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

Malphite

Tank Fighter
Malphite is a tank Role tank
Difficulty Easy
Power Spike Mid-Game
Granite Shield ability p
Seismic Shard ability q
Thunderclap ability w
Ground Slam ability e
Unstoppable Force ability r
Stats Build Counters
Runes
Synergies
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Malphite Build

based on 29,181 matches
Win Rate
49.4 %
Pick Rate
4.9 %
Ban Rate
3.4 %

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 a decent top lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Resolve Inspiration. Including the highlighted runes shown below into your Malphite build will provide you the additional stats to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Malphite players should focus on leveling up his q ability first.

Best Build for Malphite

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalPlated Steelcaps

Core Malphite Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisFrozen HeartRanduin's OmenPlated Steelcaps

Optional Items

Gargoyle StoneplateDemonic EmbraceAbyssal MaskRabadon's Deathcap

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Malphite to level up q
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Second ability for Malphite to level up e
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Last skill for Malphite to max out w

Runes

Resolve Grasp of the Undying DemolishConditioningOvergrowth
Inspiration Magical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
AttackSpeed Armor Armor
Malphite's passive ability p
Malphite q ability q
Malphite w ability w
Malphite e ability e
Malphite's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Malphite Matchups Overview

Malphite is Weak Against

Illaoi Illaoi 41% winrate Mordekaiser Mordekaiser 43.1% winrate Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo 43.6% winrate Cho'Gath Cho'Gath 44.4% winrate

Malphite is Strong Against

Kennen Kennen 61.7% winrate Pantheon Pantheon 60.7% winrate Jayce Jayce 59% winrate Tryndamere Tryndamere 56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Kog'Maw Kog'Maw + 52.1% 863 Games Maokai Maokai + 53.8% 208 Games Jax Jax + 55.6% 180 Games Heimerdinger Heimerdinger + 56.8% 176 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 could find him to be a confusing champ to build out properly. You will see that his build changes when he is up against either generic or specialized team compositions, indicating you shouldn't choose the same Malphite build every single round of League of Legends

The most critical items to include in your champion's build are: Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Randuin's Omen. Players who added these pieces in their builds had a significantly better winrate than those who worked towards other Malphite builds. Similarly, if you are trying to beat a mixed enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Resolve, and Inspiration runes. In recent matches, he won the largest number of his rounds when equipped with these runes.

We established our Malphite build recommendations by analyzing 29,181 recently ranked LoL matches with him selected. We only advise the best winrate Malphite builds that were built by ranked gamers enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many rounds in our data, we are very confident in our provided builds.