How to win lane as Illaoi against Cassiopeia · 50.88% win rate over 340 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia's Q poke and W zone win the level-1 range battle. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Skill at 2: her poke vs your incoming gap-close roughly cancel. |
| Level 3 | Illaoi | W Harsh Lesson closes the gap and lets you punish from 3. |
| Levels 4-5 | Illaoi | A landed E on an escape-less Cassiopeia beats her poke at 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Skill at 6: her R stun and your R wall threaten each other equally. |
| First item | Even / skill | Skill first item: the trade hinges on closing before her E stacks. |
| Two+ items | Cassiopeia | Late, full-AP poke and R Petrifying Gaze lock you out of fights. |
Cassiopeia pokes you down at level 1 with Q Noxious Blast before you can reach her, and her W Miasma zones your tentacle plants, so the opening favors her ranged harass.
The full Illaoi 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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