Malphite

Malphite is an AP tank in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 53.2% win rate, 7.3% pick rate, 85,546 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's soft spots are split-push and disengage (3/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.

The most-played core build is Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Frozen Heart, which holds a 58.8% win rate across 2,657 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 Hwei, where Malphite sits at just 38.7%, the lane swings the other way into Ashe (62.5%), and on the team side, Malphite gains the most from a Singed (+11.0% pair win rate).