Top Matchup

Malphite vs Riven

Patch: 15.18 (25.18)
League: Platinum+
Malphite

Malphite

Shard of the Monolith
Top
Malphite Top Overall Win Rate
52.61%

Matchup Win Rate

51.4%
Malphite vs Riven Wins
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48.6%
Riven vs Malphite Wins
Riven

Riven

the Exile
Top
Riven Top Overall Win Rate
50.48%

Malphite vs Riven - Top Matchup Guide Patch 15.18 (25.18)

Malphite Top vs Riven Top - Who is stronger?

Malphite Top has a slight edge over Riven (51.4% win rate) based on 828 games. The matchup slightly favors Malphite.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Malphite Top vs Riven Top in patch 15.18 (25.18), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 78.5% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Malphite (5.3% pick rate, 8th most popular out of 63 Top champions) versus Riven (3.5%, 20th 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 51.4% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Malphite ranks 4th in win rate among Top champions. Malphite shows excellent consistency, combining a strong 52.6% overall win rate with matchup success. Optimize for consistency: Arcane Comet paired with Manaflow Band (64.0% win rate, 1.8% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Sunfire Aegis > Frozen Heart > Thornmail with Plated Steelcaps delivers 78.5% win rate against Riven.

Win through macro: Malphite takes the matchup (51.37%) despite falling behind in CS (6.31 vs 6.48/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Complete superiority: Malphite dominates both win rate (51.4%) and damage output (667 vs 651/min, 2nd among Top). The 16 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Statistical dominance: Malphite leads in both matchup win rate (51.4%) and KDA (2.50 vs 1.80) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Malphite vs Riven - Top Stats Comparison

Malphite Top
Malphite Top		Versus
Riven Top
Riven Top
S+TierB+
51.4%Matchup Winrate48.6%
52.61%Role Winrate50.48%
#4Winrate Rank#32
5.3%Pickrate3.5%
2.5Average KDA1.8
394Gold per Minute407
6.31CS/Min6.48
0.31Wards per Minute0.31
667Damage per Minute651

How to Beat Riven as Malphite (Top)

While statistically Malphite is slightly stronger than Riven 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. Riven deals mainly physical damage (92.77%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Riven, ranking 29th (versus 35th for Malphite) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (1.8 versus 2.5) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Malphite Top versus Riven 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 Riven, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Malphite vs Riven: 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.
55.6% Win Rate96.4% 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.
59.0% Win Rate2.5% Pick Rate

Malphite vs Riven: 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

    55.9% Win Rate49.1% 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 …

    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…

    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

    64.0% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate

    Malphite vs Riven: 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.
    55.6% Win Rate60.7% Pick Rate
    Popular Boots
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    58.1% Win Rate79.7% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity
    62.9% Win Rate9.1% Pick Rate
    Sorcerer's Shoes
    Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
    45 Move Speed
    32.0% Win Rate4.1% 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.
    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%.
    70.7% Win Rate11.7% 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.
    63.1% Win Rate19.8% 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.
    Doran's Shield
    Doran's Shield (450 gold) 110 Health
    Enduring Focus
    Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
    After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
    Helping Hand
    Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
    Health Potion
    Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
    Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
    58.7% Win Rate35.2% Pick Rate
    Highest Winrate Boots
    Boots of Swiftness
    Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
    Fleetfooted
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    65.9% Win Rate0.5% Pick Rate
    Mercury's Treads
    Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
    45 Move Speed
    30% Tenacity
    62.9% Win Rate9.1% Pick Rate
    Plated Steelcaps
    Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
    45 Move Speed
    Plating
    Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
    58.1% Win Rate79.7% 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%.
    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.
    78.5% Win Rate3.9% Pick Rate
    Final Build
    Knight's Vow
    Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
    40 Armor
    10 Ability Haste
    100% Base Health Regen
    Sacrifice
    While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
    Designate an ally as Worthy.
    98.3% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate
    Other Items
    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.
    36.9% Win Rate14.3% Pick Rate
    Iceborn Gauntlet
    Iceborn Gauntlet (2900 gold) 300 Health
    50 Armor
    15 Ability Haste
    Spellblade
    After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damageOn-Hit and creates a frost field for 2s that Slows.
    59.7% Win Rate9.2% Pick Rate
    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.
    79.9% Win Rate9.0% 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.
    80.0% Win Rate9.0% Pick Rate
    Malignance
    Malignance (2700 gold) 85 Ability Power
    600 Mana
    15 Ability Haste
    Scorn
    Gain 20 Ultimate Ability Haste.
    Hatefog
    Damaging a champion with your Ultimate burns the ground beneath them for 3s, dealing magic damage per second and reducing their Magic Resist.
    33.4% Win Rate5.5% Pick Rate
    Dead Man's Plate
    Dead Man's Plate (2900 gold) 350 Health
    55 Armor
    4% Move Speed
    Shipwrecker
    While moving, build up to 20 bonus Move Speed. Your next Attack discharges built up Move Speed to deal bonus physical damage.
    Unsinkable
    Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
    50.0% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate
    Knight's Vow
    Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
    40 Armor
    10 Ability Haste
    100% Base Health Regen
    Sacrifice
    While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
    Designate an ally as Worthy.
    98.3% Win Rate3.6% Pick Rate

