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Comp identity — Top

Leans Attack — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Attacknatural · 100%
Catchforced · 20%
Protectforced · 10%
Malphite brings the frontline and engage that start the 5v5. Enough Catch sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive Granite Shield auto-refreshes a 10%-max-HP shield after a few seconds without taking damage, and his size scales with armor (up to 35% bigger).

Kit quirks

Passive Granite Shield auto-refreshes a 10%-max-HP shield after a few seconds without taking damage, and his size scales with armor (up to 35% bigger)
W (Thunderclap) passively grants bonus armor that TRIPLES while Granite Shield is up, then empowers an attack into an AoE cone proc scaling off AP and armor
R (Unstoppable Force) is a long-range dash with displacement immunity that knocks up everything in an AoE cone — pure teamfight-starting engage, no ally-targeted defensive utility
W (Thunderclap)'s cooldown starts the instant it's cast, not when the empowered hit is used — pre-casting it early and letting the 6-second buff expire unused still gets the cooldown running sooner than waiting to cast it on demand.

How Malphite actually performs in ranked solo queue · 90 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Top50% WR · 79.1 games
Mid50% WR · 5.6 games
Jungle49% WR · 4.8 games
Bot50% WR · 0.5 games
Support50% WR · 0.3 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

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Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Malphite — Shard of the Monolith

Class: Vanguard
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Top
Released: 2009-09-02 (V0.9.22.16)
Last changed: V26.09
Price: 225 BE · 260 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	665	+104	2433
Health regen (per 5s)	7	+0.55	16.35
Mana	280	+60	1300
Mana regen (per 5s)	7.3	+0.55	16.65
Armor	40	+4.95	124.15
Magic resist	28	+2.05	62.85
Attack damage	62	+4	130
Attack speed	0.736	+3.4%	1.105
Attack speed ratio	0.638
Attack range	125
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 400
Selection height: 180
Selection radius: 125
Pathing radius: 50
Gameplay radius: 80
Attack delay offset: -0.0503

One for All: damage dealt ×0.95

URF: damage dealt ×0.95

Abilities

Passive

Granite Shield

Static cooldown: 8 / 7 / 6 (based on level)

Innate - Shard of the Monolith: Malphite gains increased percentage size equal to 8% of his total armor, capped at 35% increased size at 437.5 armor.

Innate - Granite Shield: Malphite grants himself a shield equal to 10% of his maximum health. The shield lasts until it is broken, and replenishes to full strength after a few seconds of not taking damage.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self

Notes (3)

Malphite's increased size is affected by his base armor and growth, but also reduced by Black Cleaver. His increased size does not consider Thunderclap's bonus armor.
The bonus will become a size reduction if Malphite is dropped to negative armor values.
Granite Shield does not refresh its cooldown from damage that is mitigated by shields.

Seismic Shard

Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 ManaCooldown: 8Cast time: 0.25Target range: 625Speed: 1200

Active: Malphite sends a shard to the target enemy that deals magic damage and slows them for 3 seconds upon impact.

Magic Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 60% AP)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%

Malphite also gains bonus movement speed equal to the raw amount of movement speed the target lost from the slow for the duration.

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: See NotesProjectile: Blocked

Notes (7)

The rock spawns 100 units in front of Malphite.
Malphite will gain the bonus movement speed for the full duration as long as Seismic Shard impacts the target.
Both a buff shown in the hotbar and duration bar above the ability icon will indicate the remaining duration.
Seismic Shard's movement speed gain is based off the target's movement speed raw total movement speed lost at the time of impact.
For example, targets that were already slowed by another effect will grant Malphite diminished movement speed, while targets that are slowed by another effect after being impacted by Seismic Shard will not.
Slow-resistant and slow-immune targets will reduce or nullify Malphite's gain.
If the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).

Thunderclap

Cost: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 manaCooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8Cast time: None

Passive: Malphite gains bonus armor, tripled while Granite Shield is active.

Bonus Armor: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% armor
Increased Bonus Armor: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90% armor

Active: Malphite empowers his next basic attack within 6 seconds to have an uncancellable windup, gain 50 bonus range, and deal additional physical damage on-hit.

Additional Physical Damage: 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 (+ 20% AP) (+ 15% armor)

Additionally, Malphite's basic attacks on-hit for the next 5 seconds are empowered to trigger a cone in the direction of the target that deals physical damage to enemies hit.

Physical Damage: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 (+ 30% AP) (+ 15% armor)

Thunderclap deals 180% damage against monsters.

