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Tips Against Malphite in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
I Am Goliath says “Push malphite in early game as much as possible as it's hard for him to farm under turret early game, Malphite also just has no kill pressure on you early game and bad waveclear so this should be easy, it's hard to kill malphite until you get black cleaver unless he messes up really bad, Also remember you can flash his ultimate. Basically we outscale Malphite really hard because of our passive + black cleaver + conqueror, and you should be able to build up a nice CS lead in laning phase, also Cull can be nice in this matchup since we're trying our hardest to scale in this matchup.”
PH45 says “Maybe one of the most annoying lanes you can face. He is weak in early levels so try to force him out early. If you try to trade with him after 3 he will just E and you probably can't finish one auto attack off before he runs out of range. He stacks armor too so your autoattacks won't do much damage to him. If he E's just jump away with Q so you wont take more damage from him. Beware at 6 since his ult is really strong cc that can enable the enemy jungler to get a free kill on you if you aren't careful.”
Stinkee says “Malphite does pretty good poke damage and will try to stop you from farming and basically just annoy you by spamming Q's on you. Malphite runs out of mana very fast though so you should be able to stay in lane longer than him. Abyssal Mask is a good purchase if the enemy jungler in not a big AD threat. Malphite shouldn't be able to ever kill you unless you make a big mistake or get ganked. The enemy jungler will be the main threat in this matchup so just watch out for ganks.”
iZeal says “One of the easiest to play counters to Aatrox. While you might be able to smack Malphite around in the early game, once he has gotten like 1 component you will start to deal negative damage to this guy while he can go full defensive and still deal 2/3rds of your health in a combo after level 6. Because of his insane armor numbers you won't heal for anything which means you can't even outsustain him.”
Anoying bro5 says “If it is Comet Malphite, take corrupting potions. The only real time that you can take advantage of him is when he is low on mana and before he gets bramble vest. Aside from that you mainly want to just farm the lane. Riposte his Q in laning phase to negate slow and damage.”
Dannala says “Easy to poke early on but a tough cookie to crack. Keeping his passive shield from regenerating is top priority early on to keep poking him and abuse his cooldowns. Past lvl 3 he will win most trades, his Q hits too hard already. His ult Stun Burst hits hard and will most likely spell your doom if you fail to Rappel it. Rappeling his Q will save you some health in lane and can help keep him from escaping/chasing you down.”
A_Drunk_Carry says “A meta champ that you'll see very often. Malphs will often go Comet here, just regen it with your Q autos on creeps + corrupting potion. You start winning this matchup super easily. Just ward up, as junglers will often gank this lane post 6. ”
Warwick de Crocs says “Aperto dos Mortos Vivos - Anel de Doran. Stacka o grasp e morde, stack o grasp e morde, compre fulgor e seja feliz. Fun fact: seu Q cancela o knockup da Ult dele, pode ser bastante útil.”
EU_Toxicity says “If he's E max tank malphite - this is one of the easiest matchups in the game. Rush Cleaver and zone him/kill him.
If he's Q max AP malphite - get some magic resist early so you don't get poked down.”
The Hentai masta says “Annoyng for The shield of The passive, take grasp and let him waist The shield”
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xPetu says “Recommended: Standard Runes & Teleport
Tips: Passive shield his Q poke. W his W-AA reset. Flashing his R is really easy if you are prepared for it. Punish him if he uses E on wave. The AS Slow from his E is really powerful.”
Sovereign Kitten says “Depending on what build the Malphite is going (Usually Comet AP) you would want to be utilizing bushes to avoid poke, and only poking when you see him use his (Q) to CS as this will slow you, sending the comet down and there is no way to react to this without (W) active and Mercury's Treads. Don't overextend past level 6 nor have your lane shoved in. This is just asking for you to be ganked and locked down by his knock-up burst from his (R), so it's much better to try to keep the lanes even or pushed up towards your tower. Hold onto your flash to avoid his (R) at the last sec takes practice, stasis is an alternative.
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Mr. Popper says “Malphite is the tankiest of tanks. easily hitting 300+ armor every game. he is also very easy to gank for post 6 because of his ultimate. Abuse him as much as you can pre 6 and then ward up afterwards. Bully him as much as you can before his first back otherwise the small bit of armor he can buy will make you feel like a wet noodle when his Q poke can be too much.”
RTO says “Keep trading with him to prevent his passive shield from coming up. Your sustain with Q and him having none is a big advantage in this matchup.”
Rhoku says “TL;DR - EASY LANE. DON’T EAT POKE FOR FREE. GENERATE LEAD BEFORE LEVEL 6. BLACK CLEAVER IF BEHIND. PHASE RUSH AND CONQUEROR BOTH WORK.
Malphite is not a challenge at all. The only hope he has against you is going AP, Comet and spamming you with es until you are low enough to all in and kill with R. And if you predict his R, you can activate your E just as it hits you in order to stun him so that he cannot do is his combo on you. He is only unstoppable DURING his ultimate, not after. Look to pull him as he throws his E onto you as he will be in E range for a MILLISECOND. Be careful of his level 6 powerspike as at that point, he can do a surprising amount of damage and is incredible at setting up ganks. You should have a kill and/or a cs lead before level 6. If somehow you got killed by him, you can go Black Cleaver which should help you easily take him down. Stridebreaker lets you catch him every time and turn the fight into an all in so its recommended if you are ahead.”
Drake6401 says “Build Black Blade Cleaver first to break through his armor.
AP Malphite is easy. Tank Malphite is hell. This is an annoying lane because of his anti burst armor and Q. He also does loads of damage even with no items. I honestly can't wrap my head around the assasin level burst this guy has as a tank. You win most short trades until he finishes Tabi and half an armor item. Then his damage escalates drastically, and you won't be able to win an even trade until you have a Cleaver, and LDR if he only builds armor items. if he goes for an AP build, you can still take him on.”
Rime101 says “Start Dshield if he has Comet!
Q max and poke him down. If he’s building bruiser/AP you can easily poke him out of lane
Don’t AA his turret very much, focus on poking him out of lane. He has lots of kill pressure when lvl 6 with a jg gank.
Focus on poking him out of lane
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MarkFromSingedMains says “Always seems like an easy lane but Malphite out-damages you early on (If he takes comet) and using your E on him either puts him in closer range to R your team or allows him to E your minion wave. To my knowledge your W cannot stop his R, but this might be due to spaghetti code. (UPDATE: it was spaghetti code and has been fixed)”
lol Wero says “His Seismic Shard (Q) Damage may be annoying but building Lifesteal will fix the damage. If Malphite is building full AP, i recommend buying a Hexdrinker or Wits End during the laning phase.”
LiL Bunnie FuFuu says “Malphite is a melee tank with one poke ability - his Q. This will do strong poke and combined with his speed boost, is oppressive to play against. His ult is a problem as it cannot be dodged without flash and has strong base damage. It also makes him much stronger than you in teamfights. Build chemtank into stoneplate or randuins and look for picks.”
Wawza says “With his enormous armor and base damage, he can trade easily with you and come out on top. Wait untill you get level 2 for healing from E and try to full combo him and disengage afterwards.”
Fan22 says “You completely counter malphite beacuse he is an AD counter, but you have magic and True damage, and he has relatively low mobility.
The problem its that LateGame, either tank or ap, his ultimate can turn Cho´gaths Win into a shaming loss.
So be careful lategame against him.”
tonisco82 says “Can be difficult matchup if you let him poke with Q, punish him for using it to cs. Try to get a level and health advantage to force him to do so.”
Justkb says “You can poke him and dominate every aspect of the lane here! just freeze and watch as his cs falls below 75% of yours. just make sure to ping missing as he can just press R on your mid laner and they will flame you for it. ”
Raen says “Hard matchup for Jax. Try to get him at early levels. Rush Botrk and Black Cleaver second. If there is more AP than Malphite on enemy Wits End as third. Take cookies in runes for easier laning. ”
Rhoku says “Easy matchup. He can be annoying with his E spam so take D.Shield. Other than that you just straight up beat him. He is Anti AD. You are AP. With Rylai's and Lyandiries, he has NO HOPE of beating you. Not to mention how he can basically NEVER kill you. Bully him out. Take every CS. Poke him down and kill him. Level 6, you can just mercilessly ult, walk up and just put this meathead out of his misery. ”
Phrxshn says “Malphite will outdamage if he has Arcane Comet keystone active, but will not with any other keystone. You out trade him with any other keystones or if his Arcane Comet Keystone is inactive. (Recommended Items: Mercury's Treads or Boots of Swiftness, Blade of the Ruined King) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Trundle) (Outscaling Edge: Even) ”
Quinncidence says “Yorick will easily outfarm and ignore Malphite.
Even tho Malp stacks alot of armor, the magic dmg maiden does to Malp is usualy enough to spank him in lane”
MythicMike says “He's going to constantly poke you with his Q and run away. Before he gets any armor items you have to get a lead because if you don't it's going to be very hard to kill the big rock. Without his Q he's very immobile pre 6. So try to combo him everytime you have the chance to. But it can be quite a boring lane if you never catch him.”
iZeal says “Tank Malphite is not really going to do much against you as long as you don't stand still when he slows your attack speed. AP Malphite will try to whittle you down with his Q, if you pull him he pretty much dies. Be aware that he can still win teamfights with good ultimates.
DBlade vs Grasp, DShield if vs comet, Mercs or Swifties, Phage (maybe Cleaver vs tank malphite)”
TXK_ says “Strong poke can be countered with well timed W's and Doran's Shield. A relatively easy match-up. You will out sustain him due to Malphite's poor mana early so generate a lead.”
Phrxshn says “Malphite will outdamage if he has Arcane Comet keystone active, but will not with any other keystone. You out trade him with any other keystones or if his Arcane Comet Keystone is inactive. Avoid flinging Malphite into your team. (Recommended Items: Rylai's Scepter, Demonic Embrace, Sorcerer's Boots or Mercury's Treads or Boots of Swiftness) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Singed) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Mega Adhesive prevent Malphite from activating Unstoppable Force)”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “Relatively easy matchup. Poke a lot with your Q and avoid fighting him if he manages to hit you with his E because your Q cooldown goes up and your attack speed gets really low.
Rush Kraken Slayer against him and you will dominate him pretty much all game long.”
bocchicken says “you win at almost all phases of the game. if he pokes you with Q, just heal with your passive. if he overextends he has no escape and is easily gankable. his mana costs are also extremely high early, so look to punish if he spams on the wave or to poke.”
RTO says “Malphite stacks armor, you won't do much damage. He can poke you down, E you, and run off. He's pretty weak in the first few levels, try put him behind. Watch for his ult, especially combined with a gank.”
3251 says “- Q Passive Auto trade early
- Malphite players tend to instant E when you walk up to Q Passive auto so make sure to dodge with E
then re engage with E2
- look to E him when he wants to Q you
- His Q range is slightly bigger than your Q but u can try Q him while he is casting his Q
- Malphite is a champion with mana issues ( so try to get him oom and out sustain his poke with
Doran's Shield / Second wind ( only if you are not confident in being able to trade and kill him early )
- If you can't kill him in lane then shove and look to roam into enemy jungle / mid and get kills that way”
LunaticDancer says “You outregen his Q poke while he loses substantian amounts of mana. Your ghouls absolutely chop him and if you harass him constantly between farming, his shield never grows back while you outpace him in the sustain department. His main danger is using his R for team plays, but the solution is easy - bully him in lane so hard, he uses his R to escape your W traps because the alternative is death. Really easy match up.”
Fan22 says “Malphite counters AD champs and you are an AP champion, so you should have it more easy, but watch out for ganks or suprise TP's from malphite around the map, since a good R can turn the game around.
The problem with Malphite its that you cant really stop him from using his R on teamfights, since it makes him Unstoppable.
