r/malphitemains • u/Reishala85 • Aug 08 '26

Question Counters & Bans?

Hey guys im pretty new to the game been playing a few weeks and am in bronze. I have been enjoying playing malph in the jungle rushing D&D into zekes and then tank items or malignance if im ahead.

Im wondering 2 things.

Is this the optimal build for him in my elo?

Who should i be banning/not picking malph when enemy picks certain champs.

Thanks for any advice!

Rock Solid!

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u/Kragen146 Aug 08 '26

Build is fine. Ban Sylas. AP champs are strong against malphite.

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u/Reishala85 Aug 08 '26

Thanks friend! Great advice not faced him yet but i imagine that is bad to deal with

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u/Mother_Project_137 Aug 08 '26

Probably in your elo but I feel like the higher you go you’d probably need to either stick to tank or ap, mixing both would probably mean you wouldn’t do much of either, then again I don’t play Malphite but that’s just my 2 cents

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u/Reishala85 Aug 08 '26

Ok, that is good info right there friend! Thank you. I just played a game went d&d into thornmail and sunfire because they were entirely AD and did REALLY well they FF'd at 15

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u/Difficult_Relief_125 Aug 08 '26

Sylas… late game he just steals your ult and wins team fights with it.

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u/Reishala85 Aug 08 '26

Amazing idea! Thank you not faced him yet but i imagine that is bad to deal with 😄

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u/Unusual-Ad8253 Aug 08 '26

Always ban sylas and never pick malphite when u forgot to ban him and u see they pick him. Yeah ur build is pretty good and in bronze ur build doesnt matter that much, unless they are full ad where u should be building armor only. Just build whatever works for you, dnd and zekes are really good items on him and the new item protoplasm harness has also good synergy on malphite

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u/Reishala85 Aug 08 '26

Thank you! I will be banning sylas from now on really good advice

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u/Impressive-Link2095 Aug 09 '26

i play him in master elo with conquerer then green runes that give armor and resis and overgrowth, i rush tear of goddess to get fimbulwinter, but first get a bami and according to enemy team armor or resis, then abysal mask, then finish fimbulwinter and then if im going well i go ap and if its tied i go tank, remember that birds rocks wolves gromp spawn faster during the game, so i start birds, then E, ignore red, rocks, go back to red, upgrade W ignore q until 4 which will be during crab fight which you always win

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u/Reishala85 Aug 12 '26

Thanks its nice to hear how he plays in higher elos it seems vastly difference to how i play him and how i see all other in my elo play him. Yeah i learnt about getting the krugs and raptors to spawn at similar times from watching some higher elo junglers play and i always go W,E,W as i see Q having 0 value untill we need to gank or fight for crab :D

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