Urgot vs Cassiopeia — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Urgot against Cassiopeia · 54.81% win rate (374 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Urgot is slightly favoured — 54.81% win rate over 374 games, and Urgot's game plan below claims 4 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

She kites you out — survive, then flip her on the Miasma cooldown and shred with W.

Track: Cassiopeia's W — Miasma (24–16s cooldown). Grounds you — dashes and movement abilities are disabled inside it.

Do

  • Land the E flip when Miasma is down
  • W-shred with all legs loaded
  • R execute below 25%

Don't

  • Whiff the flip and stay
  • Trade with legs spent
  • Eat her Miasma for free

Runes & build vs Cassiopeia

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke)
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Urgot's game plan

Read from Urgot's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Cassiopeia.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even, decided by dodging her Q puddles before commits exist.
Level 2UrgotAt 2 her 24s Miasma covers one window only — take the other.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is a coin flip: her poke against your 16s flip.
Levels 4-5UrgotThrough 4-5 you win in every window her 24s Miasma leaves open.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 Petrifying Gaze evens it — never face her.
First itemUrgotFirst item your bulk beats her Twin Fang sustain.
Two+ itemsUrgotLate your HP tanks her burst and R execute ends her in melee.

How to beat Cassiopeia as Urgot: the early game

Level 1 is skill-based: neither of you has enough to commit, so dodge her Q puddles, farm carefully, and don't eat free poison stacks.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Urgot in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Urgot's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Urgot 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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Common questions

Who wins Urgot vs Cassiopeia in top lane?

Urgot, slightly — a 54.81% win rate edge over 374 games; execution can flip it.

Is Urgot vs Cassiopeia a skill matchup?

Mostly — Urgot has a small statistical edge (54.81% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Urgot counter Cassiopeia?

Not a hard counter — Urgot has a slight edge (54.81% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Urgot take vs Cassiopeia?

Urgot takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Cassiopeia.

What should Urgot build vs Cassiopeia?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.

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