Contesting malphite with a TP can be dangerous, most of the time Malphite tends to be succesfull when roaming after level 6, but if you an opportunity you can also use your TP to help, and also malphite does nothing after wasting R.”
Phrxshn says “Malphite will outdamage if he has Arcane Comet keystone active, but will not with any other keystone. You out trade him with any other keystones or if his Arcane Comet Keystone is inactive. (Recommended Items: Blade of the Ruined King, Mercury's Treads or Boots of Swiftness) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Warwick) (Outscaling Edge: Even) ”
sauronkaiser says “He can be annoying cause of his E gutting all your damage including your ghouls and you will not be able to take him down, but appart of that hes just another tank you can ignore. If hes going ap he can be very annoying but still you can fight him.”
mrsuits says “He is way easier than you might think. His spells have the shortest range of all so if he wants to Q you, just walk back and use soldiers to poke. If he is ap, react and flash his R and kill him. If not its ok to get hit by it and then try to all in his team. ”
wff010 says “AS slow on is e is busted. Free armor from is w is busted. MS steal from his q is busted. His ult damage and cc is busted. Sunfire rn is busted. Permabanning atm I've found malphites like five games in a row and wanna kms even in the wins. Yes, you win all ins, but he pokes like a motherfucker and either goes in when you'd dead for sure or if his jg is there to get the free kill.”
SaltCat says “You win level 1 with full passive, just be carefull with his poke, he can easily kill you for no reason ;D, after level 6 be mindfull, he can kill you, you can try to go for the highlight and dodge his r with your flash or q , but i suggest not, be patient with your ultimate because he can just r away”
Phrxshn says “Malphite will outdamage if he has Arcane Comet keystone active, but will not with any other keystone. You out trade him with any other keystones or if his Arcane Comet Keystone is inactive. (Recommended Items: Mercury's Treads or Boots of Swiftness, Blade of the Ruined King) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Sett) (Outscaling Edge: Malphite) ”
Phrxshn says “Malphite will outdamage if he has Arcane Comet keystone active, but will not with any other keystone. You out trade him with any other keystones or if his Arcane Comet Keystone is inactive. (Recommended Items: Mercury's Treads or Boots of Swiftness) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Dr.Mundo) (Outscaling Edge: Even) ”
IvernLover74856 says “AP malph pokes hard, so go DShield. Other malph is tanky AF, so go DBlade, possibly directly into cleaver(?) and consider lord Dominik's for your final build.
How can you tell beforehand if it's AP or tank malphite?
Flip a coin, if it's tails it's AP :)”
NoxianBlood says “Malphite stacks allot of armor, but you will be surprised how much damage you will do to him procking your grasp and your W shield, you can easily kill him and he will deal no damage to you, only threat about Malphite is when he collaborates with his teammates against you. but solo he can't hurt you. if he goes ap, just stack magic resist, he will deal no damage and plus he's gonna be squishier and easier to kill.”
Vandenelis says “your passive lets you regenerate hp from his q poke, but he can win trades if he uses ground slam on you, since it will reduce your attack speed to basically none. scales evenly with you”
RocketD1no says “If Malphite goes AP he can one shot combo you with his ult, try to pressure him as much as you can before level 6. (Dont over extend without vision)”
byThiagus says “Match muy favorable, espada de doran y segunda pagina de runas. No lo dejes farmear si se acerca a pegarle a un minion Podes hacer aa+w+q+e activas fantasmal y muere, Despues de nivel 6 es complicado matarlo porque usa su r para escapar. Aunque escale armadura lo bajas como papel, podes hacer 1v2 si su jungla no tiene demasiado daño(karthus, graves, sejuani,etc)”
UnMaskedDeity says “Malphite always has a strong early game but after you hit form he will be less of a problem and more of a road block. The early game can be hard and if you feed him you may never recover but if you play smart enough then you will be fine.”
Stijnzxz says “EZ CLAP man he does 4 Q's early and has no mana so thats lucky for u but if he goes AP ur kinda fuckt if he goes tank ur happy just go BC and titanic and ur fine.”
DaSticks says “Really annoying champ to deal with as he just keeps Qing you off cooldown. Trade with him when his Q is on CD. I also recommend running an alternate runepage into him >> Grasp, Demolish, second wind, overgrowth... Taste of blood, Ravenous hunter. Just auto when you get Grasp up and you should be able to sustain until he is out of mana.”
Noodles912 says “This lane needs perfect timing. Use Q to keep healthy, as malphite will harass with his Q a lot. At level 6, you need to perfectly react to malphite ult by using pool. Mercs will help if he goes AP. You outscale him.”
Shinozuka says “Will poke you with Q, and tank everything with his passive when u engage. Also his e will slow your attack speed so much that trading is just not worth it.”
Raideru says “This matchup has already been unplayable last 2-3 seasons, so it's a must permaban he literally just outscales u after one recall so your best call is to try forcing trades against him before he pokes u down low enough with his q + comet combo.
U should always ban this champ in champ select if you're 1st-3rd pick”
Alan234 says “Any rune is fine.
Malphite pressed Q. Its super effective! Malphite pressed R. You're dead!
Grab ruby+null magic and harass him early (Goal is to get huge cs lead and win through item lead) Flash his ult and you're fine. Malphite is pretty gankable.”
ForgottenProject says “A Shield, Poke and a Burst Combo once he hits Lv.6.
[1]Try to parry his ult in All-ins.
[2]If he rushes Bramble West against you, dont bother fighting him in lane you wont win the trades.
[3]It's better to play this lane passively because you outscale him by the 20 minute mark if you're not behind.
[4]He may not beat you but he will definitely beat your team in team-fights so stick with them if they keep dying.”
SethPRG says “With Tank items being considerably buffed this season, Malphite has an incredibly high win rate, and although this is abnormal and will be fixed as items get changed, it's by far one of your hardest lanes now. He can do more damage than you while building tank, and you'll never be able to fight him 1v1 once he finishes his mythic item because of the stupid damage Immolate gives, not even to mention his AA slow and movement speed which are just completely cancer for you as a melee champion. You'll want to try to abuse his weak early game and get first blood. After level 6 it gets tricky when he has the mana to somewhat sustain Q poking you into depression. Consider maxing W if you are behind, and if you're under your tower on low HP, be prepared to flash in front of where he will probably ult you, and follow up with an R (if not on CD) on him into your tower for a potential kill. Never engage in a team fight with his ult up or else after you go in on the team he will just ult your carry and when you look back at the rest of your team you'll be wondering where they went to as you get brutally murdered. Save your R to peel him away from your carry if possible. Take Mercury Treads first item so you don't lose your sanity. If Malphite is building armor, either go Divine Sunderer as your Mythic, or build Goredrinker into Black Cleaver 2nd item.”
AWierdShoe says “His trading patterns are very predictable, and he’s got no way of stopping you from just taking short grasp-Q trades when he’s farming. Try to block his Q’s with your passive shield, and keep poking him down until he’s low enough for you to go for an extended trade. Make sure you don’t go for the all-in too early, because his attack speed reduction + his W damage is strong in those situations.
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I Am Goliath says “Easy matchup, he should never kill you in lane, you do more damage then him in trades and have more sustaine then him, you both scale good into late game so try to atleast get a cs lead in this lane, one way I usually do this is by pushing him in super hard for most of the game and forcing him to farm under turret. You have to be careful of the jungler coming though so always ward while doing this, it's smart to buy a control ward and place it in the Tri if you're bottom side , or the normal vertical bush if you're topside. It is possible to kill him early on if you poke him down enough with Q's.”
TrinityForceYasuo says “When he Q's you if you have your passive up let it tank it, if not use your W to avoid the damage. Go in make him use his E go back and after few seconds you can go back in since his E will be on cooldown and he wont be able to lower your attack speed. Poke early game when he goes for minions and there should be surely an all-in potential 1-2 minutes later if he keeps disrespecting you. If you want buy bork against him it helps vs tanks to kill them and gives you a good sustain which allows you to take bad trades.”
Scoothare says “This isn't that hard of a lane, but damn it's tilting to fight him. Just save your shield for his poking ability, the stone thing (Q).”
R3mI says “he is very op vs aatrox he can only q you and you can't hit him and if you try to w him you fail because his speed only option is to wait when he try to q you and you q w e him and malphite when he had more than 2 items + you can't not longer killed him. he hard counter Aatrox”
VeneficusFerox says “Unexpected threat. Targeted poke and a shield to absorb most of your poke in return. Additionally a guaranteed kill on you when he ults and he has a gank incoming.”
StrikeX114 says “You will be able to zone out Malphite effectively until level 6. Once he has his ultimate, you will need to be constantly aware of your opponent's jungler to prevent a gank setup. Otherwise, be wary of Seismic Shard (Q), as it can lead to gank setups and is quite poweful on AP builds.”
Alekra says “Very difficult to trade and kill for Garen. Pre-damage his shield before going in so you can break it easily to win your trades. You can bait out Qs early so he runs out of mana fast and then you can trade. But at full Health and Mana he will win an all-in with his W and E.
Black Cleaver as your first item is very good.”
Saarlichenbog says “Malphite is a natural counter to most marksman due to his ability to stack armour extremely effectively. He will usually have enough sustain in lane to outsustain your poke with his passive and outscale you once he hits his ultimate. ”
Captain Dantems says “Pokea ele, só tenha cuidado quando o 6 dele vier, antes disso você não tem muito oque fazer ele vai ficar jogando pneu em você e você vai ficar atirando nele. Grasp ou Clepto. Poção corrupta, cristal de safira com 3 poções de vida ou com refil.”
hiugnadie says “you beat him pre-six, once he gets ult though be careful. after six if you just poke him from afar with q while pushing the wave, then once you have 100 rage just jump onto him and kill. ”
ItsPaulygon says “Very hard match up for Jax, will be very annoying for you. He will be weak before he hits level 3, but after that, it will be tough. When you jump on him, he will most likely press E and you will lose the trade easily. After level 6, he has a powerful game changing ultimate that he can chain with his jungler. Play passively and wait for ganks.”
TheMightyNinja says “You can block his damage with your passive when he tries to poke you with his Q. You can also block his W with your W denying him a lot of his damage output.
He is really weak in the early game and an easy matchup in the lane phase. You should be aware that he is usefull in team fights even when behind and use your advantage gained in the early game to get your team to scale up.”
Klappy says “- Tradeos de Q+Pasiva en early
- Los Malphite players tienden a usar su E cuando te acercas a darle tu pasiva, usa E para esquivarlo y re engagea con tu segunda E
- Intenta darle tu E cuando el te de su Q
- Puedes esquivar su R con tu R, cuidado, debes timearla muy bien”
Biko14CS says “You will be able to zone out Malphite effectively until level 6. Once he has his ultimate, you will need to be constantly aware of your opponent's jungler to prevent a gank setup. Otherwise, be wary of Seismic Shard (Q), as it can lead to gank setups and is quite poweful on AP builds.”
Big Samuel says “worst matchup, eat too much poke and he can just r e q you and your dead, while also taking no damage. should be perma banned no questions asked
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ModelitoTime says “Super tanky but isn't a big threat since you can kite him really easily, just back around 700 gold and buy boots along with your main items you usually buy and you can poke malphite down and easily beat him. Just be careful lvl 6 since he can setup really good ganks for his jungler with his ultimate ”
aiSky says “Kled is a great champion against squishy or bruiser enemies, but he doesn't have the damage and the sustain to kill tanks like Malphite or Mundo in the mid game.
The best you can do is to get some early kills before they stack to much armor, and use that lead to destroy enemy carrys in mid-game fights.”
