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Malphite

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · EUW

Bans, presence and fearless: Malphite across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.1%#24 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.3%picked in 772 of 7,461 games
Ban: 10.8%383 bans over 3,537 games, against 17.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Top42.7% between 39.6% and 45.9% over 667 gamesSoloQ 51.1%: clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 7,526 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 261,868 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 98% of top laners.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carryCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Leona in amateur play: +16.3 pts over 33 games, range above zero.+16.3 pt33 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
42.7%
SoloQ
51.1%
42.7% win rate in amateur play over 667 games, against 51.1% in soloQ over 25,487 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.5%
SoloQ
3.3%
4.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
11.3%
SoloQ
17.0%
11.3% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 17.0% in soloQ over 182,390 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Kaenic Rookern: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet71% · 18,070

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport80% · 20,356

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 72% · 96 games

Core (3 legendaries)7% · 498

7%of soloQ games

Sunfire Aegis
Frozen Heart
Kaenic Rookern

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

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.

665+66 vs 599

848-20 vs 868

953-127 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Malphitetop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 96% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

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%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Leona in amateur play: +16.3 pts over 33 games, range above zero.

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

Topgap to expected

Sylas47.1% · expected 36.3% · 34 g+10.7 ptSoloQ -7.7

Gnar49.1% · expected 43.3% · 57 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +4.6

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV47.9% · expected 43.0% · 48 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -1.7

Vi48.5% · expected 41.8% · 33 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +4.2

Midgap to expected

Ahri47.3% · expected 42.5% · 55 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -1.8

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn48.8% · expected 40.2% · 41 g+8.6 ptSoloQ +1.0

Yunara46.0% · expected 39.7% · 50 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +1.3

Tristana45.5% · expected 39.6% · 44 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +2.4

Ashe46.3% · expected 44.7% · 41 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -2.1

Supportgap to expected

Leona63.6% · expected 47.3% · 33 g+16.3 ptSoloQ +0.3

Lulu57.7% · expected 44.3% · 52 g+13.3 ptSoloQ +1.8

Braum53.8% · expected 44.1% · 52 g+9.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Karma54.5% · expected 43.7% · 33 g+10.8 ptSoloQ -0.4

With

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao48.6% · expected 41.9% · 37 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.8

Wukong44.7% · expected 42.5% · 85 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.5

Midgap to expected

Viktor50.8% · expected 42.8% · 59 g+8.1 ptSoloQ +0.9

Ahri43.1% · expected 42.3% · 51 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.6

ADCgap to expected

Ashe50.0% · expected 40.2% · 30 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -2.4

Tristana50.0% · expected 45.3% · 38 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Kai'Sa42.5% · expected 39.5% · 40 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -2.0

Supportgap to expected

Braum44.7% · expected 40.7% · 47 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

Milio44.2% · expected 41.2% · 43 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -1.1

Lulu40.7% · expected 40.5% · 54 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +1.8

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.

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