Yone vs Kassadin — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Kassadin · 49.82% win rate over 1,939 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yone is favoured — Yone owns 5 of the 7 game windows. Yone wins 49.82% of games vs Kassadin in top lane (1,939 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YoneLevel 1 is Yone's — Kassadin can't contest melee and his shield blocks no physical.
Level 2YoneLevel 2 stays yours as your Q poke ignores his Null Sphere shield.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is skill-decided by whether Kass hugs tower and dodges.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are even as he scrambles to survive to his 6 spike.
Level 6YoneAt 6 you re-take control by keeping him low before Riftwalk matters.
First itemYoneFirst-item Yone beats a Kassadin you kept behind early.
Two+ itemsYoneAt 2+ items a denied Kass still loses to your gap-close and burst.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are firmly yours — Kassadin can't contest melee and his Q shield does nothing against your physical Q poke, so shove and threaten every trade. Level 3 is skill-based only in that a good Kass will hug tower and dodge; punish any greed hard.

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The full Yone 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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