Malphite
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NABans, presence and fearless: Malphite across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 9.3%picked in 245 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 11.4%224 bans over 1,958 games, against 16.7% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
- How to play itArcane Comet, then Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 98% of top laners.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 11.6%
- SoloQ
- 16.7%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.1 min
- SoloQ
- 28 min
How to play it?
Arcane Comet, then Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesArcane Comet70% · 11,769
SpellsFlash + Teleport77% · 12,935
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Sunfire Aegis
- Frozen Heart
- Kaenic Rookern
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 98% of top laners.
- Absorbs damagetop2%1,798 · top laners: 970
- Lets allies carry killstop6%rank 94 of 100
- Plays teamfightstop8%59% · top laners: 53%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Frontline
- Teamfight
- Lets allies carry
- CC
Like other top laners
- Damage in mid game
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 82 in lane, 43 in mid game and 14 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 96% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 82 of 100 among top laners665 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 43 of 100 among top laners848 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 14 of 100 among top laners953 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 4 of 100 among top laners-691 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 4 of 100 among top laners-1,025 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 98 of 100 among top laners1,798 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 93 of 100 among top laners59% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 9 of 100 among top laners21% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 94 of 100 among top lanersrank 94 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 76 of 100 among top laners1.1 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 38 of 100 among top laners20% · median 20%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Gnar22 games—SoloQ: 60.3% · 438 g
- Ambessa14 games—SoloQ: 53.5% · 372 g
- Renekton14 games—SoloQ: 48.9% · 317 g
- Aatrox13 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 492 g
- Mordekaiser11 games—SoloQ: 44.1% · 431 g
- Sion7 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 267 g
- Urgot6 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 258 g
- Zaahen6 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 216 g
- Olaf5 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 163 g
- Jarvan IV19 games—SoloQ: 55.5% · 532 g
- Wukong16 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 780 g
- Vi12 games—SoloQ: 56.8% · 266 g
- Nocturne9 games—SoloQ: 53.4% · 266 g
- Skarner9 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 112 g
- Lee Sin7 games—SoloQ: 55.2% · 776 g
- Lillia7 games—SoloQ: 42.9% · 392 g
- Xin Zhao7 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 192 g
- Zaahen6 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 71 g
- Syndra21 games—SoloQ: 54.9% · 607 g
- Viktor17 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 710 g
- Ahri14 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 743 g
- Aurora7 games—SoloQ: 55.2% · 241 g
- Hwei7 games—SoloQ: 52.1% · 307 g
- Mel7 games—SoloQ: 51.0% · 96 g
- Yone7 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 898 g
- Galio6 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 413 g
- Lissandra6 games—SoloQ: 53.1% · 369 g
- Orianna6 games—SoloQ: 55.5% · 274 g
- Xerath6 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 330 g
- Vex5 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 245 g
- Caitlyn18 games—SoloQ: 55.0% · 905 g
- Ashe15 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 535 g
- Yunara15 games—SoloQ: 53.2% · 1,239 g
- Jhin13 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 1,494 g
- Jinx12 games—SoloQ: 52.9% · 1,484 g
- Tristana9 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 911 g
- Varus7 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 213 g
- Aphelios6 games—SoloQ: 54.0% · 630 g
- Lucian6 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 695 g
- Miss Fortune6 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 399 g
- Xayah6 games—SoloQ: 47.5% · 377 g
- Sivir5 games—SoloQ: 48.2% · 330 g
- Lulu20 games—SoloQ: 51.4% · 1,057 g
- Nautilus18 games—SoloQ: 54.5% · 824 g
- Seraphine11 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 515 g
- Braum10 games—SoloQ: 55.0% · 511 g
- Karma10 games—SoloQ: 53.8% · 528 g
- Rell10 games—SoloQ: 46.3% · 417 g
- Bard9 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 414 g
- Alistar8 games—SoloQ: 43.5% · 604 g
- Milio8 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 486 g
- Leona7 games—SoloQ: 47.6% · 643 g
- Rakan6 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 356 g
- Nami5 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 941 g
- Yuumi5 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 523 g
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+3.3%14,391 picks of 431,266ban 16.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments3.7%135 picks of 3,686ban 11.6% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.9%19 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
