Mid Matchup

Yone vs Malzahar

Patch: 15.23 (25.23)
League: Platinum+
Yone

Yone

the Unforgotten
Mid
Yone Mid Overall Win Rate
47.85%

Matchup Win Rate

51.4%
Yone vs Malzahar Wins
⚔
48.6%
Malzahar vs Yone Wins
Malzahar

Malzahar

the Prophet of the Void
Mid
Malzahar Mid Overall Win Rate
51.33%

Yone vs Malzahar - Mid Matchup Guide Patch 15.23 (25.23)

Yone Mid vs Malzahar Mid - Who is stronger?

Yone Mid has a slight edge over Malzahar (51.4% win rate) based on 990 games. The matchup slightly favors Yone.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Yone Mid vs Malzahar Mid in patch 15.23 (25.23), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 58.7% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Yone (5.8% pick rate, 13th most popular out of 58 Mid champions) versus Malzahar (6.6%, 5th place). These two mid lane titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Silver lining: While Yone's 47.9% overall win rate (54th among Mid) struggles in the current meta, this matchup against Malzahar offers a bright spot for dedicated players. Optimize for consistency: Lethal Tempo paired with Absorb Life (46.4% win rate, 98.7% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Blade of The Ruined King > Immortal Shieldbow > Infinity Edge with Berserker's Greaves delivers 58.7% win rate against Malzahar.

Win through macro: Yone takes the matchup (51.36%) despite falling behind in CS (6.47 vs 7.86/min). Your victories come through roaming, team fighting, and map pressure rather than 1v1 lane dominance. Complete superiority: Yone dominates both win rate (51.4%) and damage output (744 vs 731/min, 2nd among Mid). The 13 damage/min difference creates massive snowball potential. Intriguing anomaly: Yone wins the matchup (51.4%) despite a lower KDA (1.70 vs 2.10). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Yone vs Malzahar - Mid Stats Comparison

Yone Mid
Yone Mid		Versus
Malzahar Mid
Malzahar Mid
CTierA+
51.4%Matchup Winrate48.6%
47.85%Role Winrate51.33%
#54Winrate Rank#19
5.8%Pickrate6.6%
1.7Average KDA2.1
402Gold per Minute427
6.47CS/Min7.86
0.32Wards per Minute0.31
744Damage per Minute731

How to Beat Malzahar as Yone (Mid)

While statistically Yone is slightly stronger than Malzahar in the mid lane, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

Except for rare builds, Yone deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Meanwhile, Malzahar deals primarily magic damage (95.35%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the farming superiority demonstrated by Malzahar, ranking 2nd (versus 34th for Yone) in farming efficiency among champions in this role. This means the opponent can build gold advantages more quickly. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.1 versus 1.7) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Yone Mid versus Malzahar Mid matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Yone player to maintain constant pressure on Malzahar, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Yone vs Malzahar: Mid Lane Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
47.3% Win Rate77.5% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
47.3% Win Rate77.5% Pick Rate

Yone vs Malzahar: Mid Lane Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Absorb Life
Absorb Life Killing a target heals you for @HealAmount@.

Absorb Life

Killing a target heals you for @HealAmount@.

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Second Wind
Second Wind After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health +3 over 10s.

Second Wind

After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

Overgrowth
Overgrowth Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

Overgrowth

Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanent…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

46.4% Win Rate98.7% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds, up to 6. At max stacks, deal [9 - 30 Melee || 6 - 24 Ranged] bonus adaptive damage On-Attack, increased by 1% per 1% Bonus Attack Speed.

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you [6% Melee || 4% Ranged] Attack Speed for 6 seconds…

Absorb Life
Absorb Life Killing a target heals you for @HealAmount@.

Absorb Life

Killing a target heals you for @HealAmount@.

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: Alacrity Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Alacrity

Gain 3% attack speed plus an additional 1.5% for every Legend stack (max 10 sta…

Last Stand
Last Stand Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max damage gained at 30% health.

Last Stand

Deal 5% - 11% increased damage to champions while you are below 60% health. Max…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Second Wind
Second Wind After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health +3 over 10s.

Second Wind

After taking damage from an enemy champion, heal for 4% of your missing health …

Overgrowth
Overgrowth Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanently gaining 3 maximum health for every 8.

When you've absorbed 120 monsters or enemy minions, gain an additional 3.5% maximum health.

Overgrowth

Absorb life essence from monsters or enemy minions that die near you, permanent…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

