Malphite Wild Rift Guide, Build and Strategy

Malphite is a tank champion that is very versatile and has good crowd control. You can play him as middle, top, jungle or even as a support. His passive and innate tankiness makes him the perfect guy in the front lines. With the right build, he can also easily take down squishy heroes with a well executed combo.

How to Play Malphite

• Malphite can stand against enemy poking because if his Granite Shield that grants shield every few seconds
• Use Seismic Shard to poke enemies in the lane
• You can also use Seismic Shard’s movement speed bonus to flee from enemies
• If enemy champions are out of range, you can use Seismic Shard on either minion or jungle creeps for the speed bonus
• Thunderclaps also provide additional armor for Malphite
• Thunderclap and Ground Slam is a good tool in clearing minion waves faster
• Ground Slam’s slow is effective on enemies who rely on basic attacks
• Use Unstoppable Force to initiate a teamfight
• Unstoppable Force can also be used to escape from enemies
• Though very strong against physical attacks, Malphite is vulnerable to magic damage so buying items with magic resist is a good option too
• Skill Combo: 2nd Skill > 4th Skill > 3rd Skill > 1st Skill

Skills

Passive / Granite Shield: Shield 65 damage after not taking any damage for 8 seconds.

Skill 1 / Seismic Shard: Launches a shard that deals magic damage, slows the target by 15% and hasting Malphite by 15% for 3 seconds.

Skill 2 / Thunderclap: Passive: Gains 6 Armor. Active: For the next 6 seconds, attack deal physical damage in a cone. The first attack is empowered to deal physical damage to the target.

Skill 3 / Ground Slam: Slams the ground, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and reducing their attack speed by 30% for 3 seconds.

Skill 4 / Unstoppable Force: Charges to the target area, dealing magic damage and knocking up nearby enemies for 1.5 seconds.

Item Build

Iceborn Gauntlet, Abyssal Mask, Mercury’s Teleport, Sunfire Aegis, Randuin’s Omen, Rylai’s Crystal Scepter

Luden’s Echo, Awakened Soulstealer, Ionian Protobelt, Rabadon’s Deathcap, Liandry’s Torment, Void Staff

Runes

• Grasp of the Undying – Every 4 seconds in combat, your next attack on a champion will be enhanced based on your max health.
• Champion – Gain 10% damage against champions. Lose 5% each time you die until the bonus disapperas.
• Conditioning – Gain 8 bonus AR and MR after 5 minutes of game time.
• Manaflow Brand – Hitting an enemy champion with an ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.

• Electrocute – Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3 seconds deal bonus adaptive damage.
• Brutal – Gain 7 AD and 2% armor Penetration or 14 AP and 2% magic penetration.
• Regeneration – Every 3 seconds, regen 2% missing health or mana based on which percentage is lower.
• Manaflow Brand – Hitting an enemy champion with an ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.

Spells

• Ignite (or Barrier)
• Flash

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