Tank

Malphite

Shard of the Monolith

A massive creature of living stone, Malphite struggles to impose blessed order on a chaotic world. Birthed as a servitor-shard to an otherworldly obelisk known as the Monolith, he used his tremendous elemental strength to maintain and protect his progenitor, but ultimately failed.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Granite Shield
Q
Seismic Shard
W
Thunderclap
E
Ground Slam
R
Unstoppable Force

Malphite

Overview

On patch 16.21, Malphite is rated S tier in the top lane, winning 52.1% of 8,561 ranked games with a 8.8% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Arcane Comet with Flash and Teleport and builds Malignance, Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Plated Steelcaps.

Malphite struggles most against Wukong (28.6%), Vladimir (37.8%), and Rumble (38.1%) and does best against Vayne (68.9%), Ambessa (62.8%), and Zaahen (61.1%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 8,561 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

52.1%

Win rate

8.8%

Pick rate

8.6K

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Malphite

Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.

Playing against Malphite

If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.

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Matchups

All Malphite matchups

Strong against

Vayne68.9%103
Ambessa62.8%43
Zaahen61.1%72
Camille60.8%79
Gangplank60.5%119

Weak against

Wukong28.6%21
Vladimir37.8%45
Rumble38.1%42
Ornn43.9%98
Varus44.0%25

Abilities

P
Granite Shield
Malphite is shielded by a layer of rock which absorbs damage up to 10% of his maximum Health. If Malphite has not been hit for a few seconds, this effect recharges.
Q
Seismic Shard
Malphite sends a shard of the earth through the ground at his foe, dealing damage upon impact and stealing Move Speed for 3 seconds.
Cooldown: 8Cost: 70/75/80/85/90Range: 625
W
Thunderclap
Malphite attacks with such force that it creates a sonic boom. For the next few seconds, his attacks create aftershocks in front of him.
Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8Cost: 30/35/40/45/50Range: 400
E
Ground Slam
Malphite slams the ground, sending out a shockwave that deals magic damage based on his Armor and reduces the Attack Speed of enemies for a short duration.
Cooldown: 7Cost: 50/55/60/65/70Range: 400
R
Unstoppable Force
Malphite launches himself to a location at high speed, damaging enemies and knocking them into the air.
Cooldown: 130/115/100Cost: 100Range: 1000