How to win lane as Cassiopeia against Malphite · 55.2% win rate over 221 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 he can only Q-poke and shave your move speed, but you also have just one ability and no poison chain yet — last-hit and wait for level 2. |
| Level 2 | Cassiopeia | Your Q into E combo comes online and Twin Fang's bonus damage ignores his armor entirely, with a cooldown refund on the poisoned target — start trading the moment his Q is down. |
| Level 3 | Cassiopeia | A full Q-to-E poison chain plus Serpentine Grace kiting outdamages anything his Seismic Shard poke can do back. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cassiopeia | Ranks in Q and E let you spam refunded Twin Fangs; his armor stack and W armor buff are dead weight against magic and he has no sustain. |
| Level 6 | Cassiopeia | Petrifying Gaze answers his only engage — keep facing him to stun his R on arrival or pre-empt it, turning his all-in into your kill. |
| First item | Cassiopeia | Liandry's / Malignance plus boots-free Serpentine Grace speed make you a dominant lane DPS that kites his Q and shreds his tank stack. |
| Two+ items | Cassiopeia | Percent-HP ramping magic melts his armor-stacked HP; his one swing is a flank R that ignores your W ground, so win it with positioning, not Miasma. |
Malphite at level 1 only has Q (Seismic Shard) — he pokes and steals some of your move speed, but with one ability and no way to commit he can't punish you yet. Match last-hits and don't burn mana. From level 2 your lane begins: drop Q (Noxious Blast) on him, then E (Twin Fang) the poisoned target for a bonus-damage, cooldown-refunded nuke his armor does not reduce at all. Bait his Q, side-step it, and re-poke — he has no sustain and no way to trade back through your poison.
The full Cassiopeia vs Malphite 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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