MrGasYourGirl says “Hard proxy and you have a chance. He can't farm under tower to save his life. The tard will likely run Ignite and all in you with jungler level 6.”
wolfclaw3812 says “AP Malphite can poke you out of lane. Tank Malphite can shrug off your pokes. No matter which, when he ults you, you are probably going to die unless you are that ahead or he is that low. On-hit or tank. ”
LOLArfopi says “Pretty easy match-up. Tank Shredder build is always best for this matchup. Take Grasp runes. Never let him Q you for free. If you let him Q you, it had to be with the intent of you jumping on him yourself. ”
Berry Senpai says “Dodge. Just dodge. His entire kit counters everything you do. You can try to bully him early on, but he will eventually outscale you and will be unkillable.”
Nicklstherealone says “You will survive his Burst and he will survive yours. But not your R try to All-In him and dont grt poked down with his Q then its easy. ”
White Cr0w says “Malphite face asks to be counterjungled over and over. His clear is mediocre, and if you steal his creeps he won't be able to farm armor to TRY to hold you. As I said in alistar, wait until he uses skills on a camp and destroy him while he has everything on cooldown.”
LeSocair says “Go MR rune stat.
Q him all the time, that way he will not grow the shield, he's a pretty easy matchup at the moment, even killable if he's not exceptional at the champion.”
Womsky says “lane survival/conq set up, I play this lane every too often, cause ppl usually just pick malphite as the ultimate counter for tryndamere, which is not exactly how it goes, u don't auto loss the game if they pick malphite vs you, there is different ways of how this match goes, depends on how both of u want to play it, on the malphite side, he can pick grasp and straight up go tank, or he can go comet for poke and go ap, on ur side, you can go sustain with fleet and doran's shield, or u can go conq, and rush ravenous hydra, if i see him picking comet, i must start doran's shield, if i see him picking grasp i just go long sword and reju bead, how i used to play the match up before is going aggressive early with my sustain and kill him in the end, but the problem always is we both drop in hp and the enemy jungler comes in and one shot me before i kill malph and i loss the lane, so what i do now is chill till tiamat, and simply never trade, just spam Q on CD and relax, on tiamat i start trading abit but nothing too forcing, just harass to see if I can pull something out, once l reach ravenous hydra point, i start dominating cause he can't poke/outsustain me anymore, and my trades can be healed all back up with one wave from 20% hp so simply i will harass him to death this way and make him loss his mind, thats what worked out best for me, its a nice rush and a way to deal with malph cause its a really common pick against you, be careful from his level 6 cause he can easily combo it with a jgl gank to kill you, if u stay high enough hp u should be fine in a 1v1 from his burst.”
I am so chill says “This guy will poke you with his q.Allways go for long trades with ur qs.After he uses his q go for e q w and do your combo.You can win trades most of the time.”
Urgodzilla says “Try to get lead before he stacks too much armor because once he gets Thornmail you will not be able to kill him without your jungler's help.
If he is going AP, this is better for you: he can't kill you in one rotation of his spells and you kill him after because he is squishy.
Good thing is that his E is useless against you, because you don't care about attack speed.”
jackss72 says “almost impossible to solo kill in lane and has very good teamfight ulti, build wits end at some point if you want to kill him, I would suggest bork normally but it's trash tier now”
Raphi0216 says “Really annoying Matchup because he just pokes you down with Q's. Spam W for sustain. If you feel threatened, spam R on yourself to immediately dodge his R.”
Frostyfps says “His kill pressure over you is low but so is yours over him. Start Q and last hit the minions with Q to build up your passive, try to not shove him in so you can try and get lvl 2 first. If you do, level E immediately and land it on him. If you do you can chunk him hard or get his flash. If you manage to do this you will likely have lane priority till first back. You generally win until he gets bramble, after he gets this avoid all-inning him because its impossible to kill him and you will hurt yourself a lot and possibly die. Only fight him if you get really ahead before he buys bramble.”
FPSpsychoYT says “Quinn's hardest matchup in Top Lane. STRONGLY recommend banning him if you queue top. He just spams Q with comet and pokes you out of lane, or at level 6 once he's poked you out you just get ulted and die.”
Time1Save says “Tanks are incredibly difficult for the Pantheon, but Malfit is the strongest among them. Do not fly into it thoughtlessly and knock down its passivity. U can kill him before he gets a 1 item.. But as long as you play with an advantage, you have to give your team an advantage as well .”
joelspaho121 says “1 sided matchup.d shield start with second wind.malphite became a monster with the new preseason so it's not easy to deal with him at all.he can poke you at a distance and easily just run away with all the movement speed he gets so if you drag him for a trade he can run away with q and because his passive grants him a lot of armor you wont be able to do much in quick trades.his w and e scale with armor and will deal damage based off his armor so that means he deals less damage if his passive isnt up.most malphite players will just look to play it back and poke you constantly to a point where they can just all in with R and kill you.merc treads buy is effective if lane goes even but because of the state tanks are in right now a kill by them will make them unlikable so mistakes are not allowed on this lane.this matchup might simply be Darius' worst and I'd recommend banning malphite every game until hes nerfed.”
shadowbloodedge says “Malphites ult is, in alot of situations, better than yours. Where as Nauts knocks up one at a time, Malphs can incapacitate a whole team. He is also alot fast than you thanks to his Q. ”
laoshin3v3 says “Klepto
Earlygame you can trade a lot with him just dash into your Vitals and autoattack+parry afterwards he will immediatly use his E and u will hard win the trade. After lvl6 it will be 2v1 lane since malphite ult is mostly a free kill so don't waste parry and just survive. ”
Mordekaiserrrrrrr says “Malphite is pretty strong, and his all-in potential needs to be respected if you want to win. His ult can also be a good setup for ganks. luckily, since Morde is an AP champion, he will be forced to build some MR as well as armor, and this will slightly reduce some of his damage. ”
Luceris says “DODGEWORTHY!!!
RUN THE MALPHITE RUNEPAGE!!!
START CORRUPTING POTION!!!
BUILD MERC TREADS AND/OR HEXDRINKER!!!
This is an awful lane to be in...unless you know what you are doing. Malphite gets a passive shield every 10 seconds if he has not been hit. This is why we go Scorch and Corrupting potion. You MUST do whatever you can to get a grasp proc off whenever he goes in for his Q. His Q range is 625, so he has more range than your auto attacks until 40 wraiths. You can use your passive on Malphite after he Q's you to gain back some Movement Speed for .5 seconds (not much). Trade with him level 1 using Auto-Q-Auto or just Auto-Q. Get his Shield down and keep it there. Use Scorch to add a second to the timer, use Corrupting potion when scorch is down. KEEP THAT SHIELD DOWN. Level 6 you die. That is the truth. Best thing you can hope for is lots of love and cuddles from your jungler so that you can get his ult on cooldown or kill him. Otherwise wait to scale and ping his roams like a mad man.”
TangoVallhala says “Tilting match up because he can just avoid any trade with you and will poke you out of lane all with his q, he has crazy kill potential with ult, stacks armor fast, play safe, watch out for his CDs, merc rush as well.”
OmegaDelta000 says “If you hate suffering in early game, staright up ban Malphite. Just remember that you can kill him when you get Rhaast. I suggest you roam a lot if you meet this match up.”
ArmandChad69 says “Low skillfloor, insane armor stacking and enables any jungler to successfully camp you as long as his ultimate is Up. You NEED both Cleaver and Serylda to even breathe against him post Laning phase.”
Ramixx says “Super annoying. He just throws Q's at you til your low then ults you and kills you. So watch your HP bar. He can most likely kill you if your 50% HP with his ult combo.”
skidy says “There are 2 options:
1) Malphite will go tank build ... so you can FF
2) Malphite will go AP build ... if that happens play play so that you get as little Q as possible ... but on the contrary you try to hit as many Qs as possible
try dodge everything ...
good luck
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aurus666lol says “Strong slows and CC, he can bait your W to ult you like on gank etc. Try to "read" his emotions to know when he will ult or not. Take healing in second runes (Domination)”
YoungTact says “Apply lane harass combo whenever he goes for cs. Go MR if they have a lot more ap than just him. Your W Doesn't work on his R and you can use your E to a minion to dodge his ultimate. Free matchup.”
qasddsa says “Hard champion to deal with if you get caught. Try and dodge or flash his ult, as that will lead to multiple slows on your attack speed. Overall just annoying to deal with because of his slows and attack speed reductions. In teamfights, don't group as close to the rest of your team. Definitely take Lethal Tempo.”
PH45 says “He usually build armor while you mainly deal magic damage so the lane can go well for you. Shield his Q damage and try to keep his shield down with poke so you can eventually try to all in him. He has no escapes outside his summs except ult at level 6 so you can potentially run him down later on. ”
ERNESTSAURUS says “CONQUEROR - DORANS SHIELD / 3 REJUVENATION BEADS + POT =
Malphite kit is basically designed to stop Hyper Carries or good duelist such as Tryndamere, Fiora, Master Yi or Jax. Malphite players usually go either full AP to try to burst you or full tank to make it super difficult for you to deal damage and properly peel your team. One really good tip is to check his runes via apps like Porofessor or even opgg, Check if they are playing with Biscuit Delivery since Malphite has a lot of Mana problems. In lane just look to outsustain his poke, he should only be able to poke you with Q and so he'll run out of mana before being able to kill you; also Malphite after 6 has a really good gank setup due to his R knockup is so abussive, even if you have lvl 6 and Sheen I highly recommend to not try to do extended fights, only look to do short trades where you get rid of his passive and lower a bit his health bar, and do that until he is low enough so you either kill him or he has to back, because of your passive lifesteal you will outsustain him in this short trades. Regardless of his build he won't be able to outpoke you so look to get as much stacks as possible to oneshot his backline. Later on to the game look to splitpush and force him to match you since he is mostlikely the frontline of his team and then look to flank his team in a 4v5 situation, similar to nasus, he's inmobile and low waveclear, he'll have trouble catching up to you. ”
SkellyBirb says “Malphite can be super tanky or have extreme burst. If should win an all in if he hits his ultimate, but you can kite him fairly well. You also lose movement speed to his Q which can be devastating if you're low.”
top is high impact XD says “Malphite is kind of hard to do dmg to, and most of his dmg is magic. pray to god he makes a mistake during the early levels”
Rank_1_Idiot says “Grab fleet, make sure you hit your 3 hit combo to proc Hyper's passive and you'll win every trade as long as he doesnt get to melee range.”
SubHuman Filth says “Get grasp, second wind and taste of blood. Do the same as in GP matchup.
ONLY poke when you have grasp and q up.
You will outpoke him that way.
Be careful with his R it sets up a gank VERY well.”
Grayified says “Fleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. A lot of malphite players are doing the Q max arcane comet build with biscuit delivery to have maximum poke against you in lane so we need that extra sustain from this runeset and dorans shield to sustain. A big part of malphite whether he goes the grasp full tank build or a ap bruiser build is that they need mana to poke you down and to farm. If you are able to outsustain a malphite's mana pool you can make them miss a lot of farm. Also, if you keep them pushed in they will use mana to farm as well. When you have malphite pushed under turret it is essential when you are in a position where you can pressure him that you use the auto + spin out trade under turret for harass as well as getting autos on his turret (past 5 minutes.) Once malphite gets his first back for an item, see what he gets. If he gets mana like a glacial shroud you have to be more patient, but if he buys something like a bamis cinder or chain vest then try to do more to burn down his mana pool. Once he has used his mana to try to chunk you down (and you keep sustaining back up) then you can look for bigger trades and maybe even a dive with your ignite. In the mid-late game against malphite a lot of times you won't have the damage to kill him if hes building full armor like most malphite players do or unless you are extremely far ahead of him, so what you need to do is shove in the lane and force him to collect the farm on the split, then you out rotate him and flank his team (if there is an opportunity to) before he can match your rotation. Tryndamere has really good mobility which you want to make sure you take advantage of. Here is an youtube video example of how to play/lane against malphite and how to itemize as well. https://youtu.be/BJFs5jWx_7Q ”
Nabura says “His R is VERY SHORT compared to your ult so you will need to stay very healthy to dissuade him from ulting you, let him Q you inside your own wave, as it's a single target spell and he will take minion aggro, and will push the wave to you simultaneously. Have your fingers ready on ALT+R.”