Thunderclap resets Malphite's basic attack timer.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: SelfDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: Blocked

Notes (13)

The main target is dealt basic damage, though without applying life steal, while the cone deals area non- proc damage without applying spell effects.
The cone will trigger Jax's Counter Strike damage reduction, Cheap Shot, Conqueror, Dark Harvest, Electrocute, Summon Aery, Eclipse, World Atlas enemy champion proc, and Ocean Dragon Soul.
It is also special cased to trigger Tear of the Goddess.
The cone does not benefit from Spear of Shojin's damage amp.
The passive will amplify negative armor, too, if Malphite's armor is dropped that low.
The passive's bonus armor stacks multiplicatively with Jak'Sho, The Protean's Voidborn Resilience and Mountainous Vigor and stacks recursively with Conditioning.
The empowered attack:
Benefits from Thunderclap's cone effect.
Prevents Malphite from casting Seismic Shard and Ground Slam during its windup.
Cannot have its windup canceled by new movement or attack commands, or casting Unstoppable Force.
Can have its windup canceled by casting Hextech Rocketbelt.
The cone starts from Malphite's location.
Unlike similar spells, it does not deal its damage separately to the primary target of the attack(s); if the target is outside the area of effect when struck, it will not take the additional damage.

Tips & tricks (10)

Taking into account Malphite's base attack speed and attack speed growth, he'll be able to use up to 4-6 (levels 1-18) empowered attacks (including the initial one).
With 2.5 attack speed, he'll be able to use up to 12.
The initial hit of this ability gains:
1 damage per 100 worth of ability power.
0.825 – 0.975 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap.
0.975 – 1.425 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap while Granite Shield is active.
The splash damage from this ability gains:
1.5 damage per 100 worth of ability power.
0.825 – 0.975 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap.
0.975 – 1.425 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap while Granite Shield is active.

Ground Slam

Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 ManaCooldown: 7Cast time: 0.2419Effect radius: 400

Active: Malphite slams the ground beneath him, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and crippling them for 3 seconds.

Magic Damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 60% AP) (+ 40% armor)
Cripple Strength: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (2)

The cripple stacks multiplicatively with other sources of attack speed reductions.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Tips & tricks (4)

This ability gains:
3 damage per 100 worth of ability power.
2.2 – 2.6 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap.
2.6 – 3.8 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap while Granite Shield is active.

Map-specific differences (1)

The cripple can be applied more than once; it can be stacked by multiple Ground Slams.

Unstoppable Force

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 130 / 115 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 1000Effect radius: 325Speed: 1500 + 100% movement speed

Active: Malphite dashes with displacement immunity to the target location. Upon arrival, he deals magic damage to nearby enemies and knocks them up for 1.5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 200 / 300 / 400 (+ 90% AP)

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: Not Interrupted

Notes (5)

Unstoppable Force has no minimum dash range.
The dash speed can be up-to doubled if Unstoppable Force is targeted at the middle of a wall so that his destination ends up on the other side.
It will be decreased if his destination ends up closer to him than his target location.
If Malphite dies during his dash, the ability cancels.
If the dash is interrupted without Malphite dying, for instance when he enters resurrection during Unstoppable Force, he halts and the ability instead affects enemies at the stopped location.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Attacknatural · 100%

Catchforced · 20%

Protectforced · 10%

Malphite brings the frontline and engage that start the 5v5. Enough Catch sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive Granite Shield auto-refreshes a 10%-max-HP shield after a few seconds without taking damage, and his size scales with armor (up to 35% bigger).

Kit quirks

Passive Granite Shield auto-refreshes a 10%-max-HP shield after a few seconds without taking damage, and his size scales with armor (up to 35% bigger)

W (Thunderclap) passively grants bonus armor that TRIPLES while Granite Shield is up, then empowers an attack into an AoE cone proc scaling off AP and armor

R (Unstoppable Force) is a long-range dash with displacement immunity that knocks up everything in an AoE cone — pure teamfight-starting engage, no ally-targeted defensive utility

W (Thunderclap)'s cooldown starts the instant it's cast, not when the empowered hit is used — pre-casting it early and letting the 6-second buff expire unused still gets the cooldown running sooner than waiting to cast it on demand.

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Malphite — Shard of the Monolith

Class: Vanguard
Resource: Mana
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Top
Released: 2009-09-02 (V0.9.22.16)
Last changed: V26.09
Price: 225 BE · 260 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	665	+104	2433
Health regen (per 5s)	7	+0.55	16.35
Mana	280	+60	1300
Mana regen (per 5s)	7.3	+0.55	16.65
Armor	40	+4.95	124.15
Magic resist	28	+2.05	62.85
Attack damage	62	+4	130
Attack speed	0.736	+3.4%	1.105
Attack speed ratio	0.638
Attack range	125
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 400
Selection height: 180
Selection radius: 125
Pathing radius: 50
Gameplay radius: 80
Attack delay offset: -0.0503

One for All: damage dealt ×0.95

URF: damage dealt ×0.95

Abilities

Passive

Granite Shield

Static cooldown: 8 / 7 / 6 (based on level)

Innate - Shard of the Monolith: Malphite gains increased percentage size equal to 8% of his total armor, capped at 35% increased size at 437.5 armor.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self

Notes (3)

Malphite's increased size is affected by his base armor and growth, but also reduced by Black Cleaver. His increased size does not consider Thunderclap's bonus armor.
The bonus will become a size reduction if Malphite is dropped to negative armor values.
Granite Shield does not refresh its cooldown from damage that is mitigated by shields.

