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 52.7% winrate over 4 598 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 Electrocute as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight 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 Sunfire Aegis, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Thornmail as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 52.3% win rate over 2 855 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being 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, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Stormsurge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 46.2% win rate across 1 291 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.