Malphite matchups
Tier 151.9% win · #1 top
Tier 348.0% win · #31 top
4,640 gamesSample A 55.7%Sample B 57.6%Sample C 56.4%Gold at 15 −89Full matchup pageSample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov
Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Malphite: Gold 51.4% · Plat 52.6% · Emerald 52.1% · Diamond 52.5%Jayce: Gold 46.3% · Plat 47.7% · Emerald 48.1% · Diamond 49.0%
Lane plan
Avoid Jayce’s ranged pokes and his hammer form combo to avoid losing health. Stick behind minions to dodge his (E)-(Q) combo.
Lane tip from this patch's games, play even
You complete Sunfire Aegis at ~13 min; Jayce completes Black Cleaver at ~12 min. You spike together.

Level 3: Jayce's Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate (E) is 20s, your Thunderclap (W) is 10s, so you're back first.

Jayce takes Flash + Teleport in 74.9% of games. You take Flash + Teleport (72.4%).
Build into Jayce
Sample B · Emerald+ · 1,857 games · 6 NovItems
Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picksStart0:00



Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion
80.8% of games · 57.3% win
58.9%
61.8%
First back



Cloth Armor, Boots, Ruby Crystal
Bought in most games1st item13 min

Sunfire Aegis
52.3% of games · 58.3% win
56.6%
54.5%
2nd item19 min

Thornmail
22.6% of games · 59.3% win
62.8%
58.2%
3rd item26 min

Kaenic Rookern
13.0% of games · 62.4% win
64.7%
63.0%
Boots11 min

Plated Steelcaps
79.0% of games · 58.1% win
54.8%
57.4%
Late31–31 min



Jak'Sho, The Protean, Kaenic Rookern or Randuin's Omen
One of them, for what you're facing
Runes
Most played page, 1,668 games
Sorcery
Arcane Cometpicked in 89.8%
Manaflow Bandpicked in 91.3%
Transcendencepicked in 89.6%
Scorchpicked in 91.1%
Resolve
Overgrowthpicked in 61.0%
Second Windpicked in 56.5%
Shards
KeystoneWin rate
Pick a keystone with a full page to see that page above.
Skill order
Most played order, 442 gamesMax
- Q›E›W68.1% pick · 1,254 games57.3%
- Q›W›E23.9% pick · 440 games60.2%
Jayce: Q start, max Q›W›E396 games
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport72.4% pick
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Jayce: Flash + Teleport, 74.9%1,360 games
Play against Jayce
Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability hasteJayce's abilities
Your opponent · uses mana
P Hextech CapacitorPassive
Q To the Skies! / Shock Blast16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8 / 6s cooldown · 40 mana · 600 range16s16s12s6s
W Lightning Field / Hyper Charge10s cooldown · 40 mana · 285 range—10s10s10s
E Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10s cooldown · 55 mana · 240 range—20s20s20s
R Mercury Cannon / Mercury Hammer6s cooldown · No cost · 600 range————
Thundering Blow / Acceleration Gate (E) is the long one early: 20s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.
Malphite's abilities
You · uses mana
P Granite ShieldPassive
Q Seismic Shard8s cooldown · 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 mana · 625 range8s8s8s8s
W Thunderclap10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8s cooldown · 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 mana · 400 range—10s10s10s
E Ground Slam7s cooldown · 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana · 400 range—7s7s7s
R Unstoppable Force130 / 115 / 100s cooldown · 100 mana · 1000 range——130s115s
Thunderclap (W) is the long one early: 10s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.
All 46 top matchups
Malphite's win rate into each one · green beats Malphite's average, rose falls shortNumbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.

