How to win lane as Malphite against Wukong · 51.78% win rate over 562 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Wukong | His Q armor-shred plus empowered autos beat you at level 1 — you have no trade button and your only defense is the armor he strips. |
| Level 2 | Wukong | He still owns the trade: your W armor isn't up, so his empowered autos chunk you while you can only poke and lose. |
| Level 3 | Wukong | Most of his lethal trades happen here — his E dash plus Q-shred all-in beats a Malphite who can't yet stack W or slow him with E. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | W armor and E attack-speed slow finally come online — you farm through his AD pressure, but it's still reactive, so call it even. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is your spike — R catches him before he can W-clone juke or R-spin out, the one window you can hard-engage him. |
| First item | Malphite | Your first armor item plus W stack make his AD autos and Q-shred glance off while E caps his attack speed — force the all-in now. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | He stays item-dependent and can clone-juke your R in a skirmish, but your stacked armor and R engage keep the frontline matchup even. |
Levels 1-3 are his — you have no trade pattern yet and he does. His Q shreds your armor (which is your whole defense) and his empowered autos out-DPS you while you just eat it, so do not contest the wave. Last-hit at range, take the chip, and let Granite Shield refresh between his trades. Do not flash-step into his auto range to throw a Q poke; you lose that exchange every time before W and E exist.
The full Malphite vs Wukong 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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