How to win lane as Yone against Malphite · 49.46% win rate (5,198 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His armor stat-checks your autos and the R interrupts your dash. Poke from range and never all-in into the ult.
Track: Malphite's R — Unstoppable Force (130–100s cooldown). Un-dodgeable dash. Bait it.
Read from Yone's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Malphite.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Malphite | Malphite's Q poke, slow and passive shield own the level-1 trade. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 his shield and E shred keep short trades in his favour. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 flips to you as your dash and W out-trade his poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even out — his shield-poke versus your trade windows. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 stays even: his R knock-up versus your E dodge cancel out. |
| First item | Yone | With your first item your on-hit beats his shield and you all-in. |
| Two+ items | Yone | Late, Yone dodges Unstoppable Force and outscales the tank. |
Malphite wins the opening: Seismic Shard (Q) pokes and steals your move speed while Granite Shield eats your first auto-trades, so levels 1-2 are his. Don't walk into his 625 range for a greedy CS — the shield plus Ground Slam's attack-speed cut means short trades favour him. Farm safe and wait for level 3.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yone's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yone 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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Nobody on paper — a 49.46% win rate over 5,198 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Yone vs Malphite is a genuine skill matchup: 49.46% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Yone vs Malphite win rate is 49.46%, an even lane decided by execution.
Yone takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Malphite.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (mixed-damage spike) first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads.
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