Gwen vs Malphite in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: never get clipped by his E — with no attack speed of your own, eating it loses the trade outright. 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 · TOPGWENThe Hallowed Seamstress

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMALPHITEShard of the Monolith

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Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his E

You have no attack speed, so eating his E loses the trade — stack Q, then E out before it lands.

Punish his Q max

If he maxes Q, W his Q then trade — it strips the slow and his own move speed so he can't space you.

Respect his ult post-6

After 6 he has heavy R setup and you run no Flash, so you can't dodge it — play back and farm.

✕ DON'T

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Chase kills on a good Malphite — he'll never die, so just soak farm instead.

Runes

PRECISIONmatchup page

RESOLVEoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

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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