EntxRecoil says “Fleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. A lot of malphite players are doing the Q max arcane comet build with biscuit delivery to have maximum poke against you in lane so we need that extra sustain from this runeset and dorans shield to sustain. A big part of malphite whether he goes the grasp full tank build or a ap bruiser build is that they need mana to poke you down and to farm. If you are able to outsustain a malphite's mana pool you can make them miss a lot of farm. Also, if you keep them pushed in they will use mana to farm as well. When you have malphite pushed under turret it is essential when you are in a position where you can pressure him that you use the auto + spin out trade under turret for harass as well as getting autos on his turret (past 5 minutes.) Once malphite gets his first back for an item, see what he gets. If he gets mana like a glacial shroud you have to be more patient, but if he buys something like a bamis cinder or chain vest then try to do more to burn down his mana pool. Once he has used his mana to try to chunk you down (and you keep sustaining back up) then you can look for bigger trades and maybe even a dive with your ignite. In the mid-late game against malphite a lot of times you won't have the damage to kill him if hes building full armor like most malphite players do or unless you are extremely far ahead of him, so what you need to do is shove in the lane and force him to collect the farm on the split, then you out rotate him and flank his team (if there is an opportunity to) before he can match your rotation. Tryndamere has really good mobility which you want to make sure you take advantage of. Here is an youtube video example of how to play/lane against malphite and how to itemize as well. https://youtu.be/BJFs5jWx_7Q ”
CensoredMercy says “Huge stonewall for Irelia, if you cannot play to scale out of laning phase and win, then Malphite will run over you and your team.”
Darrkescru says “Runa : Grasp,Aery
Sempre que ele for te dar o Q pokea dando AA + Q tenta não deixar ele regenerar a passiva e tenta matar ele antes do 6
Rushar : Liandry's
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ZergDood says “This matchup is tricky. If he builds tank, bully him before first back (Wait for him to get low on mana) because he'll outscale you (REALLY. He'll be a better you at 20 mins if you don't stop him). If he goes for AP, his laning phase will be strong after first back, so you need to be really careful and wait to outscale in tankiness. Disengage if you were inside his E, he's really mana hungry before items, so if he pokes you with Q, let him and heal with biscuits/corrupting pot. Don't let him proc his passive, as it's his only method of sustain. You can poke him with Q + Passive and get him out of lane most of the time. If he gets fed, get him out of the fight when you do NOT think he'll R, because he's inmune to CC while ulting. Your W does NOT stop his dash.”
qazx1427 says “Are you seeing the pattern yet? Throw ghouls, W, bully him since he's got no duelling potential. Your W can't stop his ult, which is sad, but as long as you outpoke him, it's a free lane.”
Adolfie says “Every character in the minor category is basically free stacks, but be carefull at lower levels especially against malph, he can set up ganks etc. so be mindful about that, otherwise its easy matchup, you can sustain his poke even in the early game, just make sure to not let him use the whole rotation on you. ”
Ayanleh says “Malphite has become an easy matchup. Your passive deals allot of damage to him and will shred him so at all stages of the game he cannot fight you and conqueror makes it better with the true damage.”
Spection says “UNCOMMON. Pretty durable and powerful champion, but he belongs at top. He brings no sustain to his ADC, and does next to zero damage early game. Go hard and score an easy kill, but be wary of his powerful all-in capabilities.”
HIGH TEST TOP88 says “Can be rough if you can't punish his horrible earlygame, W max alot better than Q max due to his insane armor.
You want MR if you think hes going comet or armor if you think he goes PTA, it depends on how insecure he is.”
Twist21 says “A lot of people think malphite is a hard matchup for trynd but the thing is you can actually win it by not fighting Malphite and roaming with tp around the map.I would go Fleet with TP in this matchup.”
Amar4Amke1 says “Maybe one of the most annoying lanes you can face. He is weak in early levels so try to force him out early. If you try to trade with him after 3 he will just E and you probably can't finish one auto attack off before he runs out of range. He stacks armor too so your autoattacks won't do much damage to him.”
Ravenborne says “If he is tank this is one of the free-est lanes in the game. Very easy to deal with, has no escape except his Ult and that has a huge cooldown. Just stick to him so when he Q's you just W to slow him down. If he's AP don't let him free poke you with Q and try to get him down to low health pre 6 so you are able to kill him. Cleaver might be mandatory.”
ChaseMorePlz says “Laning vs Malphite is a true test of your CSing skills. If you can grab around 70 at 9 minutes in the game, you can grab an early last whisper with a long sword start. He has a passive that slows your auto attacks, similar to frozen heart so try not miss auto attacks, it makes you look bad lol.. If you struggle vs him grab Mercs and feel free to ask more about the matchup ~”
Shumair says “Unless he goes comet, he'll have no kill pressure on you all game and even if he does he loses pressure after early levels. Malphite has a lot more armor than MR and even if he does build MR, Mordekaiser is known for shredding tanks due to % health damage. Play this lane how you want and try to influence the map as much as you can through counter jungling, Rift Herald etc.”
ItsmeKenny says “A winnable matchup, but heavily favors the malphite. You would want to trade early and bully him out if he is going arcane comet. However, if he is going a grasp / tank Malphite, you can just go tiamat and farm. DO NOT FARM IF HE GOES FULL AP, YOU WILL DIE OVER AND OVER AGAIN.”
RemusEl says “He can poke you on lane with his annoying Q, and can separate you easily in a teamfight. The best option against him is to roam to other lanes. You scale better than him.”
Twist21 says “Malphite is a great anti-ad champion but he is incredibly weak in the early game.Try to snowball the lane before 6 and then roam around the map.”
wallobear53 says “Malphite is actually very weak in the early game. Although his abilities (mainly his Q) deal a lot of damage, they consume a lot of mana relative to his mana pool in those levels. You can afford to take some damage in this matchup since you will have an easy time in it after he uses up his mana.
In this lane, you should prioritize taking farm by last-hitting the wave, so you can stack it up and crash it on his tower. Don’t forget to poke him constantly while he tries to CS.
Malphite's trading patterns are to either poke with his Q when necessary or use all of his abilities and run away, and when he has Ultimate R, he will only use it if he can guarantee a kill. Unless you are low, you should extend the trade a bit longer after he uses his abilities to get some damage onto him.
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Horu says “If Malphite is going AP, its another free lane. He may keep poking you, but once you hit lv3, trading becomes one sided in your favor. Watch out for jungler trying to help him out. Start with w so when he goes to poke, you can cast your shield to counter as well as take his shield out.”
Fiora Pogjet says “He can rush armor and bramble vest which is very good against you. In the early game you can try to prarry his Q whenever he tries to poke you, so he doesn't get the movement speed. THen you can go for a trade. If he gets lvl 6 it will be even harder and you have to try to prarry his ultimate. ”
Ashookaa says “Welcome to War of Poke
Ok its a hard lane if he is bad try to all in lvl 4 but when he hits his lvl 6 and ludens echo power spike u have no chanse to kill him when he is going tank build void staff as ur 5 item ”
Flagoony says “Very easy lane. Poke him down with your Q autos and heal back his poke with your W's. When you are running low on mana, collect chimes and continue the process. Be careful of his level 6 power-spike though, as it may result in your death.”
ModxLoL says “The trick with Malphite is to make him use his mana while your abilities are up. Don’t do full trades against him, but also do your best to not let his passive keep coming back up. It’s important to realize what the win condition is for Malphite by looking at his runes. If he has Arcane Comet and Inspiration he will have more mana to work with and is looking at maxing his Q for poke. If he goes Grasp or Aftershock with Inspiration, then he is looking to max his W or E. In these scenarios, use your W and 3rd Q to stop his autos to win trades. ”
CptTeemoOnDuty says “Early levels he is easy to kite, poke and just have a farm up lane or even kill him if he tries to fight too much. After level 6 be aware of ganks due to his ult. If he goes full AP he might become a lot trickier. Check more info below. ”
Stiwy says “If he goes tank you should be able to kill him at some point.
Take conqueror and rush a black cleaver.
If he goes AP he has good poke with his Q and he gives you an hard time in early game but eventually you outscale him sooner or later.
If he goes AP you can take PTA and try to all-in him with your E.”
vxryrvre says “super fucking annoying rock rat he pokes you then deletes you in a couple seconds by slowing ur attack speed and landing an instant crit”
Kingarthur720 says “Fleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. A lot of malphite players are doing the Q max arcane comet build with biscuit delivery to have maximum poke against you in lane so we need that extra sustain from this runeset and dorans shield to sustain. A big part of malphite whether he goes the grasp full tank build or a ap bruiser build is that they need mana to poke you down and to farm. If you are able to outsustain a malphite's mana pool you can make them miss a lot of farm. Also, if you keep them pushed in they will use mana to farm as well. When you have malphite pushed under turret it is essential when you are in a position where you can pressure him that you use the auto + spin out trade under turret for harass as well as getting autos on his turret (past 5 minutes.) Once malphite gets his first back for an item, see what he gets. If he gets mana like a glacial shroud you have to be more patient, but if he buys something like a bamis cinder or chain vest then try to do more to burn down his mana pool. Once he has used his mana to try to chunk you down (and you keep sustaining back up) then you can look for bigger trades and maybe even a dive with your ignite. In the mid-late game against malphite a lot of times you won't have the damage to kill him if hes building full armor like most malphite players do or unless you are extremely far ahead of him, so what you need to do is shove in the lane and force him to collect the farm on the split, then you out rotate him and flank his team (if there is an opportunity to) before he can match your rotation. Tryndamere has really good mobility which you want to make sure you take advantage of. Here is an youtube video example of how to play/lane against malphite and how to itemize as well. https://youtu.be/BJFs5jWx_7Q ”
BloodyDream81 says “Match up à l'avantage de Darius, il ne possède pas les dégâts de base suffisant pour te tuer, il faut que tu lui applique une pression constante pour éviter que son Shield passif se recharge, essaie d'éviter son E qui est la frappe au sol, car cela réduit ton atk speed de moitié, et diminue tes chances de le tuer, mais avec le fantôme tu as de grande chance de pouvoir le tuer tant qu'il n'est pas niveau 6, et même une fois niveau 6 n'hésite pas à le punir si il s'approche trop prêt ! En revanche reste vigilante et regarde souvent ta mini map, car Malphite à un excellent set up de gank qui t'assure la mort si le jungle ennemi vient et que tu ne t'y attend pas.
Astuce : Les mercures sont un réel bonus contre malphite”
Dantheman81 says “Malphite is similar to Nautilus, he gets very tanky but with your ult dealing a percentage max health you shouldn't have a big problem fighting him.”
ChocoChurro says “If he builds tank, you fuck him up.
If he builds full AP, you could still win trades after he used his R if you got some kills and items.”
Lintaar says “His Q is just a little annoying. You are AP so he cant rly scale off armor. You can dodge his R by just always having passive stacks and always moving. ”
Angela du Seithr says “Malphite est un très bon Tank pouvant vous voulez votre vitesse de déplacement afin de se rapprocher, mais vous avez largement l'avantage en phase de lane. Toutefois, un Malphite AP peut vous mettre hors course, il faut rester prudent à l'itemisation du match up.”
Crixaliz says “Basicly both of you are kinda the same, just ignore and farm, if he trades, trade back, don't go for all ins unless he has like 30% health.”
