could not pull the trigger.

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