Aatrox vs Malphite in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: he's harmless if you don't feed him — respect only his ult at 6, which sets up ganks and turns fights. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPAATROXthe Darkin Blade

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMALPHITEShard of the Monolith

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 EasyPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Care his R at 6

Respect his ult at 6 — it's a gank-assist knock-up, so hold your escape when the jungler is near.

Just farm early

Pre-6 he can't do anything if you do nothing — don't bait yourself into fighting, just farm.

Deny his passive

Don't let his passive come back — survive his burst counter-attack and keep chipping while it's down.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never bait yourself into a fight — he can't do anything to you if you just farm and don't over-commit.

Runes

PRECISION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 49% WR - 2.1k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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