5 Best Malphite Skins in League of Legends

Malphite sits as one of the oldest League of Legends champions yet to see any significant rework or gameplay updates. He's also... not the best looking.

In fact, almost any time you see the Shard of the Monolith take to the rift, he's probably rocking a skin. That being said, considering the wealth of skins Malphite has options to, it's only natural that a few of them aren't as great as the others.

Here's a quick look at the five best Malphite skins in League of Legends.

5. Obsidian Malphite

First on our list is a classic. Obsidian Malphite might not have the biggest changes to the big rock's in-game look, but this splash art is amazing and really tells a story. Placing Malphite to scale against a mountain really shows just how massive he is, something difficult to convey with his game model for the sake of balance. All in all, the lava-laced look goes well on him.

4. Coral Reef Malphite

Covering him in Coral and Sea Moss as opposed to the monotone stone of his base skin makes his silhouette more noticeable and makes it a lot more interesting when his Passive comes crumbling down.

3. Ironside Malphite

League of Legends skins work best when they explore alternate worlds, placing champions we love in incredibly unique genres and universes that diversify them in ways so interesting we almost wish they were a champion all on their own. Malphite's inclusion in the pirate-themed buccaneers skin line is no exception to this, as Ironside Malphite takes the appearance of a giant mechanical ship-construct.

2. Odyssey Malphite

The Odyssey skin line is amazing. Including a deep and well-thought-out lore that goes so far as to include a different skin universe as part of its canon, Malphite getting a skin in this world was guaranteed to do something interesting to a historically boring champion. What we got was our lovable lump of lead re-imagined as a massive hulking alien. Odyssey Malphite's face alone gives enough reason for players to want this skin, as it's loaded with expressiveness Malphite has never had in other skins.

1. Mecha Malphite

Remember Pacific Rim? It's like that... but in League of Legends. Mecha Malphite made a great inclusion to an already very fun skin line, and we've already established how Great it is to have splash art that truly puts him in scale. Getting a view of this mechanical menace looming in rest with the establishing shot of his massive hangar not only shows us how impressively-sized Mecha Malphite is; but goes a long way to sell that this skin is meant to represent not a sentient mountain, but a powerful war machine.