Mid · 73 games

Malphite

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (63%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−691 gold), and still wins 52%.

Win rate: 52.1%; ±11.5 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #28 of 81
Pick rate: 0.4%; ban 9.7%
Games: 73; ranked solo/duo

Malphite mid wins 52.1% of 73 ranked games, rank 28 of 81 mid champions (tier B). Most players finish Malignance first, at about 11:24.

The build at a glance

What most Malphite players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Malignance 11:24 · 44% · 30 games

Boots

Plated Steelcaps 12:18 · 53% of games

Item 2 · late game

Thornmail 21:12 · 10 of 54 games

Item 3 · late game

Jak'Sho, The Protean 27:30 · 4 of 31 games

Runes

Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Resolve 30% of games · 55% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 78% of games · 51% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 68% of games · 54% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Seismic Shard first 52% of games · 47% wins Skill orders →

When Malphite wins

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′42% wins36% of games · 26

Lasts 25′ or more57% wins58% of games · 42

Lanes

Good into Zed

Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Malphite games

First tower: 74% against 29%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First tower 29% 74% +45

First Baron 33% 77% +44

First blood 44% 64% +20

Rift Herald 45% 61% +16

First dragon 46% 59% +13

First Voidgrubs 50% 54% +4

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Malphite plays

Fewer multikills, fewer solo kills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer multikills a game0.25 against 0.74 · −66%

Fewer solo kills a game1.3 against 1.8 · −25%

Less damage a minute674 against 839 · −20%

Less share of team damage19% against 24% · −19%

Fewer minions a minute6.5 against 7.6 · −14%

About average: time spent dead, vision.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:54

Item 2done ~19:18

Item 3done ~25:06

Item 4done ~32:12

Most common full builds

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Not enough games against this kind of team yet.

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion50.9%57

Doran's Shield + Health Potion42.9%7

Doran's Helm + Health Potion66.7%6

Boots

Plated Steelcaps ~12:1861.5%39

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:4220.0%15

Mercury's Treads ~14:4242.9%7

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport54.0%50

Flash + Ignite50.0%20

Ghost + Teleport100.0%1

Skills

Max

W47.4%38

Max

E55.0%20

Start

E51.9%27

Start

Q52.6%19

Hard lanes

No clearly hard lane yet

Easy lanes

Good into Zed

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 1 of them

Expected: what Malphite's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (6)

Sylas 20% · 5

Yasuo 25% · 4

Akshan 75% · 4

Twisted Fate 50% · 4

Syndra 50% · 4

Locke 33% · 3

Malphite vs Zed · 13 games · Early read

Malphite does better than expected here

92%winsexpected 52%

−408gold at 15′average −691

+2.2minions at 10′ahead or behind

8%in on first bloodsolo kills ±0.00 a game

Gold lead against Zed Malphite's average lead

Against Zed, Malphite is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 67% of games, and still wins 88% of those. When ahead, Malphite wins 100%.

Ahead at 15′100% wins4 games

Behind at 15′88% wins8 games

Full Malphite vs Zed page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Malphite dies 2.0 times a game (average 2.2). 47% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 50% for the average mid laner. 37% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.0deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.2)

47%involve the enemy junglerless than average (50%)

63%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (67%)

61%with no teammate nearabout average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Malphite dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 32% in your half of mid. Collapses: 42% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 69% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Malphite

Kind of death

Malphite Average

Gank 47% (avg 50%)Collapse 16% (avg 17%)1-v-1 37% (avg 33%)

Who gets the kill

Malphite Average

Bot laner 9% (avg 7%)Jungler 23% (avg 28%)Support 6% (avg 7%)Mid laner 55% (avg 54%)Top laner 7% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00, 6:00 and 8:00–10:00, then every minute

Malphite Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 6:00 and 8:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Malphite; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Malphite wins fights

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 2.0 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.3 in your half of mid. Overall 1.0 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.3 K/D 18 / 70

Their half of mid 2.0 K/D 47 / 24

Their half of bot lane 2.0 K/D 18 / 9

The bot-side river 0.8 K/D 11 / 14

Your jungle 1.6 K/D 13 / 8

The top-side river 1.2 K/D 11 / 9

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Malphite wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 19% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 27%). The team wins 58% when Malphite is there and 70% when not.

Malphite

What most Malphite players run

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Good into Zed

First tower: 74% against 29%

Fewer multikills, fewer solo kills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

Good into Zed

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 1 of them

Malphite does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Malphite's games

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Malphite

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00, 6:00 and 8:00–10:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in their half of bot lane

Where fights happen