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Malphite Top build & stats

TankMage A 1,695 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
51.4%
Pick rate
6.3%
Ban rate
13.1%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
All divisions Challenger no data Grandmaster no data Master Diamond no data Emerald no data Platinum no data Gold no data Silver no data Bronze no data Iron no data
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire Aegis
2,800 gold
Thornmail
Thornmail
2,450 gold
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
2,500 gold
7,750 gold
91.7% WR 12 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
1,200 gold
55.8% 147 games

Runes

Resolve Resolve + Sorcery Sorcery
51.7% WR
29 games · 2% pick
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying

Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
50.3% 177 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Malphite

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Malphite wins 51.4% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (1,695 games).
  • Most common core: Kaenic Rookern → Sunfire Aegis → Thornmail — 49% win rate over 134 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 71% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Quinn (77% over 13 games). Hardest: Poppy (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Malphite is an early-game champion: 54% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 45% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire Aegis
Thornmail
Thornmail
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart
91.7% WR
12 games · 1% pick
Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire Aegis
Thornmail
Thornmail
36.4% WR
11 games · 1% pick
Sunfire Aegis
Sunfire Aegis
Thornmail
Thornmail
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen
100.0% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
55.8% WR
147 games · 9% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
34.5% WR
29 games · 2% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
46.2% WR
13 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Abyssal Mask Abyssal Mask
 85.7% 0% (7)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 85.7% 0% (7)
Unending Despair Unending Despair
 66.7% 0% (6)
Thornmail Thornmail
 65.6% 4% (61)
Hollow Radiance Hollow Radiance
 61.5% 2% (26)
Frozen Heart Frozen Heart
 59.1% 4% (66)
Zeke's Convergence Zeke's Convergence
 58.3% 1% (24)
Sunfire Aegis Sunfire Aegis
 55.6% 6% (108)
Randuin's Omen Randuin's Omen
 47.6% 1% (21)
Jak'Sho, The Protean Jak'Sho, The Protean
 46.2% 2% (26)
Malignance Malignance
 44.7% 3% (47)
Kaenic Rookern Kaenic Rookern
 39.5% 3% (43)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
50.0% WR
46 games · 3% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Sorcery Sorcery
51.7% WR
29 games · 2% pick
Grasp of the Undying Shield Bash Conditioning Overgrowth Manaflow Band Transcendence
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
40.0% WR
20 games · 1% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 48.3%9% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 51.9%3% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 33.3%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 50.3%10% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 45.7%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PGranite Shield

    Malphite is shielded by a layer of rock which absorbs damage up to 10% of his maximum Health. If Malphite has not been hit for a few seconds, this effect recharges.

  • QSeismic Shard

    Malphite sends a shard of the earth through the ground at his foe, dealing damage upon impact and stealing Move Speed for 3 seconds.

  • WThunderclap

    Malphite attacks with such force that it creates a sonic boom. For the next few seconds, his attacks create aftershocks in front of him.

  • EGround Slam

    Malphite slams the ground, sending out a shockwave that deals magic damage based on his Armor and reduces the Attack Speed of enemies for a short duration.

  • RUnstoppable Force

    Malphite launches himself to a location at high speed, damaging enemies and knocking them into the air.