How to win lane as Yone against Malphite · 49.46% win rate over 5,198 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Malphite | Malphite's Q poke, slow and passive shield own the level-1 trade. |
| Level 2 | Malphite | At level 2 his shield and E shred keep short trades in his favour. |
| Level 3 | Yone | 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: his Seismic Shard (Q) pokes you and slows you while his passive shield eats your first auto-trades, so levels 1-2 are his. Don't walk into Q range for a greedy CS — his shield plus Thunderclap (E) armour-shred means short trades favour him. Farm safe and wait for your level-3 spike.
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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