How to win lane as Cassiopeia against Yorick · 57.89% win rate over 95 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 you have one ability and no poison to feed Twin Fang, while Yorick's passive ghoul gives him a free trade and last-hit edge — neither of you owns it. |
| Level 2 | Cassiopeia | Having two of Q and E lets you prime poison and land a refunded Twin Fang for a real trade his ghoul autos can't match. |
| Level 3 | Cassiopeia | Your Q-to-E poison combo plus passive move-speed kiting comes fully online and out-trades his slow, point-and-click ghoul pattern. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cassiopeia | Ranks in Q and E let you chain refunded Twin Fang through any extended trade, and W slows and poison-zones his ghouls so they can't swarm you. |
| Level 6 | Cassiopeia | Petrifying Gaze stuns Yorick the moment he commits and turns your poke lead into a kill before Maiden of the Mist is even up. |
| First item | Cassiopeia | Liandry's or Malignance plus your passive AP ramps Twin Fang to shred him through the ghoul block — force every all-in in this window. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Yorick out-scales hard: Maiden and ghouls body-block your Twin Fang, his W wall traps you, and he out-splitpushes the side lane — close it before this point. |
Level 1 is even — you have one ability and Yorick's ghoul from his passive gives him a last-hit and trade edge, so don't walk into auto range to throw a Q he can just sidestep behind a ghoul. From level 2 you flip it: prime him with Q poison, then E for a near-free, cooldown-refunded Twin Fang, and your passive move speed keeps you out of his ghoul autos. Use W on the wave to slow him and poison his ghouls rather than to "ground" him — he has no dash to cancel — and never sit in a clump of ghoul autos taking free damage.
The full Cassiopeia vs Yorick 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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