Alzeidx says “Keep trading with him to prevent his passive shield from coming up. Your sustain with Q and him having none is a big advantage in this matchup.”
iTzToniOP says “You're not killing him but hes neither killing you. Just try to farm more than he does and try to be more useful later. This is one of those matchups where you should take advantage of your teleport to fight drakes or ganking bot.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “One of if not the hardest tank to play against as Yasuo. Early game you hard win obviously since tanks are very weak esp since Malphite can't abuse Aftershock early like most tanks. The reason I put him as a 3 is bc if you do not build up a big enough lead early, he sets up ganks so easily against you post 6. Only counter play to his ulti is to try to flash it but your flash has a massive CD compared to his ulti. Try to predict his E and dash away from him when he tries to lower your attack speed. Use your windwall on his Q only when your shield is down to take the least damage from his harass as possible.”
Alzeidx says “Easy lane, just trade with him and push the lane, dont forget to ward though. He shouldnt be able to outrade you at all. Make sure to demolish him and deny his minions.”
SpyDaFX says “try to kill at level 3 and get a lead before level 6, his ult is very annoying, skill matchup. try to avoid trading when his Q is up since it will be harder for you to escape him with ur second E because of his Q. go Conqueror, ”
Nyx Adachi says “Nah, tauntealo antes de que tire su q y estarás bien, le ganaras casi todos los tradeos en general si bloqueas los basicos potenciados, ojo con ultear cerca de el”
ForOrion says “The rock is a really hardcore matchup. His regening armor negates any trades you can get and his overall engage on you leaves you useless to boot. Dont fight, but wait for ganks and a potential dumb malphite turret dive turn around.”
TotallyEclipse says “You can kill him before he gets his tank items, but after that neither of you will kill each other. If he gets tabi and bramble he can legit kill you. If you get an early all in pre lvl 3 you can maybe win. Farm lane mostly, can take tp.”
JuarezLOL says “it is hard but there is several ways to beat him
1 early game at lvl 2 but with pushing your exp to g et lvl 2 faster
2 getting your ruined king
3 but consistently fighting after you get your life steal (900g)”
MateuszNH says “Really Hard matchup.
The longer the game the stronger he is compared to you, one of my most common ban.
Try to trick him into 1 lvl fight and kill him or waste tp. For comet malphite doran shield is a must, he is slightly easier though than grasp, where you can fight him only after he misses E. Later on he is unkillable for you and even if he doesn't kill you lane is lost. ”
Hijitori says “His passive shield recovers every 10 seconds during laning phase makes it hard to poke down to low hp. He is playing with your gamestyle - poking and waiting for his ultimate to finish you when you are around 400-500 hp, always watch out for his Ultimate, consider he can be waiting in bushes for an ambush and finish you.”
idadees says “Semplicemente il classico Tank anti AD, difficilmente potrò morire per mano di Aatrox. L'unico modo per ottenere valore da questo match up è cercare di zonarlo i primi livelli dal farm.”
WatchersGrim says “Malphite if played correctly and built correctly runes and mastery pages will be a hard lane to deal with. He has natural tank stats of course while having a good kit to fight you with. Just farm up and pick of squishier targets mid to late game. ”
not normal says “Just keep poking with fourth shot, and try not to take too much damage from his Q as it is a very strong poke and a slow plus speed boost for him. Don't take too much minion aggro. Be wary after lvl 6, as he can easily oneshot you.”
Kingarthur720 says “Not too hard of a matchup. His armour becomes a nuisance late game so i recommend going the crithality build if possible to pass his armour or go LDR, BC and a lethality item. He cant kill you unless he ults you so try your best to flash/ predict when he will ult and be careful when he hits 6.”
gabriel5ben9 says “If he pokes you, go all in (except if he's under tower). He succeeds at tanking physical damage, so he probably won't be a big problem.”
VIP Titan says “I am sorry but with you Maxing E. His Armor stacking is no use.
Tips:
All you need to remember is when his E is on cool down so no reduce attack speed debuff than you can all in him. Again use Q to harassing him so that he can't get his shield back. ”
ShaharKarisi says “Malphite can be annoying but Shyvana's trades are a bigger threat to him than he is to Shyvana. Try to push for level 6 to go for a hard all-in.”
KayleMachine says “Is extremly tanky and will with a good jungler dive you over and over. after 6.
Be aware of your own HP and track the enemy jungle.”
Vodka4Gaben says “As long as you don't lose trades, you will win. He will never be able to out damage your ultimate's healing so you should be good as long as you don't let him poke with his Q.”
Starci says “His poke from his Q is really annoying, and it's impossible to catch him, since he can just Q you and you're slowed like hell while he transforms into sonic. If you parry his ult and stun him then you have a chance to kill him.”
Discord Rengar Mains says “Yeah, maybe picking Rengar against one of the best anti-AD tanks in the game was not the best idea. You have a few windows of opportunity to deal with him though, specially around levels 3 to 5, which is where you are at your strongest. Try to keep his shield down as much as possible and whittle him down little by little, doing an all-in on him is impossible if he isn't at least below 50% HP. Whenever he lands his E on you retreat and save your stacks for a double W so you can nullify his combo damage. From level 6 onward there is not much you can do, since you will either be facetanked and steamrolled, ganked, or he will use R to run away. His ult is THAT much of a gamechanger. If you do not have any APs in your team I would strongly recommend you either pick something else, or dodge, because he will only keep getting stronger. Get BoTRK + BC if you want to have an easier time, but beware his E completely fucks over your all in because of the massive AS reduction.
Ignite can work if you are 100% sure you can kill him early, else TP is better to follow him and keep up pressure. Conqueror is the way to go, it's the only way you can reliably fight him at any point during the game.”
CounterBlad3 says “Absolute cancer to play against, his q causes your movement speed to mean nothing and his armor stacking is still hard to kill even with your e passive and cleaver”
Itreallyhim says “Rock solid, well for atleast a few seconds.
Be careful with his ult, Trade long trades in lane, Since you mainly use Q just click on him instead of trying to orbwalk when he uses E.”
Rivenetto says “Block his Q damage with ur E,play around his mana in early game.When he starts to build armor you cant kill him,play around other lanes and objectives.”
The Ryann Kingg says “Malphite is not able to damage you at all once you complete your first three items. Abuse him early on to shut him out of the game. ”
AkaiAsura says “Malphite isn't a really trouble in early lane, but if you can't manage the lane well, he can surclass you because at one point he will become too much tanky for your damage.”
Erenando says “Stack dude. Just stack. His E will decrease your attack speed but who cares. He deals no damage. He needs a jungler to fight you. Stack budy. You have been blessed to fight a stone.”
Cats4lyfe123 says “It'll be hard to get away from Malphite when he uses Seismic Shard, but at level 2 you can out-trade him. Try to dodge his ultimate with your E.”
DabPajusDab says “Really hard lane to win after lvl 6. Yes you will deal damage after BC but you can't die to him. If he builds a lot of armor he will just run or even kill you. Respect his damage and try to lane and farm.”
ShinyEmo says “Due to his relatively weak early game, Master Yi struggles against most tanks and Malphite is even tankier. He will poke you hard and after some armor, you can't kill him. You will need at least 2-3 items to kill him. Luckily, you can dodge his Ult with your Q. ”
Death Rusofag says “Yendo tanque te gana en daño, poco puedes hacer así que trata de farmear y espera ganks. Intenta hacerle trades cortos aunque él pueda mitigar bastante daño por su escudo.”
chromeq3 says “This one depends. He can be useless if he builds tank, but if he builds AP you probably need to rush Mercury's until you can do some solid damage.”
StephanBJ says “Keep poking him and try to get him as low as possible until you get lvl 3 then you should rush to kill him, He has a good ultimate so use it wisely ”
Jays_v says “GG GO NEXTTTT!!! You actually can't do anything to this rock, he outscale you, have a lot of armor to fuck your hole life up. Just dont focus him, focus the ADC.”
dinole says “Maybe one of the most annoying lanes you can face. He is weak in early levels so try to force him out early. If you try to trade with him after 3 he will just E and you probably can't finish one auto attack off before he runs out of range. He stacks armor too so your autoattacks won't do much damage to him. If he E's just jump away with Q so you wont take more damage from him. Beware at 6 since his ult is really strong cc that can enable the enemy jungler to get a free kill on you if you aren't careful.”
Blazeofepicness says “Start corrupting potion and take the cut down rune. Look for trades level 3 and try an all in level 6. Once he gets 2-3 items, he becomes a monster. ”
Thr3shPrinc3 says “You will always win this lane for the same reason as the Nasus lane. You can just bully him in early game and stop him from farming up. I highly recommend you still take Fleet Footwork in this lane since he will poke you with Q and you need the movement speed, but since you have so much kill pressure take Ignite over Teleport. Try and use your Energized attack on him AFTER his Q hits you when you want to kill him as this will mitigate the amount of movement speed he gets and ensure you can still catch him.”
ForgottenProject says “FARM IT OUT
Bring Corrupting Potion and focus on farming
You outscale the fuck out of him
Don’t fight him if he builds Bramble Vest and Ninja Tabis
You will get fucked if you try to fight against Bramble Vest Malphite
He runs out of Mana quickly, so abuse his high Mana costs and all in him when he is OOM
Remember that he gets 3x Armor when his shield is active, so be careful about fighting him when it is up”
PH45 says “You both are tanks, and you mainly deal magic damage, while Malphite usually wants to get armor. You also have built-in sustain meanwhile he only has a shield. Most likely a farm lane once again though Malphite has no escapes pre-6 excluding his summoner spells.”
Trial_By_Barrel says “All you really have to do is poke him and farm. Keep oranges handy for when he dives you so he doesn't get a guaranteed kill. If he dives you be sure to save your oranges for when he Q's you so he can't get the movement speed buff and catch up to you (if you can).”
Pedrokis says “É uma lane chata pelo fato de ele ser um tank focado em armadura. / O slow no attack speed que ele dá no E é bem chato e afeta MUITO a velocidade do seu hit da passiva. / Se ele chamar o jungler você tá meio ferrado, em razão da ult e do dano até grande que ele dá. / Usa muito o seu Q pra dar bastante dano; depois você vai pra cima quando ele tiver mais low life.”
The Lost Drawing says “Muy molesto pero matable.
No te pongas a pegarle basicos ya que te quita velocidad de ataque. Aplica la mima que a Garen y a Kled”
Joaking says “R+Q+E and you're death.
Start with your E and avoid his Q dmg in early game.
He's a mana eater, so try to make him waste it, it's the only way to win the lane.”
Daedralus says “He is an armor based champ where you play more AP based, with AP damaging abilities. His E does take away your attack speed, but you rely more on your Q anyway. His high cooldowns causes any of his abilities used during your E damage reduction period to a severe loss of advantage for him. Your healing factor also destroys him completely, as he will never have enough mana to deal with you.”
Split King says “Malphite is a very good anti-ad tank. But you are a mage with this build so that is the least of your worries. He cannot get to you without using Ultimate and he is quite easy to deal with pre 6. Your dot will ensure that his passive will never recover.”
Valorkyrie Quinn says “Malphite is just... a natural QUINN COUNTER. I'd suggest you just simply ban him. He has high armor and even some burst with his W. Your only window of opportunity is pre-6. If you can't beat him early, you'll be surely rekt post-6.
Tip: Take aggressive trades early, so he cannot respawn his passive shield, and use up mana for his Q.
Malphite is quite mana-hungry early game if he uses his Q often.
After level 6 just roam to other lanes and take advantage from kills, because it's impossible for Quinn to beat him up.
Always bring Nullifying Orb and Cut Down.”
BeautifulWinter says “Prior to 6 passive. Post 6 agro when ult is up.
Super easy match up but respect his early trades. Your ult can be used to dodge his ult.”
Mysterious Spoof says “slows your attack speed and renders trading pretty useless, especially if he goes for q max, you're never going to touch a minion without coming out behind until you get a black cleaver”
Big Belly Bop says “Hard match up. Pre-6 you should focus on poking, and denying him farm. Post-6 however, you need to watch out and predict when he's going to all in. If he goes full AP well...be ready to cry in your sleep or AFK in base. E out and W him for a safe escape, I recommend changing out for Nullifying Orb in the rune page. Flash + Barrier, Doran's Shield + 1 HP, Sustain rune page.”
