Warwick vs Kassadin — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Warwick against Kassadin · 59.08% win rate over 435 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Warwick is favoured — Warwick owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Kassadin's 1. Warwick wins 59.08% of games vs Kassadin in top lane (435 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WarwickLevel 1-2 favors you against an escape-less early Kassadin.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 reads even before both kits come online.
Level 3WarwickLevel 3 your W-speed engage beats his dashless kiting.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are even as he trades Q shield and E poke.
Level 6WarwickAt 6 your R suppresses him through Riftwalk for a kill.
First itemWarwickWith first item you still out-speed his Riftwalk cooldown.
Two+ itemsKassadinLate, stacked Riftwalk and magic burst let Kassadin escape and delete you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1-2 is yours hard: Kassadin is a melee-weak, escape-less mage early and your P bite plus stats let you shove and dive him off the wave.

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The full Warwick vs Kassadin 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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