How to win lane as Malzahar against Pantheon · 56.51% win rate over 2,456 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is skill-based, his Q poke against your Void Shift blocking the opener. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even as your shield timer negates his all-in threat. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even, decided by whether he can catch your shield down for a W engage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain skill-matched as you farm at range and he hunts a stun opening. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | Level 6 favours Malzahar, whose point-click Nether Grasp suppresses his W all-in and cancels the combo. |
| First item | Malzahar | First item favours Malzahar, whose ramping DPS outpaces a Pantheon whose damage is falling off. |
| Two+ items | Malzahar | With two-plus items Malzahar dominates, hard-countering his single-target dive with point-click R. |
Levels 1-2 are skill-based; Pantheon pokes with Q but Void Shift blocks his opener, so you farm safely and deny him a clean all-in.
The full Malzahar vs Pantheon report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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