How to win lane as Malphite against Tryndamere · 57.17% win rate over 1,067 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Tryndamere | At level 1 you have no trade pattern — just Granite Shield and Q poke — while he stacks Fury and can E-in to crit you down. |
| Level 2 | Tryndamere | Still his window: he can all-in with E gap-close and W slow before your Thunderclap or Ground Slam exist to punish. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Thunderclap is up but Ground Slam isn't fully online yet — trades are close until your armor and attack-speed slow both land. |
| Levels 4-5 | Malphite | With W's armor and E's attack-speed slow both online, your trades flip and his crit DPS gets gutted while you scale. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force gives you all-in and pick pressure; he can only E away or burn Undying Rage, which you wait out. |
| First item | Malphite | Your armor item plus Granite Shield means his crit autos barely dent you while your W/E scaling out-trades his spin. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | You build to counter his exact damage — armor stacking plus the attack-speed slow keeps you favoured in any straight duel. |
Tryndamere owns the opening — at levels 1-2 you have no trade button, just Granite Shield and a Q poke, so he can stack Fury on the wave, E in and crit you down before Thunderclap or Ground Slam exist to answer. Don't contest last-hits inside his E range; farm with Seismic Shard from max distance and let your shield refresh between his pokes. His W slows you and steals your move speed for the all-in, so respect that as your cue to back off, not trade.
The full Malphite vs Tryndamere 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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