Malphite·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Malphite Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Sunfire Aegis as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Thornmail. For your last 3 items, you should build Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart and finish with Jak'Sho, The Protean. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 50.4% winrate over 9 754 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Malphite Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Dark Harvest as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Axiom Arcanist with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Malignance, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Stormsurge as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 44.7% win rate over 4 668 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Thornmail as a third item. You want to finish the build with Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart and Jak'Sho, The Protean. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 49.6% win rate across 4 560 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Malphite Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Zeke's Convergence as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sunfire Aegis as third item. The last 3 options are Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Frozen Heart. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 49.6% win rate over 2 010 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.