# Malphite Counters Who counters Malphite? Best and worst picks against Malphite by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Malphite in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) ## Page Content [Malphite guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) [Play against Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/how-to-play-against/) [Malphite counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/counters/) Best and worst picks against Malphite in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Zac, Sion and Cho'Gath beat Malphite most often. Illaoi, Mordekaiser and Sion win the laning phase against Malphite by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Malphite Highest win rate versus Malphite in Top. - 1 [Zac](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zac/) 234 games 62.8% - 2 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 650 games 55.7% - 3 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 430 games 54.9% - 4 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 1,220 games 54.7% - 5 [Ornn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ornn/) 596 games 54.0% - 6 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 674 games 53.3% - 7 [Udyr](https://baronbuff.com/champions/udyr/) 108 games 52.8% - 8 [Kled](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kled/) 283 games 52.6% - 9 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 356 games 52.5% - 10 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 619 games 52.2% - 11 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 1,226 games 51.7% - 12 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 353 games 51.6% - 13 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 928 games 51.5% ## Worst picks against Malphite Lowest win rate versus Malphite in Top. - 1 [Quinn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/quinn/) 197 games 38.1% - 2 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 546 games 39.0% - 3 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 635 games 43.0% - 4 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 918 games 43.0% - 5 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 464 games 44.4% - 6 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 390 games 44.6% - 7 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 1,061 games 45.0% - 8 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 994 games 45.1% - 9 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 981 games 45.2% - 10 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 364 games 45.3% - 11 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 622 games 46.0% - 12 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 326 games 46.3% - 13 [Trundle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/trundle/) 209 games 46.4% - 14 [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) 424 games 47.6% - 15 [Aatrox](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aatrox/) 1,197 games 47.7% ## Best lane counters vs Malphite Largest gold lead over Malphite at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 239 games +1,009 - 2 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 684 games +948 - 3 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 371 games +864 - 4 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 121 games +836 - 5 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 185 games +801 - 6 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 386 games +761 - 7 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 347 games +755 - 8 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 135 games +648 - 9 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 160 games +516 - 10 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 271 games +506 - 11 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 414 games +462 - 12 [Ornn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ornn/) 256 games +454 - 13 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 164 games +425 - 14 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 214 games +419 - 15 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 261 games +417 ## How to play against Malphite Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Push early waves when he lacks waveclear, then use the bounce to avoid his level-six all-in. - Trade around his passive shield; break it first, then commit damage before it refreshes. - Split side pressure during objective setup so he cannot force his ideal grouped R fight. - Track his R before stepping into river; give him vision-denied angles and he will start the fight. - Spread carries before Baron and Elder so one R cannot hit multiple damage dealers. ## Where Malphite is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Malphite loses value against magic-heavy damage because his armor-stacking identity does not blunt AP threats. - Malphite's teamfight threat is concentrated in one engage, so spread formations sharply reduce his impact. ## Malphite counters: questions ### Who counters Malphite in Top? At Gold+, Zac (62.8%), Sion (55.7%) and Cho'Gath (54.9%) have the highest win rates against Malphite. ### Who does Malphite counter? Malphite wins most often against Quinn (38.1%), Vayne (39.0%) and Tryndamere (43.0%). ### Who wins lane against Malphite? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Illaoi (+1,009), Mordekaiser (+948) and Sion (+864) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Malphite. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Illaoi counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/counters/) - [Mordekaiser counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)