Malphite·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Malphite Bot build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Overgrowth and Second Wind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Malignance as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Stormsurge. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 46.3% winrate over 514 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Malphite Bot build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Cheap Shot with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Malignance as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 29.8% win rate over 104 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Overgrowth with Second Wind in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Malignance as a third item. You want to finish the build with Stormsurge, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 42.3% win rate across 104 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Malphite Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Malignance as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Stormsurge as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 44.6% win rate over 56 matches played.

Situational Malphite Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Malphite build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.