Champion sheet · Jungle

Malphite

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Bans, presence and fearless: Malphite across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.0%#25 of 173 champions

Pick: 10.4%picked in 723 of 6,956 games
Ban: 10.6%366 bans over 3,441 games, against 16.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle52.9% between 43.1% and 62.6% over 68 gamesSoloQ 47.7%: no clear gap

Median length28.5 minsoloQ 28 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 347,962 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.Draft
How to play itPress the Attack, then Malignance, Stormsurge, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compNo trait above other junglers; the most marked: Takes its kills in duels (rank 56).
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.3%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
11.0%
SoloQ
16.8%
11.0% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 16.8% in soloQ over 141,081 games.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Press the Attack, then Malignance, Stormsurge, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesPress the Attack76% · 1,993

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 2,605

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 90% · 26 games

Core (3 legendaries)6% · 37

6%of soloQ games

Malignance
Stormsurge
Shadowflame

Amateur: Dusk and Dawn, Frozen Heart, Kaenic Rookern, gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

No trait above other junglers; the most marked: Takes its kills in duels (rank 56).

Its most marked traitTakes its kills in duelstop44%21% · junglers: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Nothing above junglers.

Like other junglers

Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)
Jungle farm

What it is not

Little map pressure
Little damage
No poke
Stays home

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 85% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

3.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Gold at 15 min · rank 15 of 100 among junglers-313 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 15 of 100 among junglers-571 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 3 of 100 among junglers3.1 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 51 of 100 among junglers855 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 45 of 100 among junglers51% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 56 of 100 among junglers21% · median 20%
Crowd control (CC) · rank 43 of 100 among junglers0.7 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 12 of 100 among junglers12% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 55 of 100 among junglers66 · median 66
Invade · rank 13 of 100 among junglers6% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.