What are the best runes for Malphite Top?

Arcane Comet in Sorcery with Resolve secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (52.0% win rate).

What is the best build for Malphite?

Rush Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail and Frozen Heart. It wins 59.3% of Top games on patch 26.20.

Is Malphite good on patch 26.20?

Malphite has a 51.9% win rate in Top this patch, which makes it a strong pick.

Who counters Malphite?

Malzahar, Cho'Gath, Zac are among the strongest counters to Malphite Top this patch, by ranked win rate.

Malphite build

Top · patch 26.20

Malphite is currently a strong Top pick on patch 26.20, holding a 51.9% win rate across 110,397 games (7.3% pick rate, 17.6% ban rate). Malphite is an early-game champion (52.1% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

51.9%

Pick

7.3%

Ban

17.6%

Games

110,397

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 59.3% win ratevs 51.9% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start51.9%

First back

Core · in order59.3%+7.4

The whole build

Boots53.6%+1.7

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

52.0% win rate

Sorcery

Resolve

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min52.1%

25-30 min52.1%

30-35 min51.8%

35-40 min51.7%

40+ min50.1%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

51.0%

51.9%

26.1126.1226.1326.1426.1526.1626.1726.1826.1926.20

// Matchups · who beats MalphiteAll matchups →

Mordekaiser47.1%2,903

// The short version

Start Doran's Ring, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail and Frozen Heart; this core wins 59.3% of Top games; Arcane Comet is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.