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Malphite

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

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

Tournament presence · pick + ban

29.2%#11 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.3%picked in 2,033 of 17,944 games
Ban: 17.9%3,046 bans over 17,016 games, against 9.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Top51.5% between 49.4% and 53.5% over 1,611 gamesSoloQ 51.3%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 26.3 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: 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 Jhin in amateur play: +10.3 pts over 121 games, range above zero.+10.3 pt121 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.6%
SoloQ
3.0%
4.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
18.3%
SoloQ
9.6%
18.3% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 9.6% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
26.3 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 26.3 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet71% · 14,671

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport79% · 16,421

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 74% · 174 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 303

8%of soloQ games

Sunfire Aegis
Frozen Heart
Jak'Sho, The Protean

Amateur: Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, Kaenic Rookern (9%), gap not settled

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 Jhin in amateur play: +10.3 pts over 121 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

Aatrox56.9% · expected 51.0% · 58 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -3.5

Zaahen58.3% · expected 50.0% · 36 g+8.3 ptSoloQ -0.2

Gwen58.5% · expected 51.7% · 41 g+6.8 ptSoloQ -4.2

Gnar54.0% · expected 52.6% · 87 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +3.7

K'Sante59.5% · expected 53.8% · 37 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -1.8

Junglegap to expected

Wukong56.8% · expected 47.0% · 132 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -2.6

Viego58.5% · expected 51.8% · 53 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +3.9

Vi53.6% · expected 51.2% · 112 g+2.3 ptSoloQ -0.2

Qiyana58.3% · expected 52.8% · 36 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +2.8

Cho'Gath54.5% · expected 50.5% · 33 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -7.0

Midgap to expected

Ahri57.1% · expected 48.7% · 105 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +2.2

Syndra58.1% · expected 51.3% · 74 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +0.5

Viktor56.5% · expected 51.2% · 85 g+5.3 ptSoloQ +0.6

Xerath57.8% · expected 50.4% · 45 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +1.8

Orianna62.0% · expected 55.6% · 50 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -4.4

ADCgap to expected

Jhin66.1% · expected 55.8% · 121 g+10.3 ptSoloQ -1.7

Sivir63.8% · expected 51.3% · 47 g+12.5 ptSoloQ +4.3

Caitlyn52.5% · expected 49.3% · 120 g+3.2 ptSoloQ +1.1

Xayah53.2% · expected 50.1% · 94 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +2.5

Lucian55.1% · expected 51.9% · 78 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.6

Supportgap to expected

Neeko60.0% · expected 49.6% · 40 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -2.9

Yuumi58.0% · expected 50.1% · 50 g+7.9 ptSoloQ +2.5

Leona52.5% · expected 50.9% · 120 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -1.1

Thresh51.4% · expected 50.1% · 109 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Lulu54.5% · expected 53.8% · 112 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +2.2

With

Junglegap to expected

Qiyana59.2% · expected 50.4% · 49 g+8.8 ptSoloQ +2.3

Lee Sin53.0% · expected 50.3% · 151 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -1.1

Jarvan IV53.8% · expected 49.7% · 93 g+4.1 ptSoloQ -0.7

Graves60.6% · expected 51.7% · 33 g+8.9 ptSoloQ +2.8

Wukong57.2% · expected 56.2% · 138 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -1.6

Midgap to expected

Akali66.1% · expected 50.8% · 62 g+15.3 ptSoloQ +0.2

Sylas52.7% · expected 49.6% · 110 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +1.9

Syndra55.7% · expected 51.9% · 88 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Yone58.3% · expected 55.0% · 72 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Locke53.8% · expected 48.7% · 39 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -0.7

ADCgap to expected

Zeri70.2% · expected 55.1% · 57 g+15.1 ptSoloQ +0.8

Miss Fortune67.5% · expected 51.9% · 40 g+15.6 ptSoloQ +1.4

Ezreal53.4% · expected 47.1% · 103 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +0.8

Kai'Sa56.3% · expected 52.0% · 142 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +0.3

Xayah58.1% · expected 53.1% · 86 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -0.6

Supportgap to expected

Alistar63.3% · expected 52.6% · 60 g+10.8 ptSoloQ -1.9

Milio56.5% · expected 50.0% · 69 g+6.5 ptSoloQ -1.1

Yuumi60.8% · expected 53.1% · 51 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +0.4

Leona57.5% · expected 52.3% · 73 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -4.7

Nautilus52.0% · expected 50.3% · 148 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +2.2

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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