Malphite ARAM Mayhem Build

Shard of the Monolith. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #100 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21TankMageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 48.9%
Pick rate: 11.2%
Rank: #100 of 173
Games: 2,605,736
Patch: 26.21

How to play Malphite in ARAM Mayhem

Malphite is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #100 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 2,605,736 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 11% of games, so expect to see it on both sides. Riot rates it 2/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

Malphite's damage is mixed (33% physical, 59% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 46,480 damage per game and mitigates another 70,618, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

Most Malphite players go AP (49% of games), but the Tank path, tank items, is ARAMKit's top-ranked build: Heartsteel, Thornmail and Unending Despair, with a 51.6% win rate. On this build 52% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Malphite are Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate and The Boom and the Bass. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by attack speed and on-hit. Skip Back To Basics and Soul Eater when you can: they do worst on Malphite. A pair to look for: Forged By The Master with Armored Impact.

Take Flash and Mark (94% of players). Max Q (Seismic Shard) first, then E, then W. Players who max W first instead win a little more often, so it is worth trying.

Malphite ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Malphite game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

51.6% win rate · 32% of Malphite games · 722,516 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Thornmail
Unending Despair

Boots on the Tank build for Malphite, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	52%
Plated Steelcaps	21%
Mercury's Treads	25%

Situational, after the core

Frozen Heart13% buy it
Iceborn Gauntlet12% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean31% buy it
Randuin's Omen20% buy it
Sunfire Aegis12% buy it
Warmog's Armor26% buy it

Other build paths

Other Malphite build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
APMalignance, Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap		48.6%	46.5%

Games: the share of all Malphite games that went this way.

Most bought items

Malignance54% of games
Shadowflame50% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap38% of games
Heartsteel36% of games
Stormsurge36% of games
Thornmail25% of games
Unending Despair24% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes21% of games
Warmog's Armor20% of games
Void Staff17% of games

Best augments for Malphite

Every card with enough Malphite games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Malphite's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Malphite

10 S tier and 29 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Malphite in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier S	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Stay Resolute	Silver	Tier S	Damaging enemy champions with selected ability grants you 1–3 (by level) Armor or Magic Resistance based on their Adaptive Force Damage…
Clown College	Prismatic	Tier S	Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier S	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Lonely Warrior	Silver	Tier S	Gain 15% Attack Speed, 10 Armor, and 10 Magic Resist for each nearby enemy champion within 600 Range.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier S	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Stuck In Here With Me	Prismatic	Tier A	After using your Ultimate, gain 50% damage reduction for 2 seconds, after which you Taunt enemies inside for 2 seconds. Gain 30 Ultimate…
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Lil' Extra Help	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range and Melee 75% / Ranged 40% Attack Speed during your selected ability duration.
Get Excited!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed and 15% Attack Speed for 4 seconds on takedown.
Porcupine	Gold	Tier A	Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus…
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Blade Waltz	Prismatic	Tier A	Makes you untargetable while you dash at and deal (30–150 (by level) +10% Bonus Attack Damage+6% Ability Power) damage to enemies 8 times…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
It's Go Time	Silver	Tier A	Activating selected ability grants you 25–45 (by level) % Movement Speed for its duration.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Final Form	Prismatic	Tier A	After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown).
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Ultimate Revolution	Prismatic	Tier A	Refresh your Ultimate after casting it (75 seconds Cooldown or reset on death).
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Quickstep	Gold	Tier A	When you use selected ability, dash towards your cursor.
Mountain Soul	Silver	Tier A	You gain the Mountain Soul, gaining Shield after being out of combat for a short time.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Bread And Jam	Gold	Tier A	Your selected ability gains 100 Ability Haste.
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier A	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…

Average on Malphite
56 cards, best first

Below average on Malphite
39 cards, best first

Weakest on Malphite
9 cards, best first

Best first augment for Malphite

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Malphite's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate and Heavy Hitter come out on top.

The best augments for Malphite in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Sap MagicTier S
2	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Stay ResoluteTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
3	Heavy HitterTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Get Excited!Tier S
4	Pressure CookerTier S	Heavy HitterTier S	Clown CollegeTier S	Mad ScientistTier A
5	Steel Your HeartTier S	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Lil' Extra HelpTier S	Clown CollegeTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Malphite, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark94% of players · 49.0% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 47.6% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 47.8% win rate

Skill order

QSeismic Shard
EGround Slam
WThunderclap

Max Q first. 60% of players use this order (47.6% win rate); put points in R whenever you can. Maxing W first (12% of players) wins 54.6%.

Malphite in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.6 / 12.0 / 24.4
KDA: 3.17
Damage to champions: 36,674
Damage taken: 46,480
Self-mitigated: 70,618
Healing on allies: 16
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 31 s
Kill participation: 63%
Game length: 17:01

Damage type

Physical 33%Magic 59%True 7%

Questions and answers

What is the best Malphite build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Malphite: Heartsteel, Thornmail and Unending Despair. The most played build is AP.

What are the best augments for Malphite in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Malphite, best first: Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate, The Boom and the Bass, Stay Resolute and Clown College. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Malphite good in ARAM Mayhem?

Malphite is tier B on patch 26.21, #100 of 173 champions, with a 48.9% win rate over 2.6 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Malphite in ARAM Mayhem?

For Malphite's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate, Heavy Hitter, Pressure Cooker and Steel Your Heart, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Malphite counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.