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Malphite

DifficultyLow
Role
Tank
Lane
SupportTop

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Latest Meta Stats

Support
S
Win Rate50.6%
Pick Rate9.4%#4
Ban Rate22.1%
Top (Solo)
A
Win Rate52.2%
Pick Rate4.8%#13
Ban Rate22.1%

Popular Malphite builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-08-26. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1Win rate 56.1%Picks 8,169

Heavy armor stack that punishes attackers

  • Iceborn Gauntlet
  • Thornmail
  • Frozen Heart
  • Force of Nature
  • Amaranth's Twinguard
  • Armored Advance

When you farm top yourself and enemy damage comes from basic attacks

Armor comes to 295 and Max Health to 1000. Thornmail returns (20 + 6% bonus AR + 1% bonus HP) magic damage to whoever strikes you with an attack, and puts 50% Grievous Wounds on enemy champions for 3 seconds when they hit you or you damage them. Frozen Heart's Chill lands for 3 seconds when basic-attack or magic damage passes either way, then drops enemy attack speed by 9% per stack, reaching 36% at four stacks. Armored Advance shaves 10% off damage taken from champion attacks.

Build 2Win rate 53.7%Picks 2,761

Support build that feeds the lane's farm to an ally

  • Relic Shield
  • Plated Steelcaps
  • Hollow Radiance
  • Iceborn Gauntlet
  • Amaranth's Twinguard
  • Banshee's Veil

When you play support and hand the lane's farm to your ally instead

Relic Shield is a support item: gold from your minion kills goes to the nearest ally, while Tribute pays you 65 gold and restores 20-80 HP. Hollow Radiance burns nearby enemies each second for 20-30 plus 1% bonus HP over 5 seconds while you are in combat. Banshee's Veil grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, on a 30 second cooldown.

The commentary is AI-written. It is cross-checked against this site’s item data and the official lane assignments before publishing.

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

1
2
3
1
Ult
1
1
3
Ult
3
3
2
Ult
2
2

Prioritize the skill with strong poke and Movement Speed steal, then level the skill that provides wave clear and Attack Speed reduction.

Malphite Skills

Granite Shield
Passive

Granite Shield

Shield 76 damage (11% maximumHP) after not taking damage for 8s ((Lv)).
Seismic Shard
Skill 1

Seismic Shard

8s
Launches a shard that deals 70 magic damage (70 + 45%AP), slowing the target by 15%, and hasting Malphite by 15% for 3s.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cost75808590
Base Damage70130190250
Slow15%20%25%30%
Thunderclap
Skill 2

Thunderclap

10s
Passive: Gains 10 AR (25%AR).
Active: For the next 6 seconds, attacks deal 20 physical damage (10 + 20%AP + 20%AR) in a cone. The first attack is empowered to deal 60 bonus physical damage (40 + 40%AP + 40%AR) to the target.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown10987
Armor25%30%35%40%
Base Damage10203040
Enhanced damage406080100
Ground Slam
Skill 3

Ground Slam

7s
Slams the ground, dealing 83 magic damage (60 + 45%AP + 45%AR) to nearby enemies and reducing their attack speed by 35% for 3s.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cost55606570
Base Damage60110160210
AS Reduction35%40%45%50%
Unstoppable Force
Ult

Unstoppable Force

75s
Charges to the target area, dealing 200 magic damage (200 + 90%AP) and knocking up nearby enemies for 1.5s.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3
Cooldown757065
Base Damage200300400

Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.2, as of 2026-08-25)

The site's latest patch is 7.2d, but these figures come from 7.2. The 8 champions adjusted since then — Yone, Jinx, Leona, Rumble, Nasus, Ryze, Jayce, Nidalee — no longer match the live game.

Official ratings
Damage1/3
Survivability3/3
Utility1/3
Difficulty1/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

1
Health690LV15 2370
Mana345LV15 919
Attack Damage58LV15 108.4
Armor49LV15 109.2
Magic Resist38LV15 66
Movement Speed340

Critical damage is 175% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Malphite Strengths

  • Ult can decide a teamfight with a single engage
  • High armor makes him very sturdy against AD-heavy comps

Malphite Weaknesses

  • ×Pressure drops sharply while Ult is on cooldown
  • ×Vulnerable to sustained magic damage that burns through his MR and HP

Early Game

In the early lane, trade by poking with Skill 1 and using its movement speed bonus. Mana runs out fast, so do not waste casts. Step forward to collect CS once the passive shield has come back.

Mid Game

Learning Ult at Level 5 raises your kill pressure a step. Whenever Ult is ready, do not cling to the lane; join your jungler's ganks and roams to stack kills.

Late Game

Late game, do not split-push alone; move with the team and look for the teamfight. The moment Flash and Ult are both up is when you can decide the game.

Teamfights

Set your sights on the enemy backline (ADC and mages) and engage without hesitation. Knock up several enemies with Ult and create a spot where your team deals damage freely.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Holding Ult or hitting the wrong target

From Level 5 on, hesitating with Ult at a kill chance is a mistake to avoid. So is spending it on a single tanky front-liner. The goal is to knock up several squishy carries (ADC and mages) at once. Use ambushes from out of vision and Flash combos to reach the backline with your engage.

Malphite Combos

Basic Harass

The standard laning trade: slow with Skill 1, then cut their attack speed with Skill 3.

1
3
2
AA

Full Combo

Initiate the fight with Ult, then chain Skill 3, Skill 1 and Skill 2.

Ult
3
1
2
AA

Champions Malphite struggles against (reader votes)

↑ loses the matchup / ↓ not really

Gwen
Vladimir

Malphite Patch History

Malphite
MalphitePatch 6.3c
Buff
Base Stats Base AD increased Ground Slam Base damage increased Attack speed reduction increased Malphite clears waves with basic attacks and Ground Slam, so extra base AD goes straight into steadier last-hitting. Ground Slam gains both damage and a stronger attack speed cut, letting Malphite blunt an aggressive attacker while trading back. Lanes where he simply gets shoved under tower should be less common.

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