ExfIamed says “So with Dwayne Johnson you basically lose every trade cause they overbuffed the fuck out of his damage, but he runs out of mana after he full combos twice so use that to your fullest advantage, and don't get near him if you're at 40% hp cause he'll kill you before you can even say demacia. ( get it cause garens shitty ass ult animation thats killed me 800 times before of how slow it is and how people can fucking cancel it )”
Verdehile says “Hardest match up for trynd. You can only kill a decent malph player before he buys frozen heart or randuins. After that you can only 1v1 him if hes half hp and you're ahead of him by a decent amount.”
Loevely says “Annoying matchup that you can play around. Max W since he slows AA speed anyway. Grasp is your best friend, proc it as often as you can.”
LuxIsMyCrush says “go double magic resist on adaptive runes and nullifying orb, rush wit's end and his damage should be a joke, he will not be able even 80% of your hp with an all in at level 6 and his Q will do almost no damage. as main rune I'd say to pick Aery (which kinda got nerfed so if you want to stick on sorcery primary comet or phase rush are better at least until Riot decide to giv back double proc) and poke him when you have the ocassion, also deny his farm as much as possible, once he use his Q to poke you he can't really trade back.”
Quezel says “All Malphite can do is e you to making stacking your passive a little harder and time his r to cancel your r otherwise he cant do anything to you and you will brutalize him at all stages of the game.”
XPRflew says “Just farm under tower because he will keep on poking you with his q when he runs out of mana and your lv 6 with mana you can finally fight him”
mightydylan101 says “Malphite isn't played much but when he is played properly it can be dangerous but if you farm and poke safely when you can he wont all in you and you might even be able to kill him. Remember to punish him when he walks up for CS.”
ProgettoYorick says “Malphite will be able to go aggressive in early, you just have to hit him. In late you just have to play it well with your R
OTP tip: be careful if you have low life, malphite will win”
Generally Break says “Probably your worst matchup. You probably can't kill him in lane unless he messes up. Your movement speed doesn't help you outplay his Q. If he hits you with an ult you're dead. Run TP, Farm as best you can, and roam a lot.”
Bajnok says “Force early fights, don't let him to refresh his passive. Start with Hexdrinker and Executioner's calling.
You can't really kill him after early game due to his amor scaling.”
ChrisPs says “If you poke him back eventually you will scale off better and then you may be able to get a couple of kills on him . But be aware of his R and keep vision in the river bush . ”
Her0mars says “Easy to play against, peel your carries and he dies. Eventually. the only thing you have to look out for is his ult. Generally it is best to wait in the jungle to counter engage on his team as they often clump when following a good malphite ult.”
Hamstertamer says “Annoying matchup. Conqueror is an absolute must, and early magic resist recommended. You can hold your own in a 1v1 but keep wards for obvious ganks especially when he hits 6.”
ineptpineapple says “F**K MALPHITE. Moving on. Jk he is horrible with his high defense and high dmg with that bs slow and that group stun ult. All i can say is hope that a rework come soon and be safe.”
Atlascrower says “Try to Q him as often as possible at lvl 1/2. Dont let his Passive reset. Sometimes, aa him with your passive. You cant kill Malphite, if he gets Lvl 3/4 with enough HP. LW is a Core-Item. He deals much Damage as a Tank, be aware of it.”
ineptpineapple says “This guy is so stupid in every matchup. Slow him to hell when he slows you and when he goes in with his ult ult yourself and he will slowly scramble away from you. Awful matchup tho he is just too tanky.”
AsomeSonic says “DON'T GROUP, he's very damaging in lane, don't try to kill him it becomes a pain with his attack speed slow, it's possible to kill him but a pain”
Chromuro says “The few time he goes AP is a problem, but you can understand that immediatly with the first item, it isn't like cho'gath. He goes OOM pretty quickly, so you can hit him as much as you can. Time your ult with his ult and you win lane.”
EpicDan01 says “You can sustain his Q poke and outdamage him with your own high magic damage.Beware of getting to low HP at level 6 as he has decent burst with his ult.”
Rhinoface says “AP and tank Malphite are both incredibly boring to lane against but shouldn't pose much of a risk to you.
Not worth ulting until after he ults, as he can use his to dodge yours.”
HKRV says “Malphite is a weird champ that has a Q that cannot be dodget in any way. In early game if he abuses it a lot runs out of mana quickly, the way for you to kill him. Be more defensive here as whatever if he full tank or AP the ult will more likely leads you to kill you. Great setup for a gank too. Have vision and make him suffer under tower. If you can avoid ganks, the early game is your and he can't do much. ”
sir monsieur says “Malphite is a major threat because of his sustain (his passive will absorb some of your pokes) and his annoying homing Q which he can spam every 8 seconds. After 6 he'll be able to all-in you and you will most probably die or go home with line pushed under your tower. The only thing you can counter his R with is Flash, but it's CD is 3.5 times longer that Malph's R.
Read matchup details below.”
Aizo says “The easiest lane matchup you can be gifted is tank malphite. AP malphite is slightly more difficult but you can dodge his nuke with your W pretty easily. Just whale on this guy dude... its malphite”
MyNameIsHugan says “Champions with a lot of hp and armor and long range cc like malphites ult is broken against quinn and can burst her down easily. U do outscale them often tho so play safe.”
Petethebossch says “Free Lane. Just sustain his q's with your pots and runes and stack to your heart's content. He has strong gank assist post level 6 with his ult though so ward for that.”
MehmetPower69 says “He will poke you with his Q and that is just something you will have to deal with. If he gets to close or tries to melee a creep you can atempt a all in trade and maybe force him out of lane so you can get your ulti before him.”
Lynboe says “Le matchup est similaire aux autres tanks, cependant son passif et son ulti vont le rendre plus difficile à tuer, face à un Darius il choisira probablement de jouer avec comète et de max son Q afin de vous poke durant toute la laning phase, il est donc judicieux de prendre un Doran’s shield et Second Wind pour éviter d’être trop dérangé et de pouvoir continuer de le zoner facilement.
Le Conqueror scale très bien face à lui et vous permettre de le tuer bien plus facilement.
Il n’y a aucun équipement spécifique à acheter face à ce gros caillou.
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Jnewbringspain says “Malphite isn't as big a counter as you might think. He has a shield and passive armor resistance, and his E will drop your attack speed, but if you build Hextech Gunblade first, your magic damage will be greatly increased through your abilities and you can win trades.”
Smartest2 says “This is actually a pretty tough lane for Teeto if Malphite plays it well. He can just harass you down with Q and take the CS hit. I recommend pushing into his tower to keep him from farming, and AA+Q harassing him.”
Angela du Seithr says “Si vous avez la malchance d'avoir un duo Jungler AD, Malphite ne vous laissera aucune opportunité de le tuer en phase de lane. En teamfight, il reviendra facilement sur vous à l'aide son ultime.”
PandaSenpai101 says “His early game is pretty strong, with his poke from his Q. You can fall behind really easily. Your late game is way better than his. Look to parry his ultimate, as it is his only playmaking tool. Just farm out the lane and look for good picks.”
Zestysquid says “This lane mostly depends on how predictable the enemy is. If you can telegraph his ult, it allows you to bait super easily. If you can't, you may be in for a rough time. In the latter situation try to bait his ult out on your clone.”
best teemo says “Start: doran shield if comet, doran ring if grasp, magic resist runes, taste of blood.
How he will try to trade against you:
Malphite will try to q you on cooldown until you are low enough for him to all in
How to win trades against him pre6: this match up is sort of like pantheon, you will have to auto auto q trade with him every time he qs you, then back off until your q is no longer on cooldown, hard shove against him, every time you get low hp(under 30 percent hp), don't risk it, recall to replenish your health, rush wits end starting with the mr part. after you complete wits end, malphite won't be able to outdamage you no matter what. just be sure to trade atleast an auto q every time he qs you.”
Jnewbringspain says “Malphite presents a bit of a problem because your W is completely useless against him. He is almost purely a caster. Also, his E will drop your attacks speed significantly so be careful getting in close. He has mana problems early on, and a bit of magic resist goes a long way against him whether he's going AP or tank build. Also, be particularly careful using ult with him nearby. He can easily cancel your teleport if he ults you.”
zuiop21 says “If you are able to avoid using W while your attack speed is reduced, then Malphite shouldnt have enought DMG to kill you.
(Wit's End Recommended) ”
M2 Jizu says “Aunque el Malphite vaya full tanque, comprate resistencia mágica, revisa el equipo enemigo para ver si necesitas las Botas de Mercurio, si ves que las necesitas compralas en el primer back.”
Bombabo says “Despite building tons of armor, Malphite does prroly against Aatrox in lane. Without burning his ult, he has no way to dodge your Combo, and cannot hope to outdamage or outsustain you”
0mega best says “Very easy, he just pokes you a little bit, and you can easily outrade him.Be careful when he gets 6, and earlier in the game he will outank you eventually so kill him early if you can.”
RainbowNova says “Against regular Tenmo, Malphite would absolutely win lane no questions asked. Sadly enough for Malphite mains, this is a guide for Tankmo. Malphite's damage gets blocked by Adaptive Helm and Thornmail, so you'll be able to poke him down.”
zygiux says “Will poke down with Q. Level 6 propably will be full go in for him since he will see that you can't stand his tankiness and armor. (maybe even ap)”
iam2sxy1 says “if its an ap malph you'll have some trouble early game as his damage is massive and he can burst you easily but all you need is to harass as much as you can and deny farm as much as possible”
FunkySoul says “You can't afford to let him scale. He'll just constantly poke you and slow you and ult you and you won't even have time to R. Out farm him however, and you will win every time.”
DrMoneybags says “I find this matchup to be pretty straight-forward with conqueror and anti-tank items. Just be careful of jungler ganks. Even if you kill him early, he will still provide utility to his team later on. So be sure to splitpush efficiently to counteract his team-fight abilities. ”
kubsak26 says “His only movement ability is his ult and his dmg is pretty low he also don't have much range other than q which you can block with your w efectivly. Because of that you can easly harrase him with your poke and get procs and farm w. In team fights you can take his ult on your self for free or even conter it with your ult. As a full tank he can't do much more then cc your team do just try to keep him on you or away from dmg dealers.”
Shderen says “Think Diana but with scarier teamfight and more variability in their performance. They're either gonna smash ya or flop. Icing this fool is undetermined.”
TheNinjaRoid says “Can't stop you from farming. If he ults you out of nowhere, he's probably got a teammate nearby. You can win if you're able to farm and have a Sheen, just be careful of ganks.”
Khazem says “Shield his Q spam, abuse his weak early game and build a lead before he starts stacking magic resistance. If possible, try to damage him often enough so he can't regain his passive shield.”
LosAngeloser says “His damage is surprisingly high. His all ins are a big threat to you, but you can generally outscale him, so just take grasp and play it safe early on.”
ElleryTheViking says “Really easy. Simply walk up and E him to remove his passive shield entirely. Auto minions with increased W atk speed to refresh your E and E him again while also Q spamming. His damage output is next to nothing and costs him a fortune on mana. Just W to heal up and use your gradual poke down. When you're ready to all in ghost ult and the kill should be secured. ”
The Lost Drawing says “Lleva las runas de defensa mágica y lo demás super agresivo.
Solo cuida de la 'jg' enemiga ya que a niveles bajos es mucho 'slow' (ralentizaciones/reduccion de velocidad de movimiento) lo que mete, y su 'R' es mortal en TF (y mucho peor si tiene un Yasou o una Miss Fortuna de su lado)
>>> Recuerda, pega daño mágico”
kingkang2 says “Pretty much all tanks don't stand a chance against Yorick except during the very early game. Just keep farming, get items, and let conqueror do the work.”
