How to win lane as Malzahar against Yone · 54.42% win rate over 4,550 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is an even skill check with no abilities spiking either side and both just securing the wave. |
| Level 2 | Yone | At Level 2 Yone's early melee power and Q momentum let him win the first extended trade, favouring him. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | By Level 3 your E waveclear and Void Shift passive even out his engage, making it a skill matchup. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through Levels 4-5 you shove and he can't freeze, so the lane stays even and comes down to spell-shield timing. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | At Level 6 your R suppresses his all-in and locks his E dash, giving you the clear kill threat. |
| First item | Yone | With one item Yone's stacked E return-windows and knock-back let him force all-ins faster than your R recovers, favouring him. |
| Two+ items | Yone | With two-plus items a fed Yone flanks past your single-target lock and outputs more in fights, favouring him. |
Level 1 is even scuttle for lane priority, but at Level 2 Yone's second point in Q plus Way of the Hunter momentum lets him win the first melee trade, so give ground and don't walk up without minions between you.
The full Malzahar vs Yone 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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