How to win lane as Malphite against Pantheon · 55.07% win rate over 1,451 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | Pantheon's empowered Q spear out-damages anything you have at Level 1, and you have no trade button yet — eat it and last-hit at Q range. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | His W point-click stun locks you for a free empowered spear, and his passive blocks your auto so you can't trade back. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | He still owns this window with spear poke and stun, but Granite Shield soaks enough chip that you survive to your spike. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Your Thunderclap armor and Ground Slam slow come online and Granite Shield refreshes — the lane evens out as you farm through his poke. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force knocks him up through his stun attempt and your Thunderclap autos plus Ground Slam burst a squishy early-game champ. |
| First item | Malphite | An armor item makes your E and W scale hard while his AD spear damage flatlines — your power peak, force the all-in. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | He has no percent-HP or scaling to reclaim the lane; your stacked armor neutralizes pure-AD Pantheon and you win the 1v1. |
Pantheon owns these levels outright and you just have to survive them — his empowered Q spear hits like a truck, his W is a point-click stun that sets up free poke, and his passive blocks one of your autos so you can't even trade back. Don't walk up to throw a Q he can stun-cancel into a spear; last-hit at max Q range, let Granite Shield soak the chip, and disengage so the shield refreshes. You have no Level 1-3 trade pattern against him, so concede the wave and farm.
The full Malphite vs Pantheon 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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