Gragasvs Malphite
Gragas vs Malphite is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.18. Gragas wins with a 64.3% win rate (+28.6%) over Malphite based on 28 games. Gragas holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Gragas build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Gragas vs Malphite matchup.
Gragas Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Gragas performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Gragas vs Malphite?
Gragas wins 54.5% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 34.7% and 73.1% (95% range).
- Expected
- 51.6% From both champions' overall Top win rates
- Matchup effect
- +3.0 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 22 games Lane: Top
Lane: Top · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.18 · Sep 11 – Sep 14
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Gragas, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Gragas wins 54.5% of 22 games (95% range 34.7–73.1%).
- Both champions' overall Top win rates predict 51.6% for Gragas; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Gragas players pick Stormsurge far more often against Malphite: 13.2% of their other Top games, 40.9% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Gragas and Malphite played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Gragas's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Gragas vs Malphite Laning Stats
Only 22 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Gragas vs Malphite Win Rate by Game Length
Gragas's win rate against Malphite by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Gragas's results against Malphite in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Gragas vs Malphite Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Gragas Changes Against Malphite
Choices Gragas players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Top games.
StormsurgeItemUsually13.2%vs Malphite40.9%+27.7 pts
Sorcerer's ShoesBootsUsually39.9%vs Malphite63.6%+23.7 pts
Cosmic InsightRuneUsually63.4%vs Malphite40.9%−22.4 pts
Flash + IgniteSummoner spellsUsually27.8%vs Malphite50.0%+22.2 pts
Health Potion + Health Potion + Tear of the GoddessStarting itemsUsually12.1%vs Malphite31.8%+19.7 pts
DominationSecondary treeUsually3.0%vs Malphite13.6%+10.6 pts
Kaenic RookernItemUsually0.4%vs Malphite9.1%+8.7 pts
Magical FootwearRuneUsually1.9%vs Malphite9.1%+7.2 pts
Best Gragas Build vs Malphite
Against Malphite
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 2 of 17 Gragas games against Malphite carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Gragas's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Gragas Runes vs Malphite
Usual Gragas runes (Top)
Stormraider's Surge
72.2% win rate · 18 games
Against Malphite
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Gragas matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.18. The table below shows Gragas's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Gragas build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
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Gragas vs Malphite FAQ - Patch 26.18
Who wins Gragas vs Malphite?
Current data slightly favors Gragas, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Gragas wins 54.5% of 22 games (95% range 34.7–73.1%).
What is Gragas's win rate against Malphite?
Gragas wins 54.5% of 22 Top games against Malphite on patch 26.18 (95% range 34.7–73.1%). Based on both champions' overall Top win rates, 51.6% would be expected.
Does Gragas counter Malphite?
Not clearly. Gragas wins 54.5% of 22 games against Malphite, and the 95% range (34.7–73.1%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Gragas or Malphite?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (22) to say who wins lane.
Does Gragas outscale Malphite?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Malphite strongest against Gragas?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Malphite is ahead of Gragas beyond the margin of error.
What should Gragas build against Malphite?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Gragas's usual Top core: Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Lich Bane. The biggest change against Malphite: Stormsurge (13.2% usually, 40.9% here).
What runes should Gragas use against Malphite?
Use Gragas's usual Stormraider's Surge page (Sorcery + Resolve); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Malphite: Cosmic Insight (63.4% usually, 40.9% here).