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League of Legends Champion MalphiteMalphite is in the a tier of champions

Malphite

TankFighter
Malphite is a tankRoletank
DifficultyEasy
Power SpikeMid-Game
Granite Shield abilityp
Seismic Shard abilityq
Thunderclap abilityw
Ground Slam abilitye
Unstoppable Force abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Malphite Build

based on 75,645 matches
Win Rate
51.5 %
Pick Rate
8.7 %
Ban Rate
12.3 %

How We Come Up with Our Malphite Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Malphite build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Malphite builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Malphite core items and runes for any situation.

Malphite Build Summary

Malphite is a pretty good top lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Sorcery Domination. Incorporating the highlighted runes shown below into your Malphite build will give you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Malphite players should start by leveling up his w ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Malphite

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Cloth ArmorHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Plated SteelcapsSheen

Core Malphite Items

~22 Mins
Iceborn GauntletSunfire AegisFimbulwinterPlated Steelcaps

Optional Items

Gargoyle StoneplateFrozen HeartAbyssal MaskThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Malphite to level upw
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Second ability for Malphite to level upe
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Last skill for Malphite to max outq

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
DominationSudden ImpactUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceArmorArmor
Malphite's passive ability p
Malphite's q ability q
Malphite's w ability w
Malphite's e ability e
Malphite's ultimate ability r
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W
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R
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Malphite Matchups Overview

Malphite is Weak Against

Dr. MundoDr. Mundo43.6% winrateCho'GathCho'Gath43.9% winrateSionSion44.3% winrateSingedSinged45.1% winrate

Malphite is Strong Against

QuinnQuinn59.5% winrateTryndamereTryndamere58.2% winratePantheonPantheon58.2% winrateK'SanteK'Sante56.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss Fortunebottom+ 54.4% 7611 GamesAkshanmiddle+ 55.5% 1051 GamesRek'Saijungle+ 55.6% 1027 GamesGaliosupport+ 59.3% 204 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Malphite Players

Tips and Tricks

Malphite is an extremely tanky champion with high armor and sustainability. Get armor and health items to further improve his sustain.

Use his ultimate, Unstoppable Force, to initiate teamfights and knock their entire team into the air.

Additional Malphite Build Insights

League of Legends Malphite players may find him to be a challenging character to build out properly. You'll notice that his build is modified when he is fighting either well-rounded or specialized team compositions, demonstrating you should not take the same Malphite build every round of League of Legends

The most critical items to incorporate into your champion's build include: Iceborn Gauntlet, Sunfire Aegis, and Fimbulwinter. Those who included these items in their builds had a significantly better winrate than those who went for other builds for Malphite. Likewise, if you are trying to beat a mixed enemy team comp, you should really consider grabbing him the Sorcery, and Domination runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest fraction of his matches when built with these runes.

We came up with our Malphite build suggestions by analyzing 75,645 recently ranked LoL games with him selected. We only recommend the best winrate Malphite builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to advise them. With so many matches in our data, we are confident in our provided builds.