MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions
Malphite vs Elise
How often does Malphite beat Elise in Top?
Malphite into Elise in Top: 49% observed win rate across 35 ranked games.
Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.
By 15 minutes the median game has Malphite behind by 506 gold.
Malphite at 15:00
- Gold: -506
- CS: -12
- XP: -323
Typical gap to Elise, from 35 games that reached 15:00.
Beating Elise: the Malphite game plan
Someone usually dies here around 4:52 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:40. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Malphite's Top build, with receipts
The most-finished Malphite core is Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Frozen Heart: 60.1% across 2,504 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.
Most games start Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Sunfire Aegis (19,247 games).
Skill plan: Malphite players max Q first and take Q at level 1.