46.4% Win Rate98.7% Pick Rate

Yone vs Malzahar: Mid Lane Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
47.4% Win Rate50.2% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
47.1% Win Rate93.7% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
46.3% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
47.4% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate
Core Build
Vampiric Scepter
Vampiric Scepter (900 gold) 15 Attack Damage
7% Life Steal
->
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
25% Attack Speed
10% Life Steal
Mist's Edge
Attacks deal a percentage of enemy's current Health as bonus physical damageOn-Hit.
Clawing Shadows
Attacking a champion 3 times Slows them by 30% for 1 second.
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
56.5% Win Rate22.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
59.7% Win Rate22.1% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Scorchclaw Pup
Scorchclaw Pup (450 gold) Jungle Companions
Summon a Scorchclaw that assists you against monsters.
Scorchclaw's Slash
The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it periodically imbues your next Attack or Ability to burn enemies and Slow them. Killing large monsters readies this immediately.
57.3% Win Rate0.1% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
47.4% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate
Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves (1100 gold) 25% Attack Speed
45 Move Speed
47.1% Win Rate93.7% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
46.3% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
Core Build
Pickaxe
Pickaxe (875 gold) 25 Attack Damage
->
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
25% Attack Speed
10% Life Steal
Mist's Edge
Attacks deal a percentage of enemy's current Health as bonus physical damageOn-Hit.
Clawing Shadows
Attacking a champion 3 times Slows them by 30% for 1 second.
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
58.7% Win Rate3.2% Pick Rate
Final Build
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
59.7% Win Rate22.1% Pick Rate
Other Items
Death's Dance
Death's Dance (3300 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
50 Armor
Ignore Pain
A percentage of damage taken is dealt to you over 3 seconds instead.
Defy
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, cleanse Ignore Pain's remaining damage and restore Health over 2 seconds.
57.6% Win Rate16.4% Pick Rate
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist
Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
53.1% Win Rate10.0% Pick Rate
Wit's End
Wit's End (2800 gold) 50% Attack Speed
45 Magic Resist
20% Tenacity
Fray
Attacks deal bonus magic damageOn-Hit.
49.7% Win Rate9.1% Pick Rate
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal
Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
56.0% Win Rate7.1% Pick Rate
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
55.2% Win Rate6.5% Pick Rate
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal

ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
57.3% Win Rate3.1% Pick Rate
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
75 Armor
Resilience
Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
Humility
Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
54.8% Win Rate2.8% Pick Rate

Yone vs Malzahar: Mid Lane Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Mortal Steel Thrusts forward, damaging all enemies in a line.

On hit, grants a stack of Gathering Storm for a few seconds. At 2 stacks, Mortal Steel dashes Yone forward with a gust of wind knocking enemies Airborne.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Spirit Cleave Cleaves forward, damaging all enemies in a cone. Grants a shield to Yone, the value is increased by the number of champions hit by the swipe.

Spirit Cleave's cooldown and cast time scale with attack speed.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Soul Unbound Yone's spirit leaves his body behind, gaining Move Speed. When this ability ends, Yone's spirit is forced back to his body and he repeats a portion of the damage he dealt as a spirit.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Fate Sealed Yone blinks behind the last champion in a line with a slash so powerful it pulls all enemies hit towards him.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
50.4% Win Rate67.6% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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R
Q
Mortal Steel Thrusts forward, damaging all enemies in a line.

On hit, grants a stack of Gathering Storm for a few seconds. At 2 stacks, Mortal Steel dashes Yone forward with a gust of wind knocking enemies Airborne.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Spirit Cleave Cleaves forward, damaging all enemies in a cone. Grants a shield to Yone, the value is increased by the number of champions hit by the swipe.

Spirit Cleave's cooldown and cast time scale with attack speed.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Soul Unbound Yone's spirit leaves his body behind, gaining Move Speed. When this ability ends, Yone's spirit is forced back to his body and he repeats a portion of the damage he dealt as a spirit.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Fate Sealed Yone blinks behind the last champion in a line with a slash so powerful it pulls all enemies hit towards him.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
81.1% Win Rate0.8% Pick Rate

Playing Against Malzahar

  • When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
  • Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
  • Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.

Yone Mid other Matchups

Yone
+4.4%
Aurelion Sol

Yone vs Aurelion Sol

Yone
+4.1%
Taliyah

Yone vs Taliyah

Yone
+2.4%
Zed

Yone vs Zed

Yone
+1.8%
Yasuo

Yone vs Yasuo

Yone
+1.5%
Hwei

Yone vs Hwei

Yone
+1.4%
Veigar

Yone vs Veigar

Yone
+1.1%
Anivia

Yone vs Anivia

Yone
+1.1%
Kassadin

Yone vs Kassadin

Yone
-1.2%
Viktor

Yone vs Viktor

Yone
-1.3%
Sylas

Yone vs Sylas

Yone
-1.7%
Galio

Yone vs Galio

Yone
-1.7%
Orianna

Yone vs Orianna

Yone
-1.8%
Azir

Yone vs Azir

Yone
-1.9%
Ryze

Yone vs Ryze

Yone
-2.0%
Qiyana

Yone vs Qiyana

Yone
-2.0%
Mel

Yone vs Mel

Yone
-2.3%
Irelia

Yone vs Irelia

Yone
-2.4%
Aurora

Yone vs Aurora

Yone
-2.5%
Ekko

Yone vs Ekko

Yone
-2.5%
Lux

Yone vs Lux

Yone
-2.5%
Diana

Yone vs Diana

Yone
-2.7%
Zoe

Yone vs Zoe

Yone
-3.0%
Ahri

Yone vs Ahri

Yone
-3.2%
Syndra

Yone vs Syndra

Yone
-3.4%
Vex

Yone vs Vex

Yone
-3.7%
Twisted Fate

Yone vs Twisted Fate

Yone
-4.0%
Xerath

Yone vs Xerath

Yone
-4.3%
Vladimir

Yone vs Vladimir

Yone
-4.3%
Akshan

Yone vs Akshan

Yone
-4.3%
Akali

Yone vs Akali

Yone
-4.6%
Lissandra

Yone vs Lissandra

Yone
-4.7%
Fizz

Yone vs Fizz

Yone
-5.0%
Annie

Yone vs Annie

Yone
-5.4%
Katarina

Yone vs Katarina

Yone
-6.1%
LeBlanc

Yone vs LeBlanc

Yone
-9.1%
Talon

Yone vs Talon