Malphite
BY Reverend Z
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Season 6 [6.8] Malphite Guide
Malphite
BY Reverend Z
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The standard Skill order R>E>Q>W, start E, get W @ level 2 and Q @ level 3, if you're laning against a ranged matchup (
or 
) then you max your Q first, just be careful with how you spend your mana.
Items Back to Top
Starting Items
Core Items
Situational Items
- Really good on Malphite, helps you push lane, gives you health, armor and some extra damage and it's cheap, always rush this vs AD.
- Glacial shroud is a great item early game, armor + cdr + some mana for just 1000g, you can also use to build either a 
or a 
depending on what you need.
- This boots is really cheap (900g) gives you CDR and lower CD on 
, really good if you like to cap CDR early.
- Swiftness has become really popular in pro play, junglers, supports and top laners are all buying this boots, while it does not give any defensive stat, the movespeed and slow reduction make up for that plus it's one of the cheapest boots right now. - Gives you good damage, some tankiness and CDR, the AOE slow also really helps against hard to catch ADCs (
, 
, 
)
- DMP is a good alternative for 
if the enemy team has no crit users or if you just want some extra bit of damage, as for the slow I think Randuin's slow is better 'cause it's AOE, the movespeed is good but you don't really need it since you can just ult their faces if you're getting kited.
- AP, MR and MR reduction aura, a good damage option for Malphite, especially if you have an allied who also benefits from de MR reduction.MISC. OPTIONS
- Chalice early allows you to spam 
, you can upgrade later to have extra damage and CD but I don't really recommend unless you're going for a heavy damage build.
- I used to rush Haunting Guise + Sorc Shoes all the time back at S3, I'd say go for it if you want damage, if you have Magic Pen runes with these items you can basically do true damage to anyone with your spells (which have a lot of base damage).
- I've seen a lot of 
go for this item, the 
and 
portion are good on him but he doens't make best use of crit and attack speed from 
, the overall item is also really expensive (3800g), you could buy a and a with less gold, I'd say go for instead.
- It's okay for full AP Malph, otherwise, stay away from this.
- This is actually really good for splitpushing, just promote a minion then join your team.
- Zz'rot gives a lot of map pressure, you can go on a side lane and let your voidlings push the, it will give you gold and most likely pull someone to clear the wave, which allows your team to get objectives arourd the map.
- I'd say to stay away from this item.Matchups Back to Top
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AatroxMedium -
AkaliMedium -
CassiopeiaHard -
Cho'GathMedium -
DariusMedium -
DianaHard -
Dr. MundoHard -
EkkoHard -
FioraMedium -
FizzHard -
GalioHard -
GangplankMedium -
GarenEasy -
GnarMedium -
HecarimMedium -
HeimerdingerHard -
IllaoiMedium -
IreliaMedium -
Jarvan IVMedium -
JaxMedium -
JayceMedium -
KarmaHard -
KayleHard -
KennenMedium -
LissandraMedium -
LuluMedium -
MaokaiMedium -
NasusHard -
OlafMedium -
PantheonMedium -
PoppyMedium -
QuinnHard -
RenektonHard -
RengarMedium -
RivenMedium -
RumbleHard -
RyzeHard -
ShenEasy -
ShyvanaMedium -
SingedMedium -
SionHard -
SwainHard -
Tahm KenchHard -
TeemoHard -
TrundleMedium -
TryndamereEasy -
UdyrMedium -
VayneHard -
VladimirMedium -
VolibearEasy -
WukongHard -
YasuoMedium -
YorickHard -
ZacHard
VS
Aatrox
Medium
He can poke you down with 
and has to much sustain for you to deal with him, max 
and don't fight him until you have and 
is good against him.
VS
Akali
Medium
You can't really do much against her, just farm,try not to die and get early MR, take 
cause she will probably try to roam a lot.
Optional: Max 
and get early to keep poking her and keep her at low health.
and get early to keep poking her and keep her at low health.VS
Cassiopeia
Hard
Total cancer at top lane, just sit back and farm, Max and try to avoid her shit.
VS
Cho'Gath
Medium
You can't kill him, but he can kill you, get some health and MR then farm and group up with your team, you're better than him at teamfights.
take 
VS
Darius
Medium
Rush and you should be fine, don't trade with him early, his 
is stronger than your
VS
Diana
Hard
You can't do much against her without jungle help, sit back and farm, try not to get hit by her 
.
VS
Dr. Mundo
Hard
Avoid his 
and don't try to fight him without your jungler, he outdamage and outtanks you.
Pick if no one on your team has it.