SynergyXO says “People say he counters you, not really. he just doesnt really die to you. he cant kill you. you can Q heal his poke and, you can step back when he does his pouty ground slam thing. that way you dont get attack speed reduced. at that point you can all in him
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Samas says “Cant really beat you in early game nor in late game if you were to go all out on eachother since you have mixed damage, and he has tankyness, but in lane you will get harrassed by his q, then all-ined when you are low, which is really hard to avoid since you cant trade with him, he can outrun you because his q steals movement speed so one gap closer is not enough to avoid getting kited when going for trades.”
E61K says “If he went Comet start Dshield. Other than that he is pretty free as your Kit completely destroys him. Malphite stacks more Armor than Health really which is really bad against Darius since your Ult is more effective the less total HP a Champion has and your E passively gives you total armor pen. His attack speed cripple is annoying but he is really easy to beat as Darius.”
SwiftOblivion says “Strength: Teamfighting, Tanky, Full armor, attack speed + movement speed slow, Quick Heavy CC. Weaknesses: Outscaled, High Mana costs early, Weak lane phase. Corrupting Potion Recommended. Not only packing multiple slows, a knockup, and an ability that cannot miss, this guy can poke you down efficiently. His built-in armor is also tough to crack so proceed with caution. Your main objective in the lane is to gain a CS lead over him by retaliating against him when he tries to poke you down. Be quick with your Riposte as it is the only thing to save you other than your own flash against his ultimate. It is also useful to Riposte his ground slam because if you time it right it negates the attack speed slow and allows you to continue with a trade previously made impossible because of it. This is the most important ability of his you need to look out for Pre-6 when trading.”
Miracle Matter says “Surprisingly difficult 1v1 matchup. Malphite has a kit that is, despite being armor-heavy, almost geared towards countering Zilean. This is because when you come close enough to E - Slow him and then bomb him, he often is close enough to Q you, not only harassing you but also stealing enough movespeed for him to outrun your Q radius.
Furthermore, once Malphite builds Abyssal mask and Merc Treads, he has legitimate kill potential on you -- all he has to do is Q you a few times, then Ult you and pop you mid-air before you hit the ground, i.e. before you can Ulti. Even if you do Ulti before his Ulti hits, it may just result in him letting you live and running alongside you for 5 seconds to kill you after the ulti expires. Very annoying if he chooses to sit in a side-lane versus you this way, so force a teamfight instead. This allows you exploit the advantage of having forced their toplaner to stack MR, and suddenly they're incredibly vulnerable to your ADC (and AD threats from your mid/jungle.) Never stand close to your team or you'll simply get caught in his ult. Instead, stand back so that when he ults someone, you can revive them and then simply stun him inside your team while your team kills him.”
drunken hunter says “Malphite can be very annoying in the late game - if you let him. With Malphite you can easily do the early poke dmg and the lvl 2/3 engage with exhaust. The harder as you destroy him in the early game with the black cleaver, the better will be your team fights in the late game. ”
Sion says “As long as he is not playing max W you should be okay. His constant poke is not a big deal given that you return the favour with E+Q everytime. As he cannot just poke and R you since you can just kill him after you die.”
Evil Lightning says “Can just poke against your harassment from afar, has LOTS of armor, having you deal, questionable-atmost, damage. When lategame comes, it's over for you. He's reached his power spikes and he can EASILY outtank you.”
lxl1Mago1lxl says “The timing could save your life against him. Especially if played AP, Malphite is really annoying for us carefully when he's going to use his ultimate”
Trixelkour says “Annoying to lane against and can one shot you if it goes for AP. In-case of Tank, get Abyssal mask or Liandry's depending on teamcomp. If going for full AP 1-shot, get an early Mercury Threads into a Mikael's Crucible to counter his ult all-ins.”
heyitsRainex says “Malphite counters most AD matchups, especially Renekton. He wins trades just with his passive shield, E and strong basic attacks.
His weakness, however, would be mana in the early game. Try to do more trades to force him to use abilities.”
E61K says “Broken bullshit. Ever since Yasuo's bonus armor pen from his ultimate got changed to crits only, this matchup has become increasingly difficult. If you have laned against him recently or laned against him as Yasuo recently you will know what I am talking about. The fact that Yasuo got his bonus armor pen changed to crits only, alongside with the tank META and buffs to Malphite made this matchup unwinnable. Yasuo used to shit on Malphite. Now Malphite basically shits on almost every AD toplaner. Get a Spectre's Cowl (yes you heard me right) and just farm and outscale his ass. There is legit 0 you can do after he gets tabis+bramble. Spectre's cowl ensures that you will be healthy enough in lane to keep farming without getting bullied out of lane by the unfair amount of damage Malphite deals right now. Late game you melt him anyways, so there is no rush. Don't try to trade with him because you will most likely lose the trades. Unless it's really early into the game. Edit: Conqueror, enough said.”
undeadsoldiers says “Malphite - Conqueror
Early items (in order) - Mercs, Tiamat, Phage (Spectral Cowl if behind)
- Take the second wind rune
- All in lvl 1 (passive stacked)
- No all in lvl 2
- Play safe in lane (avoid trades)
- DON'T all in alone until Trinity
- He can knock back your Q
- Play around his E cooldown in trades since it slows attack speed
- Save W for his poke (especially if he takes comet)
- Ult cooldown: 130/105/80
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Omega best says “Malphite will poke you alot, but he wont do that much damage, build some armor and some mr then flip him at the good moment in your wave, call for ganks if necessary and dont rush him early and play safe ”
Zachlikespizza says “You just won't kill him unless he's building full ap in which case you will always kill him. Otherwise just try to push and roam. You can outsustain his poke and will win in the long run due to his mana costs, but don't expect to get too many kills in this lane.”
TakeLPlease says “Malphite has tons of armor and health late game. Use their health and armor early game as an advantage. Late game will be hard to take them down. They will also deal lots of damage if you don't take them out early game, so beware. If you can successfully dodge his ultimate, you can use your brush hop or ultimate as he's recovering from it.”
iam colorblind says “One of the hardest Matchups!
You cant trade and get clapped very fast!
Play safe and try to farm!
Set ur focus on Late Game (35+ Minutes)”
Skullsunderer says “Poke and wave clear is a wierd combo. When your minions are dead engage, he won't expect it and it'll take him awhile to walk back to his turret from yours. Aside from that your E's passive armor penetration really helps you kill him, as he will most likely stack it. ”
joelblack says “Champions like Malphite are the reason Gnar exists. Titan or Marksman work well, it just depends on whether you want to be a tank for the team or if you want to absolutely destroy him. Post-6, he'll usually be too tanky to kill in lane unless you play it well, so take this advantage to go roam and help the team.”
Ashnard says “Malph gets a lot of armor as the game goes on, making him near impossible to kill outside of lane. If he plays to defensive to kill, you can only build as large cs lead on him as possible. This is the case for pretty much every low interaction toplane tank.”
Dacnomaniak says “You dont really rely on auto damage so he really has no strengths against you. Build a sunfire for extra magic damage and try to push him out in lane.”
galvapheonix says “ Maokai isn't too difficult to lane against. He has to get close to you to attack and his saplings got nerfed so don't do nearly as much damage. He will eventually become extremely tanky and have an unreasonable amount of cc so if you get ahead don't get cocky.”
OmegaTeemo says “He has a decent poke, free shield and an engage that most tanks can only dream about. Don't stay in lane while low, trade as much as you can, shove the wave and get him stuck under the tower.”
thedunkening111 says “Ah shit, it's this guy. At least you got an auto reset, so your short trades will be nice. But eventually, the rock will slow your attack speed to shit, so killing him will be a chore. Look to kill him early, but later on, build tanky so you can counter-initiate in teamfight scenarios.
Take Conqueror”
Thoir says “Malphite is one of the easiest match up for Irelia. You can zone him from the farm and try to push the first wave and the first minion of the second wave to get a fast level 2 and kill him.”
PlayCabex says “if you get against this sh*t , then youre fuck*ed up , he will just get a abyssal mask and SOMEHOW oneshot you , bs champion wait for gank , if he goes ap then you can kill him easily , just poke first and then fight (if ap) if tank then farm and wait for gank”
Scyrine says “Malphite isn't really strong against you unless you let him be. Once he has R, he can surprise you with the amount of damage he has. Play smart and try to get equal trades with him when he trys to trade with you.”
Avucado says “Literally unkillable and ungankable post 6. There is no way you're wnning this lane unless you roam. His wave clear is not that great so you have to roam whenever you can. Tell your lanes not to shove and try to coordinate ganks on other lanes with your jungler. He will probably go AP malph since hes the midlaner and if he does you need a hexdrinker. If you try to get a gank he will R away. If gets enough AP he can 1 shot you easily. Always keep your finger on your E or flash so you can try to react to his R. Not worth banning however since he has a low pickrate midlane.”
Chili Dog says “Draw blood from stone XD!XD!X!D!XD!! just Q him, even if you don't have faker reaction time to pool his ult, should never be able to do anything vs you. Phase Rush recommended but both runes viable.”
Zethal_Na says “If this guy has a brain, then you'll be useless when he starts stacking the armor. Shove mid wave and roam to get ahead (I would buy hydra to shove wave faster).”
vCraze says “Malphite is fairly easy pre-6, just keep your range and don't let him get too many Qs on you for harass. Once he hits 6 you need to stay away from him and watch out for his R. You want to try to keep your distance and perma wave clear while poking him and look to assist your team where you can with ultimate.”
OxiteoMyst says “Your Q should tank most of his Q's damage. Easy laning until 6. You must flash his ult. You will die if he's going ap. If he's going tank you wont die unless their jg is with him. (He probably is) ”
peytonqt says “BAN HIM
RUNES: Conq/Aery/Grasp/PR
This guy is like Ekko, and WILL ABSOLUTELY TEAR YOUR TEAM APART. He is arguably worse than Ekko, and if you play top, just ban him. Tanks are hard to play into as Jayce anyways.”
WolfRider01 says “Malph's armor is the major issue with him. Plus the CC from his R and Q can be really annoying. If he's building tank build a Kraken slayer. If he's building AP I suggest you build shieldbow. Malph's damage is fairly limited when his abilities are on cooldown, so engage him then. He will poke you out of lane, you may want fleet if it's AP malph mid.”
Bobbab says “Tank malph is almost unkillable and ap hurts alot. You can easily dodge his ult with your e but its hard to be the one to engage onto him. Poke down his shield and try to fight early.”
Grayified says “Can slow you, if he attempts to you can just E out of the way. AP Malphite is annoying as he can one-shot you if played right, but if he builds tank then you should be able to win.”
Coldsong says “Malphite is another super hard matchup for Talon because unless he screws up, you will never kill him. Do NOT stand close to him once he hits 6 and try to stay out of lane as much as you can.”
Bouhhsolene says “DON'T PLAY MALPHITE MID!!!
No seriously I'm putting here the matchups I played and this one was so easy. He'll try to poke you, but you poke him better, and have more range. His only poking spell don't do that much damage and can be cancelled if you time your W well. Just aim for a kill early, and post 6, R whenever you first see his R animation. You scale better overall and have as much teamfight impact as he does.”
arcanejhin says “def get frozen mallet if you cant survive burst or spirit visage as 4th item if you can
Hes an annoying champ. You could abuse him in lane if you go in after he uses Q ”
Yuki H. says “Really rare to see a Malphite in the mid lane, but it happens. If you're against a Malphite just know Zed has kill pressure only during the early game. Take advantage of the fact that Zed is an energy user while Malphite uses mana. Manage minion waves well and all should be ok, at least until he starts stacking armor.”
