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 Dark Harvest as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Axiom Arcanist and Transcendence 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 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 Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 41.7% winrate over 748 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 Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear 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 46.5% win rate over 465 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace 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 Zeke's Convergence as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Protoplasm Harness as a third item. You want to finish the build with Thornmail, Kaenic Rookern and Malignance. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 48.6% win rate across 370 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 Protoplasm Harness as third item. The last 3 options are Frozen Heart, Kaenic Rookern and Thornmail. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.9% win rate over 273 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.