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Yuumi & Caitlyn vs Tristana & Malphite

Bot Lane Matchup

Yuumi vs Tristana (with Caitlyn & Malphite) BOT matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, you and Caitlyn win this lane comfortably — your healing negates Malphite's poke, your E poke adds to Caitlyn's harassment, and Tristana cannot safely engage into Caitlyn's range advantage.
Post-6, Malphite's R is your biggest threat; if he lands it on Caitlyn while you are attached, you both get hit, so you must be ready to detach and dodge or accept that you will take the full combo.

Stay attached to Caitlyn during trades to heal through Malphite's Q attack-speed reduction and keep her DPS consistent — your W heal is most valuable when Caitlyn is kiting backward after a headshot proc, not when she is stationary.
Use your E to poke Malphite when he walks up with his shield down, as it stacks with Caitlyn's harassment and forces him to back.

You should not roam in this matchup — Tristana is a scaling threat and leaving Caitlyn alone against even a weakened Malphite post-6 is dangerous given his R.
Stay attached and focus on keeping Caitlyn healthy and enabling her to maintain lane dominance through the mid-game.

Do not stay attached to Caitlyn when Malphite has R available and is clearly positioning for an engage — detach early and move to a safe position, because a Malphite R into Tristana R on a Yuumi-attached Caitlyn is a near-guaranteed kill.
Also, do not spam your E heal on cooldown; save it for when Caitlyn takes a headshot or a Tristana E trade, as wasted healing loses you the sustain war over time.

Created on 09/03/2026

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