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Malphite
// YOU · TOP

Malphite

Shard of the Monolith
TANK TOP LANE
VS
TOP LANE
SAMPLE PENDING
Elise
// ENEMY · TOP

Elise

the Spider Queen
ASSASSIN MAGE
MATCHUP TYPE
Assassin
vs Elise primary class
SAMPLE
no aggregation yet
BUILD STATUS
Tuned
hand-tuned for this matchup
PATCH
16.11.1
data dragon version

// BUILD FOR THIS MATCHUP

CUSTOMIZED · vs ELISE
STARTER ITEMS
Item #1054
Item #2003
BUILD ORDER · 1 → 6
Item #3068 1
Item #3111 2
Item #3110 3
Item #3193 4
Item #3194 5
Item #3742 6
// MATCHUP STRATEGY

vs Elise — TOP

vs Elise — burst threat. Tank stat-block their burst. Engage with R during their cooldown windows.

EARLY · 1-6
Laning phase

Malphite early lane is engage + soak. Start Doran's Shield + 2 pots. Grasp of the Undying keystone procs every 4s — auto-attack-trade pattern.

Freeze under tower vs lane bullies. Look for level 6 R engage windows with jungler. Build Bramble Vest vs healing top (Aatrox, Mundo...

MID · 7-13
Roam & trade

Sunfire Aegis + Plated Steelcaps is the standard spike. Frontline = your role. Engage objective fights with R + CC chain. Sunfire AoE + Grasp passive = AoE wave clear + sustain.

Frozen Heart 2nd item shreds enemy AS. Gargoyle Stoneplate 3rd-4th item for teamfight survival.

LATE · 14+
Teamfights

Frontline engager. Malphite starts every teamfight. R + CC chain on priority target — peel back for ADC + carry follow-up.

Adaptive Helm vs DoT comps (Brand, Karthus, Mordekaiser R). Anathema's Chains vs fed hyper-carry.

// SUMMONER SPELLS

vs ELISE
Flash
D
Flash
Teleport
F
Teleport

// SKILL ORDER

R > E > Q > W
1R
2E
3Q
4W
E
Q
W
E
E
R
E
Q
E
Q
R
Q
Q
W
W
R
W
W
1 9 18

// QUICK REFERENCE

Lane
TOP
Champion class
TANK
Opponent class
ASSASSIN
Patch
16.11.1
// RUNES
Resolve
PRIMARY · RESOLVE
KEYSTONE
Keystone 8437
#8437
SLOT 1
Rune 8473
#8473
SLOT 2
Rune 8429
#8429
SLOT 3
Rune 8242
#8242
Precision
SECONDARY · PRECISION
SLOT 1
Rune 9111
#9111
SLOT 2
Rune 8014
#8014
STAT SHARDS
Shard 5005
Attack Speed
+10% AS
Shard 5008
Adaptive Force
+9 AD / +15 AP
Shard 5002
Armor
+6 Armor
// OTHER MALPHITE MATCHUPS
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