Sion vs Malphite in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.17. The one thing to respect: his W max — if he maxes W with a brain, you can't win the straight duel. 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 · TOPSIONThe Undead Juggernaut

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPMALPHITEShard of the Monolith

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Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect W max

If he maxes W with a brain you simply lose the 1v1 — this is the one build that turns an easy lane nearly unwinnable, so stop trading and farm.

Read his max order

Check his skill order early: a smart W max means scale and don't fight, while a comet + Q max poke build is very manageable.

Rush Tear vs poke

Into the comet + Q-max version, buy Tear of the Goddess early and play bruiser into his tank — that build gives him no real all-in on you.

✕ DON'T

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Never try to out-trade a W-max Malphite — that single build turns this easy lane nearly unwinnable, so farm and scale instead.

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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16.14 Emerald+ - 56% WR - 1.3k 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→W→E

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