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Malphite

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · NA

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

Tournament presence · pick + ban

20.5%#26 of 173 champions

Pick: 9.3%picked in 289 of 3,103 games
Ban: 11.2%251 bans over 2,251 games, against 16.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.1% between 43.7% and 54.5% over 228 gamesSoloQ 50.8%: no clear gap

Median length29.4 minsoloQ 28.1 min

Amateur: 3,336 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 163,618 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
11.1%
SoloQ
16.5%
11.1% ban rate in amateur play over 1,746 games, against 16.5% in soloQ over 116,542 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.4 min
SoloQ
28.1 min
Median of 29.4 min in amateur play, against 28.1 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 Comet70% · 11,733

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport77% · 13,033

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 67% · 34 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 342

8%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?

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.