Malphite·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Malphite Mid 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 Cheap Shot and Ultimate Hunter 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 Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.9% winrate over 2 479 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Eyeball Collection with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Lich Bane as a third item. You want to finish the build with Nashor's Tooth, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.1% win rate across 354 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Malphite Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Health Scaling and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Sunfire Aegis as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Thornmail as third item. The last 3 options are Frozen Heart, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Randuin's Omen. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.7% win rate over 262 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.