Top Matchup

Malphite vs Renekton

Patch: 15.16 (25.16)
League: Platinum+
Malphite

Malphite

Shard of the Monolith
Top
Malphite Top Overall Win Rate
51.86%

Matchup Win Rate

51.1%
Malphite vs Renekton Wins
48.9%
Renekton vs Malphite Wins
Renekton

Renekton

the Butcher of the Sands
Top
Renekton Top Overall Win Rate
49.85%

Malphite vs Renekton - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.16 (25.16)

Malphite Top vs Renekton Top - Who is stronger?

Malphite Top has a slight edge over Renekton (51.1% win rate) based on 828 games. The matchup slightly favors Malphite.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Malphite Top vs Renekton Top in patch 15.16 (25.16), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 74.6% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Malphite (5.4% pick rate, 9th most popular out of 64 Top champions) versus Renekton (6.0%, 6th place). These two top lane titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Meta strength confirmed: Malphite's superior tier rating (S+ vs B+) translates into a solid 51.1% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Malphite ranks 8th in win rate among Top champions. Optimize for consistency: Arcane Comet paired with Axiom Arcanist (73.1% win rate, 1.8% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Sunfire Aegis > Frozen Heart > Kaenic Rookern with Plated Steelcaps delivers 74.6% win rate against Renekton.

Win through macro: Malphite takes the matchup (51.14%) despite falling behind in CS (5.66 vs 6.87/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Complete superiority: Malphite dominates both win rate (51.1%) and damage output (745 vs 680/min, 2nd among Top). The 65 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Statistical dominance: Malphite leads in both matchup win rate (51.1%) and KDA (2.50 vs 1.90) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Malphite vs Renekton - Top Stats Comparison

Malphite Top
Malphite Top
Versus
Renekton Top
Renekton Top
S+TierB+
51.1%Matchup Winrate48.9%
51.86%Role Winrate49.85%
#8Winrate Rank#41
5.4%Pickrate6.0%
2.5Average KDA1.9
388Gold per Minute421
5.66CS/Min6.87
0.31Wards per Minute0.27
745Damage per Minute680

How to Beat Renekton as Malphite (Top)

While statistically Malphite is slightly stronger than Renekton in the top lane, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Malphite deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Renekton deals mainly physical damage (79.56%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Renekton, ranking 18th (versus 56th for Malphite) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (1.9 versus 2.5) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Malphite Top versus Renekton Top matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Malphite player to maintain constant pressure on Renekton, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Malphite vs Renekton: Top Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
52.6% Win Rate93.3% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
64.8% Win Rate3.8% Pick Rate

Malphite vs Renekton: Top Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Grasp of the Undying Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:
  • Deal bonus magic damage equal to 3.5% of your max health
  • Heal you for 1.3% of your max health
  • Permanently increase your health by 5
    Ranged Champions: Damage, healing, and permanent health gained are 60% effective.
  • Grasp of the Undying

    Every 4s in combat, your next basic attack on a champion will:Deal bonus magic damage equ…

    Shield Bash
    Shield Bash Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals 5 - 30(+2.5% Bonus Health)(+15.0% New Shield Amount) bonus adaptive damage.

    You have up to 2s after the shield expires to use this effect.

    Shield Bash

    Whenever you gain a new shield, your next basic attack against a champion deal…

    Conditioning
    Conditioning After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

    Conditioning

    After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magi…

    Overgrowth
    Overgrowth Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

    When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

    Overgrowth

    Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanent…

    Secondary Path
    Sorcery
    Manaflow Band
    Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

    After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

    Cooldown: 15 seconds

    Manaflow Band

    Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

    Transcendence
    Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
    Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

    Transcendence

    Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

    Adaptive
    Attack Speed
    Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

    Attack Speed

    Increases attack speed by 10%

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    55.7% Win Rate41.6% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Runes

    Primary Path
    Sorcery
    Arcane Comet
    Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet is on cooldown, reduces its remaining cooldown.

    Adaptive Damage: 30 - 130 based on level (+0.05 AP and +0.1 bonus AD)
    Cooldown: 20 - 8s

    Cooldown Reduction:
    Single Target: 20%.
    Area of Effect: 10%.
    Damage over Time: 5%.

    Arcane Comet

    Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location, or, if Arcane Comet …

    Axiom Arcanist
    Axiom Arcanist Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding.
    (AoE damage is reduced to a 8% increase)

    Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown by 7%.

    Axiom Arcanist

    Your Ultimate has 12% increased damage, healing, and shielding. (AoE damage is …

    Transcendence
    Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
    Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
    Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

    Transcendence

    Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

    Scorch
    Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

    Cooldown: 10s

    Scorch

    Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

    Secondary Path
    Domination
    Cheap Shot
    Cheap Shot Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true damage (based on level).

    Cooldown: 4s
    Activates on damage occurring after the impairment.