Seismic Shard

Cost: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 ManaCooldown: 8Cast time: 0.25Target range: 625Speed: 1200

Active: Malphite sends a shard to the target enemy that deals magic damage and slows them for 3 seconds upon impact.

Magic Damage: 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 60% AP)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%

Malphite also gains bonus movement speed equal to the raw amount of movement speed the target lost from the slow for the duration.

Notes (7)

The rock spawns 100 units in front of Malphite.
Malphite will gain the bonus movement speed for the full duration as long as Seismic Shard impacts the target.
Both a buff shown in the hotbar and duration bar above the ability icon will indicate the remaining duration.
Seismic Shard's movement speed gain is based off the target's movement speed raw total movement speed lost at the time of impact.
For example, targets that were already slowed by another effect will grant Malphite diminished movement speed, while targets that are slowed by another effect after being impacted by Seismic Shard will not.
Slow-resistant and slow-immune targets will reduce or nullify Malphite's gain.
If the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time, this ability will cancel but does not go on cooldown nor pay its cost (if applicable).

Thunderclap

Cost: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 manaCooldown: 10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8Cast time: None

Passive: Malphite gains bonus armor, tripled while Granite Shield is active.

Bonus Armor: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% armor
Increased Bonus Armor: 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90% armor

Active: Malphite empowers his next basic attack within 6 seconds to have an uncancellable windup, gain 50 bonus range, and deal additional physical damage on-hit.

Additional Physical Damage: 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 (+ 20% AP) (+ 15% armor)

Additionally, Malphite's basic attacks on-hit for the next 5 seconds are empowered to trigger a cone in the direction of the target that deals physical damage to enemies hit.

Physical Damage: 15 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 (+ 30% AP) (+ 15% armor)

Thunderclap deals 180% damage against monsters.

Thunderclap resets Malphite's basic attack timer.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: SelfDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: Blocked

Notes (13)

The main target is dealt basic damage, though without applying life steal, while the cone deals area non- proc damage without applying spell effects.
The cone will trigger Jax's Counter Strike damage reduction, Cheap Shot, Conqueror, Dark Harvest, Electrocute, Summon Aery, Eclipse, World Atlas enemy champion proc, and Ocean Dragon Soul.
It is also special cased to trigger Tear of the Goddess.
The cone does not benefit from Spear of Shojin's damage amp.
The passive will amplify negative armor, too, if Malphite's armor is dropped that low.
The passive's bonus armor stacks multiplicatively with Jak'Sho, The Protean's Voidborn Resilience and Mountainous Vigor and stacks recursively with Conditioning.
The empowered attack:
Benefits from Thunderclap's cone effect.
Prevents Malphite from casting Seismic Shard and Ground Slam during its windup.
Cannot have its windup canceled by new movement or attack commands, or casting Unstoppable Force.
Can have its windup canceled by casting Hextech Rocketbelt.
The cone starts from Malphite's location.
Unlike similar spells, it does not deal its damage separately to the primary target of the attack(s); if the target is outside the area of effect when struck, it will not take the additional damage.

Tips & tricks (10)

Taking into account Malphite's base attack speed and attack speed growth, he'll be able to use up to 4-6 (levels 1-18) empowered attacks (including the initial one).
With 2.5 attack speed, he'll be able to use up to 12.
The initial hit of this ability gains:
1 damage per 100 worth of ability power.
0.825 – 0.975 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap.
0.975 – 1.425 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap while Granite Shield is active.
The splash damage from this ability gains:
1.5 damage per 100 worth of ability power.
0.825 – 0.975 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap.
0.975 – 1.425 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap while Granite Shield is active.

Ground Slam

Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 ManaCooldown: 7Cast time: 0.2419Effect radius: 400

Active: Malphite slams the ground beneath him, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and crippling them for 3 seconds.

Magic Damage: 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+ 60% AP) (+ 40% armor)
Cripple Strength: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (2)

The cripple stacks multiplicatively with other sources of attack speed reductions.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Tips & tricks (4)

This ability gains:
3 damage per 100 worth of ability power.
2.2 – 2.6 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap.
2.6 – 3.8 damage per 100 worth of Armor depending on the level of Thunderclap while Granite Shield is active.

Map-specific differences (1)

The cripple can be applied more than once; it can be stacked by multiple Ground Slams.

Unstoppable Force

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 130 / 115 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 1000Effect radius: 325Speed: 1500 + 100% movement speed

Active: Malphite dashes with displacement immunity to the target location. Upon arrival, he deals magic damage to nearby enemies and knocks them up for 1.5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 200 / 300 / 400 (+ 90% AP)

Notes (5)

Unstoppable Force has no minimum dash range.
The dash speed can be up-to doubled if Unstoppable Force is targeted at the middle of a wall so that his destination ends up on the other side.
It will be decreased if his destination ends up closer to him than his target location.
If Malphite dies during his dash, the ability cancels.
If the dash is interrupted without Malphite dying, for instance when he enters resurrection during Unstoppable Force, he halts and the ability instead affects enemies at the stopped location.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.