How to win lane as Yorick against Cassiopeia · 54.23% win rate (555 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She kites you out — survive, then cage her with the swarm up and let the ghouls eat.
Track: Cassiopeia's W — Miasma (24–16s cooldown). Grounds you — dashes and movement abilities are disabled inside it.
Read from Yorick's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Cassiopeia.
This is Yorick's own plan; across 555 pooled games the lane is leaning Yorick.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — her Noxious Blast poke out-ranges your walk-up, but with one ability and no poison stacked she cannot punish the Last Rites ghoul either. |
| Level 2 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia holds level 2 with continued ranged DPS you can't retaliate against. |
| Level 3 | Cassiopeia | Level 3 evens as ghouls soak her poke and you can E-mist a trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia retakes levels 4-5 with escalating E spam and CS control. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a skill wash but her Petrifying Gaze stun denies your all-ins. |
| First item | Cassiopeia | Cassiopeia favours the first-item spike — her E out-DPSes your ghoul stack. |
| Two+ items | Yorick | Two items in it turns — the Maiden and your ghoul pack body-block Twin Fang, Dark Procession traps her, and you out-splitpush the side lane. |
Cassiopeia runs levels 1-2 — Noxious Blast and Twin Fang out-poke your melee kit, and Twin Fang heals her off every tick of it. Soak XP behind ghouls, buy Grievous Wounds early, and keep the wave between you and her Miasma.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yorick's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yorick 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.
Read the full guide — plans from $1.99/month →🔒 Secure checkout · 💰 7-day money-back guarantee on your first payment · ✋ Cancel anytime
Lane Pass $1.99/mo · All Lanes $3.99/mo · Annual $24.99/yr. Renews automatically — cancel anytime.
Yorick, slightly — a 54.23% win rate edge over 555 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Yorick has a small statistical edge (54.23% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Yorick has a slight edge (54.23% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Yorick 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.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Trinity Force (the all-purpose spike) first, then Hullbreaker, with Mercury's Treads.
Playing the other side? Cassiopeia vs Yorick guide →
All Yorick top lane matchups →
More Yorick top lane matchups: vs Ambessa · vs Aurora · vs Camille · vs Cho'Gath · vs Darius · vs Dr. Mundo