    Cheap Shot

    Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

    Ultimate Hunter
    Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

    Ultimate Hunter

    Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

    Adaptive
    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force
    Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Adaptive Force

    Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

    Scaling Health
    Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    Scaling Health

    Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

    73.1% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate

    Malphite vs Renekton: Top Lane Item Builds

    Most Popular Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Doran's Ring
    Doran's Ring (400 gold) 18 Ability Power
    90 Health

    Restoration
    Restore 1.25 Mana every second. If you can't gain Mana, restore 0.55 Health instead.
    Helping Hand
    Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    55.9% Win Rate63.6% Pick Rate
    Popular Boots
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed

    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    51.8% Win Rate79.2% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity

    60.2% Win Rate9.3% Pick Rate
    Sorcerer's Shoes
    Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
    45 Move Speed

    65.6% Win Rate5.2% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Bami's Cinder
    Bami's Cinder (900 gold) 150 Health
    5 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    ->
    Sunfire Aegis
    Sunfire Aegis (2700 gold) 350 Health
    50 Armor
    10 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage per second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor

    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    Frozen Heart
    Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
    400 Mana
    20 Ability Haste

    Winter's Caress
    Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
    46.4% Win Rate9.9% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Jak'Sho, The Protean
    Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
    45 Armor
    45 Magic Resist

    Voidborn Resilience
    After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
    49.6% Win Rate22.4% Pick Rate

    Best Win Rate Build

    Starting Items
    Stealth Ward
    Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
    Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
    Tear of the Goddess
    Tear of the Goddess (400 gold) 240 Mana
    Manaflow (8s, max 4 charges)
    Landing Abilities grants 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions), up to 360.
    Helping Hand
    Attacks deal an additional 5 physical damage to minions.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    74.4% Win Rate1.3% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Sorcerer's Shoes
    Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
    45 Move Speed

    65.6% Win Rate5.2% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity

    60.2% Win Rate9.3% Pick Rate
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity
    Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
    45 Move Speed

    Ionian Insight
    Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
    57.4% Win Rate1.1% Pick Rate
    Core Build
    Bami's Cinder
    Bami's Cinder (900 gold) 150 Health
    5 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    ->
    Sunfire Aegis
    Sunfire Aegis (2700 gold) 350 Health
    50 Armor
    10 Ability Haste

    Immolate
    After taking or dealing damage, deal magic damage per second to nearby enemies for 3 seconds.
    Frozen Heart
    Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
    400 Mana
    20 Ability Haste

    Winter's Caress
    Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
    Kaenic Rookern
    Kaenic Rookern (2900 gold) 400 Health
    80 Magic Resist
    100% Base Health Regen

    Magebane
    After not taking magic damage for 15 seconds, gain a magic shield.
    74.6% Win Rate2.3% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Thornmail
    Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
    75 Armor

    Thorns
    When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
    100.0% Win Rate8.4% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    Unending Despair
    Unending Despair (2800 gold) 400 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste

    Anguish
    Every 4 seconds while in combat with champions, deal magic damage to nearby enemy champions and heal for 250% of the damage dealt.
    40.1% Win Rate14.0% Pick Rate
    Randuin's Omen
    Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
    75 Armor

    Resilience
    Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
    Humility
    Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
    24.9% Win Rate11.2% Pick Rate
    Kaenic Rookern
    Kaenic Rookern (2900 gold) 400 Health
    80 Magic Resist
    100% Base Health Regen

    Magebane
    After not taking magic damage for 15 seconds, gain a magic shield.
    49.6% Win Rate5.5% Pick Rate
    Spirit Visage
    Spirit Visage (2700 gold) 400 Health
    50 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste
    100% Base Health Regen

    Boundless Vitality
    Heals and Shields on you are increased by 25%.
    49.8% Win Rate5.5% Pick Rate
    Locket of the Iron Solari
    Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
    25 Armor
    25 Magic Resist
    10 Ability Haste

    Devotion
    Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
    98.8% Win Rate5.5% Pick Rate
    Banshee's Veil
    Banshee's Veil (3000 gold) 105 Ability Power
    40 Magic Resist

    Annul
    Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
    50.4% Win Rate5.5% Pick Rate
    Stormsurge
    Stormsurge (2900 gold) 90 Ability Power
    15 Magic Penetration
    4% Move Speed

    Stormraider
    Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them and grants 25% Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
    Squall
    After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies and grants 30 gold.
    0.0% Win Rate2.8% Pick Rate

    Malphite vs Renekton: Top Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

    Most Frequent Skill Order

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    Q
    Q
    Seismic Shard Malphite sends a shard of the earth through the ground at his foe, dealing damage upon impact and stealing Move Speed for 3 seconds.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    W
    W
    Thunderclap Malphite attacks with such force that it creates a sonic boom. For the next few seconds, his attacks create aftershocks in front of him.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    E
    E
    Ground Slam Malphite slams the ground, sending out a shockwave that deals magic damage based on his Armor and reduces the Attack Speed of enemies for a short duration.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Unstoppable Force Malphite launches himself to a location at high speed, damaging enemies and knocking them into the air.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: Q > E > W
    53.8% Win Rate28.9% Pick Rate

    Highest Win % Skill Order

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    R
    Q
    Seismic Shard Malphite sends a shard of the earth through the ground at his foe, dealing damage upon impact and stealing Move Speed for 3 seconds.
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    Q
    R
    W
    Thunderclap Malphite attacks with such force that it creates a sonic boom. For the next few seconds, his attacks create aftershocks in front of him.
    W
    W
    W
    W
    W
    R
    E
    Ground Slam Malphite slams the ground, sending out a shockwave that deals magic damage based on his Armor and reduces the Attack Speed of enemies for a short duration.
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    R
    R
    Unstoppable Force Malphite launches himself to a location at high speed, damaging enemies and knocking them into the air.
    R
    R
    R
    Max Order: W > E > Q
    91.7% Win Rate2.2% Pick Rate

    Malphite tips:

    • Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
    • Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.

    Playing Against Renekton

    • Pay close attention to Renekton's Fury gauge as that will usually signify when he is about to attack.
    • Keeping Renekton from being able to fight and gain Fury by continually harassing him will severely reduce the effectiveness of his abilities.