Volibear vs Malphite in Top lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his constant Q poke is the whole lane — blunt it early or you bleed out. 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 · TOPVOLIBEARThe Relentless Storm

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMALPHITEShard of the Monolith

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect Q poke

His Q is the lane — most Malphites max it and poke non-stop, so rush an early Negatron Cloak to neutralize it.

Read his build

If he does a W-max setup and goes full armor, skip the Negatron Cloak and build straight into Rod of Ages instead.

Side-lane him

Don't let him reach teamfights — he has more impact there, so keep him pinned on a side lane and force numbers onto you elsewhere.

✕ DON'T

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Never let Malphite get to a teamfight uncontested — he typically has more impact there than you.

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+ - 52% WR - 392 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

MAXW→Q→E

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