How to win lane as Yasuo against Malzahar · 47.88% win rate over 5,929 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 neither of you threatens a kill — he shoves, you farm, it's an even start. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | At 2 you spike first off the wave and can E-Q a chunk before his W Void Swarm is online. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Levels 3-5 his perma-shove from E Malefic Visions and voidlings cancels your walk-up, keeping the lane even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | With no gank setup and both on cooldown, the standoff holds — his push answers your dash pressure evenly. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | Level 6 is his kill window: R Nether Grasp is an unblockable targeted suppress that Ignite and voidlings finish. |
| First item | Yasuo | Your first item brings QSS to cleanse the suppress, flipping the all-in back into your favour. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Two crit items plus tenacity let you survive R and delete him, out-scaling his low-mobility kit. |
Level 1 is even: Malzahar can't kill you but he starts shoving with E Malefic Visions and his voidlings. You spike a touch harder at 2 — if you hit it first off the wave you can E-Q a chunk before his W is online. Bank Wind Wall for his Q Call of the Void, because eating the silence is what enables his all-in later. Don't over-extend into his push; the wave will be against you.
The full Yasuo vs Malzahar 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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