How to win lane as Gragas against Cassiopeia · 57.61% win rate over 184 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — she has Noxious Blast poke but you have no W trigger for Happy Hour yet, so last-hit with Barrel Roll's tip and don't trade. |
| Level 2 | Cassiopeia | She edges 2 — her Noxious Blast plus early Miasma can poke and ground before your single empowered auto closes the gap. |
| Level 3 | Cassiopeia | She owns 3 — Miasma stops your Body Slam cast and her two-spell poke out-ranges your clunky combo until W is maxed. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cassiopeia | Through 4-5 she keeps poking — your sustain is growing but a grounded Miasma still denies the all-in you need to commit. |
| Level 6 | Cassiopeia | Even at your 6 spike she can edge it — a clean Miasma-into-Petrifying-Gaze chain DPS-es you before E-W-Q-Cask connects. |
| First item | Cassiopeia | First item she stays ahead on this window — ramping Twin Fang DPS plus poison out-values your single Riftmaker all-in if she kites it. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late she scales away — at 2+ items her poison DPS and face-stun out-1v1 your telegraphed engage, so this window is hers. |
Level 1 is a coin-flip — she pokes with Noxious Blast but you have no W trigger for Happy Hour yet, so just last-hit at max range with the tip of Barrel Roll and stay out of her Q range. The moment you hit 2, take W: a Drunken Rage empowered auto plus the heal wins the return trade if she steps up for a CS. The one thing to respect is Miasma — that ground field stops you from casting Body Slam, so never try to E through it or you'll get zoned off the engage and eat free poison.
The full Gragas vs Cassiopeia 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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