How to win lane as Heimerdinger against Malphite · 51.19% win rate over 377 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 you have one turret and no center-stun, his armor stacking does nothing to your magic, and his Seismic Shard only pokes — neither of you owns this stage. |
| Level 2 | Heimerdinger | Your second H-28G turret plus the slowing beams start zoning an armor tank who can't itemize his W against pure magic damage. |
| Level 3 | Heimerdinger | Your full nest and the CH-3X center-stun make any pre-6 Malphite step-up suicidal — three charges and the beams melt his squishy-vs-magic body in the lock. |
| Levels 4-5 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is CC-immune so your grenade can't cancel it, it ignores your turrets, and it knocks up an immobile no-dash yordle — that point-and-click engage is exactly what kills you. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Post-6 the lane is a coinflip on cooldowns: if his R is down you rebuild your zone, but if it's up and his jungler shows, you're the one who gets caught. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | Your siege architecture and pure-magic burst out-zone his all-armor build in any extended fight — own the lane you already controlled pre-6. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | His R plus a gank still one-shots the immobile inventor the moment you're flanked — that all-in threat never goes away no matter how far you out-zone him. |
Malphite is an armor tank stacking the wrong resist against you — your H-28G turret beams and W rockets are pure magic, so his W (Brutal Strikes) armor does nothing to soften the nest. Level 1 you only have one turret and no center-stun yet, so respect his Seismic Shard slow-poke and don't get caught — neither of you owns this stage. From level 2 a second turret plus the slowing beams start owning the zone he has to walk into for CS, and by 4-5 a full nest taxes every single creep. Just farm behind the buildings and chip him; he can't out-trade three structures he can't itemize against.
The full Heimerdinger vs Malphite report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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