Veralion says “DH, Dark seal. There's been a lot of this going around recently. Point and click harass is BS, and Malphite’s high base damage on Q makes staying in lane aggravating for many champions. Smite healing is plenty to do so, though. It's tough to harass him down through his passive. If you hit E on cooldown you can keep his armor off, but if you lapse by a few seconds you will lose the war of attrition, so just focus on farming until 6. He does an absurd amount of damage at 6 with his full combo, and can stomp you dead from as much as 60-70% health. You do even more, though. Take a good recall timing right before 6, come back to lane fresh, and put your cards down on even ground with him before he has time to chip you back down again with his Q. He hits hard, but you’ll hit harder. You can HoB him down with jungle lockdown early, but his movement and attack speed slows will probably prevent you from doing so on your own. ”
OOBLEXX says “Gets pretty tanky. His Q cannot be avoided when you are attacking since you will have to be going in and out of shroud- this will slow you down and he can get away most of the time, especially in the early game. ”
Mr38i3 says “When you predict that he is gonna ult you then E backwards and you can probably delete most of his HP with your ult and Q W E combo at lvl 6”
RikudouDovahkiin says “Against Malphite, you don't have to do something special or making plays if he building tank only against you. Its rather a dull lane, even don't need to dodge his R at 1v1. Make sure that you have pink totem in 2-3x bushes, just in case. Losing against Malphite is an inconvenient possibility and can cost your teamfights if u fall behind in terms of DPS. There should be no such a possibility. If you are really sure that he has Ignite, you can pick cleanse against his Ignite and slow which will stop his burst and leeching potential. Building firstly Abyssal Scepter can help you a lot with boots of swiftness. Counter his Q with your Q. When you really lose the lane do not use E too much it will kill you instead of Malphite, wait for then use your E + 3rd Q, because healing from 3rd Q getting stronger for every missing health. You can pick magic pen boots if he only building magic resist, beware of his sunfire cape which is deadly in 1v1. His slow sometimes may be irritating but after building Rylai and Proto it will be easier to kill him. (Also malphites tend to build armor and AP instead of stacking up MR'es)”
Nooldles says “Similiar to Swain, Malphite gifts you one of the best Ultimates in the game. He also just doesn't have enough damage to beat you 1v1 on a side lane unless he goes full ap in which if he doesn't os you, you kill him very easily as he is squiushy.”
Zoe Sparklepop says “With his passive shield and Doran's shield, he can tank your poke pretty well while throwing that cheese wheel at you for basically the same damage as your Q
DO NOT let him roam after 6 or he'll get takedowns.
You need to try your best to match his roams or mirror roaming.”
leprosyy says “all in yaparsanız e ile saldırı hızınızı çok yavaşlatır ve siz daha çok damage yersiniz.Kite yaparak canını azaltın q suna w açın ultisini siz hortum atarken kullanması muhtemel olduğu için hortum atıyormuş gibi bir anda ona bakıp bir minyona e atın ultisini kullanmazsa bir daha aynı şeyi yapın.”
snukumz says “Pretty easy pre-6 but after 6 you have to be very careful since he can ult you and either kill you or do most of your health in damage.
Barrier will save you as well as a little bit of HP.
Be ready to hit flash fast if his ult is up, if you're quick you can flash dodge his ult.
He's killable with your combo but he can always ult away to safety, or ult you to stop your ultimate. ”
nguyenbautroi says “A super tanky champ can easily counter Pyke, he have a big armor that make Pyke hard to deal a good damage. His Q can make him run fast that make you hard to ult him.”
LightningTemplar says “Tanky and loves to build armor, nice. Play aggresive early, attempt to keep his shield down and constantly put pressure on him as it only gets harder to kill him as time goes by. His R can be dodged with our R, or our W, should we already have a Shadow sat up. ”
only yasuo play says “Can only win lane early on, he gets too tanky to trade with the longer the lane goes on. Ping for jungle gank.
Once he hits 6 you are fucked because of his insane gank setup.”
Zephorgames says “If you don't know how to dodge her R,
just play safe and dont forget to take conqueror against.
first, take doran shield and try to poke so much with your shadow.
After that, dont forget to roam with Zed ^^
if you're 0/2, ping your jungler for help, you can't 1v1 Malph in 0/2 lol”
Malmortious says “Laning against him is rough. His passive is really strong and requires constant poking, he stacks armor and he does a lot of damage for a tank. Your best bet is to try to kill him early and then roam.”
Kami_EU says “Terrible matchup for Yasuo, since Malphite can stack armor and you can't do anything about it.
Best bet is to manage wave according to his spell cooldowns/his jungle pressure.
”
ur_mom_gay says “You basically can't win this lane. You can hit the guy with WEQ electrocute and still get outtraded if he Q's you once. If you have LDR you can fight him though.”
Gogicha55 says “Hes Tanky so you can't really kill him, Just shove him in and roam but you won't see malphite mid that much anymore so you don't have to worry”
Cloud375 says “Ok, if this is AP Malphite, this is an absolute pain. Before level 6, you can hurt him but killing him is near impossible due to his shield and the fact that his Q has such high damage and scaling. But after level 6, he has the ability to oneshot you without you even having any ability to fight back. If he lands his ult and has enough ability power, you are dead. The same applies if it is not AP, but if they are not playing AP Malphite, you stand a stronger chance of surviving, but it's still very very difficult to win lane.”
ShuUis says “Oh yeah, he is tanky and has good defenses and poke and damage. Potent roams too. His scaling was nerfed recently so you shouldn't see too much of them now, but beware.”
Yeager says “Tanks are fun to play against because they are basically just pinhatas that can't kill you unless you mess up big time.
- Spam starfire spellblade to get procs of kleptomancy.
- His waveclear is horrible. If the enemy jungler poses no threat to you, or if they are seen at the other side of the map, you can shove the wave and force him to farm under turret while poking him with E.
- If it's arcane comet malphite with corrupting potion start, you can max W second to out-sustain all the damage.
”
kilgta says “a good malphite player could beat you at level 6 but you can most certainly poke him and then finish him with ult if you poked enough. its a decent lane for you since you can abuse him early. start seal.”
BL00dY3nD says “Well sure you can counter his R. But he will poke you dead with his Q and if he gets abyssal mask you will get tilted cause he 1 shots you. If he goes AP you should be able to kill him.”
javimc17 says “He can't do nothing against you. Win all trades starting with your E, hitting with your Q and healing with your W when your shield falls.”
Jazzmonkey says “pretty hard matchup. he will poke you with Q so go dorans shield here with second wind. Just focus farm and don'T trade him at all just if he missplayed or used his skills on minion. ”
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Tips Against Malphite in Bottom Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
AngryAngrier says “Malphite cannot do much. Despite the fact that you're building AD, you still deal mixed damage so he doesn't counter you. You should be able to outpoke him and force him not to farm as you're ranged and he's melee.”
Penguto says “One of the hardest match up against Aphelios in my opnion. Aphelios is weak early and you cant ruin his life early and malphite once hes level 6 you are a goner.”
Profesor APH. says “he is 4.5/5 hes not extreme but its one of the hardest matchups for aph he can run away from ur ult by malph ult you can try to run away from his ult but he have movement speed and he can easilly catch up you and r to you”
22Drift says “This motherfucker will ult us every single fight so we have to play around it (Make sure to reaction flash the ulti if it will kill you)”
Doody_tco says “Malphite can poke Miss Fortune, but what is really threatening is when he reaches level 6, he can kill Miss Fortune and cancel her ult”
TheDanishTank says “anything that can lock you down easily is spooky just using this guy duo to his ult but if you doge the ult or some one baits its out he is not hard to kill for you at all ”
Phantom R says “This lil fella strong. Against a Malph mid you are pretty much screwed early/mid game as he will kill you with no problem going AP build. DON'T stay near him at any moment bc he will R you/flash and R you many times. He looks at you like a juicy meal, so stay away from him and wait for an opening when he presses R on one of your teammates. As soon as he does that, have your traps prepared for him and go hard!, you WILL kill him fast and easily after that.”
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Tips Against Malphite in the Jungle Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Polarshift says “Slows your attack speed and is designed to be strong against AD champions. It will be hard to kill him, even early, unless he spends his mana like a madman. He also has great gank setup and disengage with his Q.”
G Spot God says “He steals your move speed so a good tip is to wait for his q to hit you THEN use your W to close the gap. You should easily be able to survive his burst. Double scutt.”
liserith says “You won't see Malphite jungle very often, but when you do, he's a pain in the ass. His passive makes poking him down quite difficult, and after level 6, his ult is an extremely powerful gap-closer. His Q is point and click, so you can't even dodge it. Try to abuse his early game, as all tanks struggle there.”
RedNBlue says “Malphite can tank your damage and once he's level 6 can really mess you up with his ultimate. He can steal you movement speed causing you to be very slow and his passive shield will only break at the cost of your w or q.”
RedNBlue says “Malphite is just like Amumu. Malphite has a great amount of base armor plus his passive rock shield will be hard to break early if your not low enough health. He will also build thorn mail.”
classicnoob says “His main source Of DMG is R.
Dont waste your Q on his R since rest of his abilities do alot damage aswell.Incase he builds AP get a maw of malmourtius”
Ambient12 says “UNCOMMON. Pretty durable and powerful champion, but he belongs at top. He brings no sustain to his ADC, and does next to zero damage early game. Go hard and score an easy kill, but be wary of his powerful all-in capabilities.”
Poohlio says “Your only chance to kill him is in the early when he doesn't have any items yet. Once he gets 2 items, just don't try it, he'll laugh at you trying to scratch him D: Go Red with Cleaver helps ”
Hide on Nidalee says “You can kill him easy on his jungle, just invade and let him behind. After lvl 6 just be careful with his ultimate and be atent to counterganks”
Hawary says “malphite is rock solid and u don't have magic resistance runes or in your masteries so he will deal much damage to you avoid him in game or build some magic resist first”
TrevorJayce says “This champion is a permanent April Fool's joke injected into the Riot Games title League of Legends by complete accident. There is absolutely no way someone who is not in a mental ward thinks it is okay for a champion to build full AP with an AOE knockup that scales from said full AP to also then be unkillable. Handle with care.”
SeekerPTK says “He's kind of a nightmare to deal with catch him with your q when he ults to follow him in but you won't get knocked up. Don't bother fighting this guy too much cc and tankiness to kill steal his camps his clears are slow.”
0kruemlmonster says “If he ults you in a teamfight, you're probably dead. Try to dodge or flash (if you took flash) it. He can't 1v1 you, especially if he goes AP.”
today ill feed enemy team says “He is a strong lane bully, you will need to rush cleaver and ruined king if he is building tank, if he is building AP, you just will need to rush wit's end and trinity after it.”
G2 Ryan says “Recently nerfed BUT he's still strong, his E beats the sh*t out of you since you can't auto him, avoid him til' level 6, When you have Highlander, you just need the timing to dodge his R and it's done for him.”
Yuki H. says “Luckily this isn't played as much, but he poses quite a bit of threat to Graves in the jungle. There is little to no chance you will kill this champion after he transitions out of the late game, and his Q allows himself to steal movespeed from you which makes it near impossible for you to chase or run away.”
CorruptedPoro says “Your speed is no match for his big boy tank stats. Same for any tank. Speed on them mages and squishy bot men. Also speed to opponent jungle to steal stuff and then speed back”
LilRalle says “malp can be a threat to jax, because, malp is pretty strong and tanky early, and if you just full upgrade e as malp you should be able to slow jax down a lot if he tries to jump on you, and the same goes for his q. pretty much slow counters jax or blind.”
Violzandre says “I HATE YOU MAPHITE!!!
haha, a little joke, but it's a threat if he is full ap, in late if you're not fast enough to use your R to escape, he uses his R and can delete you.
Thanks to god, he isn't always full ap, usually a see malphites using a tank build.
In early and midgame he isn't a threat.”
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