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Kayle vs Malphite

Updated Jun 3, 2026

Overview

Prioritize safe farming and reaching level 6 to unlock ranged attacks and (R) for survivability.
Avoid giving Malphite a passive lane; maintain a defensive posture to prevent his armor stacking from shutting down your damage.
This is a scale versus teamfight engage matchup; focus on surviving early to become a late-game DPS threat.

Trading pattern

Avoid early extended trades and only trade when (R) is down or on cooldown.
Use (Q) slow and resistance shred to poke safely and reduce his damage output.
After level 6, use ranged attacks and (R) to deny his burst and win longer trades.

Danger windows

Before level 6, Kayle is highly vulnerable to Malphite's engage and poke; avoid extended trades.
When (R) is down, Kayle is susceptible to burst damage; play cautiously until it is available again.
(R) is a strong engage tool; maintain spacing and vision to avoid surprise all-ins.

Early game

Play defensively and use (Q) to farm safely without extended trades before level 6.
Use (W) to sustain through poke and mitigate (Q) slow and harassment.
Avoid overextending early to prevent getting engaged on by (R) once available.

Power spikes

At level 6, Kayle gains ranged attacks and (R); stabilize lane and use (R) to negate Malphite's engage burst.
Kayle's late-game DPS threshold is a major spike; protect uptime and fight front-to-back.
Respect Malphite's level 6 (R) engage as a lethal threat before (R) cooldown expires.

Win conditions

Survive early lane pressure by farming safely with (Q) and (W) until level 6.
Use (R) proactively to deny Malphite's burst engage and secure key trades.
Reach late-game DPS thresholds and leverage ranged attacks to dominate side-lane and teamfights.