    Malphite vs Riven: 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
    54.9% Win Rate33.2% 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: Q > W > E
    68.8% Win Rate4.2% 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 Riven

    • Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.
    • All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.
    • Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.

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    Malphite
    +9.1%
    Irelia

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    Malphite
    +7.2%
    Kayle

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    Malphite
    +5.7%
    Gwen

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    +5.3%
    Gnar

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    Malphite
    +5.2%
    Warwick

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    Malphite
    +5.0%
    Jayce

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    Malphite
    +4.9%
    Trundle

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    Malphite
    +4.7%
    Quinn

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    Malphite
    +4.3%
    Pantheon

    Malphite vs Pantheon

    Malphite
    +3.9%
    Sett

    Malphite vs Sett

    Malphite
    +3.7%
    Teemo

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    Malphite
    +3.6%
    Jax

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    Malphite
    +3.4%
    Volibear

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    Malphite
    +3.4%
    Yone

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    Malphite
    +3.3%
    Gangplank

    Malphite vs Gangplank

    Malphite
    +3.1%
    Garen

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    Malphite
    +3.0%
    Urgot

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    Malphite
    +2.4%
    Renekton

    Malphite vs Renekton

    Malphite
    +2.3%
    Yasuo

    Malphite vs Yasuo

    Malphite
    +1.7%
    Aatrox

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    Malphite
    +1.6%
    Ambessa

    Malphite vs Ambessa

    Malphite
    +1.5%
    K'Sante

    Malphite vs K'Sante

    Malphite
    +1.0%
    Fiora

    Malphite vs Fiora

    Malphite
    -2.2%
    Yorick

    Malphite vs Yorick

    Malphite
    -2.3%
    Darius

    Malphite vs Darius

    Malphite
    -2.4%
    Camille

    Malphite vs Camille

    Malphite
    -2.4%
    Vladimir

    Malphite vs Vladimir

    Malphite
    -2.9%
    Nasus

    Malphite vs Nasus

    Malphite
    -3.1%
    Mordekaiser

    Malphite vs Mordekaiser

    Malphite
    -3.4%
    Gragas

    Malphite vs Gragas

    Malphite
    -3.7%
    Cho'Gath

    Malphite vs Cho'Gath

    Malphite
    -3.9%
    Dr. Mundo

    Malphite vs Dr. Mundo

    Malphite
    -4.2%
    Kennen

    Malphite vs Kennen

    Malphite
    -4.2%
    Sion

    Malphite vs Sion

    Malphite
    -4.4%
    Sylas

    Malphite vs Sylas

    Malphite
    -8.7%
    Ornn

    Malphite vs Ornn

    Malphite
    -9.7%
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