# Malphite Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Malphite: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/malphite · Patch: 26.22 · Top lane

## Malphite — Shard of the Monolith

- Tier: S+ (#1 of 132 in Top lane)
- Win rate: 51.2%
- Pick: 7.1%
- Ban: 18.4%
- Games: 29,160

## Runes

- **Sorcery**: Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch
- **Resolve**: Second Wind, Overgrowth
- Attack Speed, Health scaling with level, Health scaling with level

## Summoner spells

Flash, Teleport

## Items

- Starting items: Doran's Ring, Health Potion, Health Potion
- **Tank** (Win rate: 54.0% · Games: 10,083): Sunfire Aegis → Thornmail → Frozen Heart → (Jak'Sho, The Protean / Randuin's Omen) → (Jak'Sho, The Protean / Randuin's Omen / Thornmail)
- **Ability Power** (Win rate: 50.1% · Games: 2,065): Malignance → Stormsurge → Shadowflame → (Jak'Sho, The Protean / Randuin's Omen) → (Jak'Sho, The Protean / Randuin's Omen / Thornmail)
- Boots: Plated Steelcaps

## Skill order

Q > E > W

## Struggles against

- Rek'Sai: -25.0 pp win rate difference (16 games)
- Vel'Koz: -16.7 pp win rate difference (33 games)
- Azir: -14.3 pp win rate difference (28 games)
- Aurelion Sol: -12.1 pp win rate difference (29 games)
- Annie: -11.5 pp win rate difference (13 games)

## Strong against

- Draven: +27.8 pp win rate difference (18 games)
- Caitlyn: +20.6 pp win rate difference (17 games)
- Lucian: +20.0 pp win rate difference (30 games)
- Nocturne: +20.0 pp win rate difference (10 games)
- Shyvana: +19.4 pp win rate difference (36 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

- [OTPs](https://gamerone.org/en/champion/malphite/otp)
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