How to win lane as Warwick against Cassiopeia · 53.81% win rate (210 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She kites you out — survive, then out-sustain her and fear her Miasma commitment.
Track: Cassiopeia's W — Miasma (24–16s cooldown). Grounds you — dashes and movement abilities are disabled inside it.
Read from Warwick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Cassiopeia.
This is Warwick's own plan; across 210 pooled games the lane is leaning Warwick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Warwick | Level 1 is yours since your Q sustain beats Cassiopeia before her poison zone is online. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is skill-based as she starts layering Q poison and you look to close range. |
| Level 3 | Warwick | Level 3 favours you because you can still walk her down before W grounding is impactful. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cassiopeia | Levels 4-5 flip to Cassiopeia — W Miasma grounds your dash and her poison out-DPSes you. |
| Level 6 | Cassiopeia | Level 6 is Cassiopeia's: R Petrifying Gaze face-stuns and cancels your Infinite Duress. |
| First item | Cassiopeia | At first item she leads with sustained poison DPS that melts you before you close. |
| Two+ items | Cassiopeia | With 2+ items Cassiopeia dominates — grounding, R stun and poison keep you off her entirely. |
Level 1 is yours with Q sustain, and level 2 is skill-based, but from level 3 Cassiopeia's W grounding and Q poison start zoning you — close distance through the wave early before she can control the space.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Warwick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Warwick 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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Warwick, slightly — a 53.81% win rate edge over 210 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Warwick has a small statistical edge (53.81% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Warwick has a slight edge (53.81% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Warwick takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Cassiopeia.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (%HP + sustain engine) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.
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