Ambessa vs Malphite in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his Q chips you down like a mage — W it to deny the poke. 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 · TOPAMBESSAthe Hound of War

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMALPHITEShard of the Monolith

VS

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

W his Q

He wins like a mage, off Q poke and cooldowns — use your W to eat his Q (or his E/W if he maxes those instead) and deny the free damage.

Respect his armor

Once he buys any armor after his first back, stop taking extended fights — his shorter cooldowns and W statcheck hard-win them.

Fight after your item

Early just farm and gain prio; once your first item is up your lower cooldowns and sustain flip extended fights back, so R in to start skirmishes for the team.

✕ DON'T

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Never take extended fights once he has armor and items — his shorter cooldowns and W statcheck hard-win them until your first item.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

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

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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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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