Full Crit Malphite Build

Full Crit Malphite Build.

Full Crit Malphite build with runes and items. Full Crit Malphite guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Full Crit Malphite build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-18 ()

TLDR

Starting items
B. F. Sword should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Malphite ability Thunderclap should be leveled first.
W
Malphite ability Seismic Shard should be leveled second.
Q
Malphite ability Ground Slam should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Zephyr should be final item in your build.
The Collector should be final item in your build.
Edge of Night should be final item in your build.
Lord Dominik's Regards should be final item in your build.
Infinity Edge should be final item in your build.
Navori Flickerblade should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Hail of Blades from Domination tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Full Crit Malphite Runes

Domination
Domination major tree Electrocute rune.
Domination major tree Dark Harvest rune.
Domination major tree Hail of Blades rune.
Domination major tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination major tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination major tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination major tree Zombie Ward rune.
Domination major tree Ghost Poro rune.
Domination major tree Eyeball Collection rune.
Domination major tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General
  1. You go Full Crit.
  2. You go in and play around Hail of Blades to burst enemies.
  3. You back away and wait for Hail of Blades. Repeat.
  4. This build works best if enemy team has squishy champions. If you are against a lot off-tanks/bruisers, this might not be best build. You can make it work, however, by rushing Lord Dominik's Regards.

How to play

General
  1. This build shines with 100% crit. You will instakill squishes. Until that, it might be challenging to 100-0 anyone. Look for opportunities to go in and score kills. Also focus on farming minions if possible (to scale faster).
  2. Wait for your moment to go for a kill. You have a big burst thanks to Full Crit and Hail of Blades, but you are squishy. And outside of Hail of Blades procs (especially early game) you don't have much damage.
  3. Snowball / Mark is an essential cooldown for this build. Do not waste it or even wait to hit the enemy at point-blank range to ensure hit (so you follow them, if they Flash).
  4. Enemy team might not check your items right away, you could use that for your advantage to nuke unsuspected enemy.
  5. After they checked your items and noticed that you have damage and are squishy, they are going to target you in fights. Be careful, after early game probably you need to modify your playstyle and stay back and wait for a good moment to join fights.
  6. If they have tons of CC, get Mercury's Treads, Edge of Night or even Mercurial Scimitar to counter that.
  7. If you are not doing well, or an enemy team is slightly ahead, you can adapt and buy tank items. Worst case scenario, you can sell everything late game and 'respec' into full tank.

Tips and Tricks

General
  1. You can surprise enemies by facing other directions before using your Unstoppable Force (R).
  2. Universal skill order: default Q, E for countering auto attackers, W for Armor stacking builds.
  3. Wait for your Granite Shield (Passive) to be up, before engaging or going in and to prevent poke. You will be more tanky and survive longer.
Riot
  1. Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
  2. Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.

Skill Order

  • Malphite [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Seismic Shard
  • Malphite [object Object] ability.
    W
    Thunderclap
  • Malphite [object Object] ability.
    E
    Ground Slam
  • Malphite [object Object] ability.
    R
    Unstoppable Force

Items

Starting items
B. F. Sword item.
Good first items
Infinity Edge item.
The Collector item.
Yun Tal Wildarrows item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Berserker's Greaves item.
Get it post 15 lvl
Zephyr item.
Good items
Phantom Dancer item.
Infinity Edge item.
Bloodthirster item.
Navori Flickerblade item.
The Collector item.
Situational items
Immortal Shieldbow item.
Maw of Malmortius item.
Mercurial Scimitar item.
Edge of Night item.
Situational vs. tanks
Lord Dominik's Regards item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Situational vs. healing
Executioner's Calling item.
Mortal Reminder item.
Situational vs. shields
Serpent's Fang item.
Good MR/Armor items
Death's Dance item.
Edge of Night item.
Wit's End item.
If you need to go tanky
Thornmail item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Force of Nature item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Zephyr item.
The Collector item.
Edge of Night item.
Lord Dominik's Regards item.
Infinity Edge item.
Navori Flickerblade item.