How to win lane as Malphite against Heimerdinger · 55.39% win rate over 408 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | You both have weak level-1s — his turrets aren't fully set and your Q Seismic Shard can chip him through the minions, so it's a genuine even start before his zone comes online. |
| Level 2 | Heimerdinger | His second turret and W rocket poke wall you off the wave, and with no Thunderclap armor yet you can only eat the chip and soak XP. |
| Level 3 | Heimerdinger | Three turrets plus his E stun-grenade fully zone you out of last-hits, and a level-3 Malphite has no trade pattern to punch back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Malphite | Thunderclap's armor and AoE autos plus a refreshing Granite Shield let you farm through his rockets and start clearing turrets — you stabilize here. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | It's a coin-flip at 6: your Unstoppable Force ignores his stun-grenade and knocks him out of the nest, but a well-placed turret wall and E can still deny the dash. |
| First item | Heimerdinger | His first AP item charges his W rockets to chunk your tank HP from behind the turret line, out-poking your armor stack before MR comes online. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | Armor-stacked and grouped, your R flanks his fragile body into your team where his turrets and poke are worthless — you win every fight he can't wall off. |
Levels 1-3 belong to Heimerdinger and there is no sugarcoating it — his three turrets zone the entire wave and his W rocket storm pokes me off every last-hit before I have a single tool to fight back. My Q Seismic Shard is my only answer: tag him through the minions when he steps up so I steal his move speed and deny a clean reposition, but never walk into the turret field to do it. I have no Thunderclap armor and no Ground Slam yet, so I just eat poke, soak XP, and refuse to int into a grenade.
The full Malphite vs Heimerdinger 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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