How to win lane as Malphite against Kassadin · 51.04% win rate over 960 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | His Q silence and magic-damage shield blank your Seismic Shard, but he is an equally weak level 1 - neither of you can trade, so deny his last-hits. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Still even: his shield eats your poke and your Granite Shield resets his, so farm at Q range instead of forcing. |
| Level 3 | Kassadin | Neither champion has a real combo yet - he silences you, you out-tank his autos, and it stays a CS race. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kassadin | W Thunderclap armor plus E attack-speed slow let you shove and out-trade a Riftwalk-less Kassadin - take the lane lead now. |
| Level 6 | Kassadin | Unstoppable Force is your hardest pin on a champion built to dodge pins - ult when his blink is down for the kill. |
| First item | Kassadin | His first AP item plus magic shield start to soak your Q burst, and your armor does nothing against his damage - the window closes. |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | Two-item Kassadin blinks around your telegraphed R, shields your poke, and out-damages you - play frontline, not duelist. |
Kassadin's Q silences you and hands him a magic-damage shield, so your Seismic Shard poke barely dents him and you have no trade pattern at all pre-6 - this is a farm race, not a kill lane. Last-hit with Q at max range, soak his weak melee-range autos, and lean on your Granite Shield to reset whenever he tries to chip you. Do not over-extend for a kill you cannot get; he is just as feeble as you here, so winning is denying him CS and a clean reset, not blood.
The full Malphite vs Kassadin 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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