How to win lane as Malphite against Renekton · 48.44% win rate (2,917 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Survive his early — build armor, E-slow his autos.
Track: Renekton's W — Ruthless Predator (16–8s cooldown). Empowered = long stun. Bait it.
Read from Malphite's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Renekton.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Renekton | Renekton's point-click autos plus W stun bully you at Level 1 — you have no trade pattern, so farm and eat minimal poke. |
| Level 2 | Renekton | Empowered Ruthless Predator (W) destroys damage shields — it strips Granite Shield before the stun, so refuse trades above 50 Fury. |
| Level 3 | Renekton | Level 3 is peak Renekton: full Dice combo with W stun owns you outright, so hug the wave and deny the all-in. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Thunderclap (W) and Ground Slam (E) stabilize you, but empowered Slice and Dice (E) shreds armour, and Ground Slam's damage scales off armour, so it lands softer. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force gives you the all-in answer you lacked — R-knock-up punishes his overextension once his W is down. |
| First item | Malphite | Your armor-scaling W/E plus a first armor item out-trade his point-click AD — his fall-off has begun and your peak arrives. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | Renekton has no scaling and you become a near-unkillable armor frontline — your E and W out-damage him and R wins every fight. |
Renekton owns these levels outright and you have to accept it — Ruthless Predator (W) stuns on a 16s cooldown at rank 1, and above 50 Fury it slashes three times and destroys damage shields, so it deletes Granite Shield before the damage lands. Last-hit at the tip of Seismic Shard (625 range) and never trade into full Fury. He closes with Slice and Dice (E), not W — bait the first charge, walk out of the second, and let your shield recharge while his Fury bleeds away.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Malphite's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Malphite vs Renekton 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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Renekton, slightly — Malphite wins 48.44% of 2,917 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Renekton has a small statistical edge (51.56% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Renekton has the slight edge (Malphite wins 48.44%), though it stays close.
Malphite takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Renekton.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet / Frozen Heart first, then Thornmail / Abyssal Mask, with Plated Steelcaps.
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