VS
Ekko
Hard
He's a pain to lane against, his 
is really slow so it's easy to avoid, try not to get stunned by his 
and don't go for long trades against him after 6 since he can just 
and probably kill you.
VS
Fiora
Medium
Don't fight her early on and try not to get poked by her 
, once you get 2 items you should be fine against her, just be careful of how you use your 
since she can easily block it with her 
.
VS
Fizz
Hard
Seriously, why people play him top lane, get some MR and try to grab as much CS as possible without dying to him, also, keep track of his E 
CD, otherwise he'll just laugh at you when you try to him.
VS
Galio
Hard
easily beats in lane, he gets too tanky and deals too much damage for him, get a early and get as many CS as you can.
VS
Gangplank
Medium
Avoid his 
and get a somewhat early (3rd or 4th item).
VS
Garen
Easy
Rush and don't get too low on life, otherwise he can 
your ass.
VS
Gnar
Medium
can be a real pain if you don't know how to deal with him, against him I'd say rush a and max , use your Q to chase him and force his 
which has a really high CD, he has to play passive without it, if he's about to transform, just backoff and wait for it to go away, if you manage to get him low on Miniform you can easily him for easy kill.
VS
Hecarim
Medium
Don't fight him early, if he snowballs he will dominate the game so just farm for your and don't give him any advantage.
VS
Heimerdinger
Hard
God save you my friend, just try to grab as much CS as you can, this lane is unwinnable without jungle help.
VS
Illaoi
Medium
Don't fight close to her tentacles, that's what she wants so she can maximize her damage, she'll usually go near one of her tentacles when she wants to 
you, if she does land her E on you, your best option is fight her since this will reduce the amount of time she has to hit your soul, if you her and avoid her 
she can't do much against you. Remember to not group up on her, otherwise she just kill you whole team with 
VS
Irelia
Medium
She outdamage you early and has a stronger mid game than yours, max and just farm, if she jumps you with her 
on, E-Q her and walk away. Once you get some health and a it becomes easier for you, grab some MR (
) if she goes for the 
build.
VS
Jarvan IV
Medium
He can snowball on you early by poking you with 
until you get low enough so he can all in you, if he does get ahead, you're f***ed, he shreds your armor and can tank your damage with 
and can also force your with his 
, play safe early until you get tanky enough.
VS
Jax
Medium
Jax has really good mixed damage, but most of his damage is AA based, max + should be enough to not get killed by him.
VS
Jayce
Medium
He'll use his ranged advantage to try to kill you early, your doens't do much against him, so max your and maybe go for a so you can easily catch up to him.
VS
Karma
Hard
I rarely see her top and when I do I usually not , but if you happen to get this matchup, you're gonna have a bad time, constant poke, can easily kite you with all her spells and can outsustain your damage pretty easily with a 
+
+
. Rush and 
or 
if you wanna be able to lane against her.
VS
Kayle
Hard
This is a free lane for 
, I'd say don't pick Malphite against her but if you have to face her, just sit back in exp range and try to get as much CS as you can.
VS
Kennen
Medium
Similar to , is a pain to deal with if you don't know how to play against, he'll try to poke you with AAs and 
+
, max your , go for a early ++
with some magic pen runes, everytime he goes for AA you, just Q his face and walk away, repeat this until he's low enough for you to chase him with and you can get a easy kill with +, Kennen player usually like to rush which is the worst option against you.
VS
Lissandra
Medium
Similar to , but she has more CC
VS
Lulu
Medium
Similar to , but she's harder to kill and is more cancerous.
VS
Maokai
Medium
Grab some early MR ( or ) and just farm, It's hard to kill him, but he can't kill you either, watch out for jungle ganks tho, since 
can easily 
your ass for a easy gank.
VS
Nasus
Hard
This is a really passive matchup, which is why is favored for 
since he can freely stack his 
, If you go tank, you can't kill him without jungle help, if you go damage he can easily kill you if he stacked enough.
VS
Olaf
Medium
You can't fight him until you have 2 or 3 items, so try not to die to him early otherwise he'll snowball out of control.
VS
Pantheon
Medium
Play passive till 6 and ask your jungler to gank, 
has no escapes, if you him your jungler can easily follow up for a kill.
VS
Poppy
Medium
Her poke with passive can be annoying but your passive should be up before her if you don't take unnecessary damage, her 
is easy to avoid and she can't stun you if you stay away from walls, however can't do much to kill her, if he can somehow get her low enough so he can kill her, she'll just 
him away.
