How to win lane as Malphite against Ornn · 47.25% win rate over 1,416 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ornn | Ornn shields through your Q with W Bellows Breath and applies Brittle on autos while you have no level-1 trade pattern. |
| Level 2 | Ornn | He empowers autos and pokes safely; you still have no W/E and cannot answer his trades. |
| Level 3 | Ornn | Most lane tempo is his — his E pillar threatens a wall-stun and you give up the whole pre-6 window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | W Thunderclap and E Ground Slam finally let you farm through his poke, but neither side can force a kill — it is even. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is the one button immobile Ornn cannot dodge — flank him or all-in when his E is down. |
| First item | Even / skill | You stack armor off W/E but Ornn upgrades his own forge items for free, so his item spike lands first — it trades out even. |
| Two+ items | Ornn | His R double knock-up, Brittle-shatter and self-itemized scaling out-frontline and out-gold a low-economy Malphite. |
Ornn owns the opening outright — his W Bellows Breath shields him through your Q poke and his auto-attacks apply Brittle, so every time you step up to last-hit he can shove a free trade onto you while you still have no answer pre-W. Do not contest the wave; just soak XP at max range and use Q Seismic Shard purely to kite back, never to start a fight. Dodge his E (Searing Charge) — if he pillars you into a wall it is a stun, and a Brittle-empowered follow-up will chunk you hard.
The full Malphite vs Ornn 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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