How to win lane as Malphite against Warwick · 55.19% win rate over 877 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Warwick | Warwick's bloodlust autos and Q heal beat your empty Level 1 — you have no shield trade and just eat sustained damage. |
| Level 2 | Warwick | He out-sustains you with Q before W armor exists; trading autos here only feeds his heal and his low-HP passive. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Once you have your basic kit it evens out — your Granite Shield buffers his autos while neither of you has a real all-in yet. |
| Levels 4-5 | Malphite | W Thunderclap's armor and AoE autos plus E's attack-speed slow let you start out-trading his drain. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | R Unstoppable Force is unstoppable through his W move speed and cancels or answers his R suppress all-in. |
| First item | Malphite | Your first armor item makes E and W scale up and gut his auto-driven drain — your Granite Shield denies his execute. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | Stacked armor neutralizes his entire kit: E slows his attack speed to nothing and you out-durable his drain in any extended fight. |
Respect him here — this is the one window Warwick beats you. At Levels 1-3 you have no trade pattern and your Granite Shield just gets chewed by his bloodlust autos while his Q heals back anything you poke with Seismic Shard. Don't sit in his auto range trying to trade; last-hit at max Q range, keep the shield up by disengaging, and farm. His passive heals harder the lower you are, so never let him drag you to half HP for an extended fight before you have W.
The full Malphite vs Warwick 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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