VS
Quinn
Hard
She's like 
with more burst, she can be really annoying to play against cause of her 
, against her you need go for a if you wanna catch her, don't really stops her from doing a lot of damage and kiting you, however, she doens't need you to get fed since she can just roam and gank with 
once she gets 6 make sure you teammates know when she's missing.
VS
Renekton
Hard
Laning phase against Renekton can be very hard if he ever gets a lead, the armor shred from the second part of 
not only make you easier to kill but also reduces damage on your , it becomes even harder once he gets level 6 and 
.
Focus on farming to get your core items, then look to set up plays around the map using and .
VS
Rengar
Medium
He'll probably try to kill you early to snowball the lane in his favor, if he succeed, you and your team will go through hell with 
oneshotting everyone on the map, play passive, grab a lot of armor and health and stay away from bushes.
VS
Riven
Medium
can deal with 
, but only if you don't give her a lead, farm your and and you'll be fine against her, just avoid trading with her, you can't win but she can, however, she'll fall off if she doens't get some kills.
VS
Rumble
Hard
He will constantly 
you and push the wave to force you to farm undertower and he can just 
your trades, your doens't help that much in this matchup and he can have a lot more impact in teamfight than you, grab early MR and get as many CS as you can without dying or taking too much damage.
VS
Ryze
Hard
He's weak early on, but once he gets going there's no stoping him, you'll need jungle help.
VS
Shen
Easy
You two can keep hitting each other as much as you want, but you probably will be doing that for a long time, just farm, get and follow him when he 
(or just stop him with your )
VS
Shyvana
Medium
She's AA based but most of her damage is magic, so you'll need a mix of armor and MR, however, she gets way stronger than you the later the game goes on.
VS
Singed
Medium
Don't bother against him, just farm and don't chase him.
VS
Sion
Hard
People seem to forgot that 
still exists, but he does and he still decent, especially against , Tankiness, good magic damage, armor shred and more damage and CC overall, Sion does almost everything that fucks up Malph, the only way to get worse is if he was ranged.
VS
Swain
Hard
Kind like 
but with more sustain and better early game, good luck, try not to feed.
VS
Tahm Kench
Hard
He's tanky, has magic damage and %max health damage, just sit back and farm and try not to get hit by his 
or he'll easily be able to 
VS
Teemo
Hard
He's satan (but seriously, pretend he's with a lot more damage)
VS
Trundle
Medium
Similar to 
, however he has less (much less) magic damage but has more sustain, he can also drain your health and resistances with his 
, he can't do much if he gets ahead tho but that doens't mean you shouldn't worry about giving him kills in lane.
VS
Tryndamere
Easy
You can easily beat 
once you get , you can outdamage and outtank him, killing him might be hard because of his 
and 
but you can easily force him away from lane, just be careful at levels 1~3 cause he can easily cheese you with a random crit, also, he's Tryndamere, even if goes 0/7/1 he can just splitpush all day.
VS
Udyr
Medium
If he goes 
, don't fight him until you have a armor item and you should be fine, If he goes 
grab some early MR. 
with can easily kill you early if he drop the double DoT on you and with he'll push lane non-stop, he becomes a splitpush god if you let him get ahead, but if he isn't fed you can send 2 people to force him away or kill him.
VS
Vayne
Hard
If she play right she can easily kill you, early on you can't do much against her, once you get your you can start doing work against her, max >, grab and , if she tumble towards you, Q her and chase her, she'll probably 
you away but unless you get stunned you can still follow up with the MS boost you get from , once you hit her with +, she won't be able to kite you or hit you, if she away you can finish her off with .
VS
Vladimir
Medium
Similar to , but with more sustain.
VS
Volibear
Easy
He's kind like 
, just don't get low or he'll 
your ass, he also has decent magic damage with 
and 
.
VS
Wukong
Hard
He's really annoying in lane, he'll go for 
+
and 
away, or he'll in so he can you for the armor shred and then for bonus damage, he also builds items like and 
, try not to die early or he'll snowball the lane
VS
Yasuo
Medium
Kinda like , but with more dashes, however, 
still can kill you even if he's 0/10/0, once he gets 
+
, he gets alot stronger, if he's able to land his 
, he'll get 50% bonus armor pen, so he can still do damage to you even with +
VS
Yorick
Hard
He will poke you with ghouls and make sure you won't be playing League of Legends for at least 20 minutes, after that you either lost or became a ultbot (which is okay for ).
pushes lane really hard due to his ghouls nature and he has 0 escapes, it's a free kill for your jungler basicly.VS
Zac
Hard
kinda does what does, but he has more CC and damage, also his damage is magic, don't fight him, just farm, even if you fight him, he'll either sustain back or just pop his passive
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