How to win lane as Yasuo against Malphite · 50.1% win rate over 1,918 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Malphite | Malphite's Seismic Shard poke and passive shield bully your level 1. |
| Level 2 | Malphite | At level 2 his Q slow and shield uptime still deny your trades. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | By level 3 your E-Q kite lets you out-trade his AP poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | At 4-5 your Steel Tempest DPS edges his cooldowns in short trades. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Malphite's Unstoppable Force (R) knockup ignores Wind Wall and wins level 6. |
| First item | Yasuo | Your first crit item shreds his squishy build in extended fights. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | Late-game his R and armor stacking flip control back to Malphite. |
Malphite bullies your level 1-2 with Seismic Shard (Q) poke and his passive shield tanking your Steel Tempest, so farm carefully and don't force early trades.
The full Yasuo 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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