Malphite
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regionsBans, presence and fearless: Malphite across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.
- Pick
- 10.8%picked in 3,095 of 28,542 games
- Ban
- 16.2%3,733 bans over 23,108 games, against 14.4% in soloQ
Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 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 tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLength
- 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 85% of top laners.Frontline
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftTaken at any point of the series.
What changes in tournaments?
4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- Win rateWins less in amateur play
- Amateur
- 49.2%
- SoloQ
- 51.1%
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 4.4%
- SoloQ
- 3.2%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 16.5%
- SoloQ
- 14.4%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.1 min
- SoloQ
- 27.3 min
How to play it?
Arcane Comet, then Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build 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 85% of top laners.
- Absorbs damagetop15%1,341 · top laners: 970
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
Like other top laners
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Plays teamfights
- Lets allies carry kills
- Crowd control (CC)
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 85 in lane, 33 in mid game and 42 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 90% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 85 of 100 among top laners669 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 33 of 100 among top laners834 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 42 of 100 among top laners1,057 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 10 of 100 among top laners-513 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 10 of 100 among top laners-667 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 85 of 100 among top laners1,341 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 70 of 100 among top laners55% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 20 of 100 among top laners24% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 74 of 100 among top lanersrank 74 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 71 of 100 among top laners1 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 26 of 100 among top laners19% · 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.
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.
- Gnar32 games59.4%gap +9.2 ptsSoloQ: 57.7% · 1,884 g
- Dr. Mundo16 games—SoloQ: 45.4% · 1,629 g
- Ambessa13 games—SoloQ: 54.1% · 1,293 g
- Sylas11 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 2,923 g
- Jayce9 games—SoloQ: 56.9% · 4,947 g
- Aatrox8 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 1,533 g
- Gwen8 games—SoloQ: 45.9% · 854 g
- Renekton8 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 1,160 g
- Kennen6 games—SoloQ: 53.5% · 811 g
- Mordekaiser6 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 1,375 g
- Nasus6 games—SoloQ: 46.9% · 1,311 g
- Jayce5 games—SoloQ: 56.9% · 4,947 g
- Lee Sin17 games—SoloQ: 52.6% · 4,533 g
- Wukong17 games—SoloQ: 48.9% · 2,295 g
- Vi16 games—SoloQ: 55.2% · 1,298 g
- Xin Zhao13 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 893 g
- Jarvan IV12 games—SoloQ: 53.2% · 2,246 g
- Nocturne9 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 812 g
- Trundle8 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 171 g
- Shyvana7 games—SoloQ: 52.8% · 992 g
- Viego7 games—SoloQ: 53.6% · 2,403 g
- Jayce6 games—SoloQ: 54.1% · 1,371 g
- Sejuani6 games—SoloQ: 46.2% · 489 g
- Cho'Gath5 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 1,171 g
- Graves5 games—SoloQ: 51.1% · 2,625 g
- Qiyana5 games—SoloQ: 52.1% · 3,115 g
- Skarner5 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 449 g
- Ahri16 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 2,785 g
- Orianna14 games—SoloQ: 52.9% · 1,207 g
- Viktor14 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 2,659 g
- Syndra13 games—SoloQ: 53.0% · 2,617 g
- Akali10 games—SoloQ: 53.7% · 1,752 g
- Aurora8 games—SoloQ: 50.1% · 1,060 g
- Hwei7 games—SoloQ: 51.5% · 1,228 g
- Sylas7 games—SoloQ: 46.8% · 2,082 g
- Ryze6 games—SoloQ: 52.4% · 700 g
- Taliyah6 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 786 g
- Twisted Fate6 games—SoloQ: 50.5% · 2,089 g
- Xerath6 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 1,104 g
- Yone6 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 2,855 g
- Lux5 games—SoloQ: 47.6% · 801 g
- Veigar5 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 628 g
- Yasuo5 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 2,586 g
- Yunara22 games—SoloQ: 52.2% · 4,671 g
- Jhin19 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 6,070 g
- Caitlyn18 games—SoloQ: 53.9% · 3,370 g
- Ezreal18 games—SoloQ: 52.9% · 3,275 g
- Kai'Sa14 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 4,930 g
- Ashe13 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 1,509 g
- Jinx13 games—SoloQ: 51.5% · 4,393 g
- Xayah12 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 1,980 g
- Sivir9 games—SoloQ: 52.2% · 1,166 g
- Lucian8 games—SoloQ: 52.4% · 2,473 g
- Smolder8 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 657 g
- Tristana8 games—SoloQ: 51.5% · 3,438 g
- Miss Fortune5 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 1,310 g
- Varus5 games—SoloQ: 48.9% · 1,009 g
- Zeri5 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 2,019 g
- Leona20 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 2,464 g
- Nautilus19 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 3,607 g
- Lulu18 games—SoloQ: 53.2% · 4,607 g
- Braum16 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 2,039 g
- Karma12 games—SoloQ: 51.5% · 2,257 g
- Seraphine12 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 1,486 g
- Alistar9 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 2,461 g
- Rakan9 games—SoloQ: 50.5% · 1,710 g
- Rell9 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 1,878 g
- Thresh9 games—SoloQ: 49.4% · 4,705 g
- Bard8 games—SoloQ: 52.2% · 2,086 g
- Milio8 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 1,657 g
- Yuumi8 games—SoloQ: 56.2% · 1,796 g
- Blitzcrank7 games—SoloQ: 50.4% · 2,580 g
- Nami7 games—SoloQ: 51.0% · 2,419 g
Ban it or pick it?
Taken at any point of the series.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+3.2%61,424 picks of 1,927,723ban 14.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments4.4%1,773 picks of 40,028ban 16.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.8%19 picks of 2,238bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20

