How to win lane as Malphite against Yasuo · 49.9% win rate (1,918 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Classic counter — your shield negates his poke and your R knocks him up through everything. Armor makes his crits meaningless.
Track: Yasuo's E — Sweeping Blade. AS slow — Wind Wall can’t block it; guts his crits.
Read from Malphite's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yasuo.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Yasuo's Q double-strike and E dash out-trade you at level 1 — you have no W/E yet and just eat poke behind Granite Shield. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Still his edge, softening — bank Granite Shield, hold Seismic Shard for a commit so Wind Wall can't eat it, and farm. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | Even-ish: Sweeping Blade can't re-cast on you, so on a thin wave he gets one dash and walks — the wave is what feeds his mobility. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Steel Tempest scales with attack speed, so Ground Slam's slow stretches its 4s cooldown and pushes back his knock-up combo. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is a dash, not a projectile — Wind Wall stops your Q and cannot stop your R. Land it, then E for the kill. |
| First item | Yasuo | Your first armor item (Bramble/Sunfire) makes you a genuine frontline his pre-IE crits can't break — force trades now. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Hard scaler reclaims it: Last Breath hits 30s to your R's 100s, so he re-engages four times per commit — peel, don't duel. |
Levels 1-3 are the only part of this lane that belongs to Yasuo. Granite Shield is your only buffer and Steel Tempest pokes every 4 seconds, so don't contest — last-hit and let his flow shield pop on minions. Save Seismic Shard for when he commits; thrown across the wave, Wind Wall simply swallows it for 4 seconds. Note too that Sweeping Blade cannot re-cast on the same target, so on a thin wave he gets one dash at you and then has to walk.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Malphite's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Malphite vs Yasuo 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.9% win rate over 1,918 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Malphite vs Yasuo is a genuine skill matchup: 49.9% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Malphite vs Yasuo win rate is 49.9%, an even lane decided by execution.
Malphite takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Yasuo.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet / Frozen Heart first, then Thornmail / Abyssal Mask, with Plated Steelcaps.
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