Malphite

Malphite is an AP tank in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 52.6% win rate, 0.8% pick rate, 9,805 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Malphite is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Malphite wins: landing engage and starting fights on Malphite's terms, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Malphite tips the fight. The kit grades 10/10 engage, 10/10 teamfighting. Malphite grades low on split-push and disengage (3/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.

The most-played core build is Malignance, Stormsurge, Shadowflame, which holds a 51.7% win rate across 572 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.

The matchup to respect is Senna, where Malphite sits at just 43.8%, the lane swings the other way into Milio (58.1%), and on the team side, Malphite gains the most from a Urgot (+8.1% pair win rate).