How to win lane as Yorick against Kassadin · 51.88% win rate over 1,062 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — Kassadin can't trade but you can't burst him yet either. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill-based as you shove and he farms defensively. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains even; his Q shield offsets your early ghoul poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 are still skill-based as you build toward your 6 all-in. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | At 6 your Maiden and E slow let you all-in before Riftwalk snowballs. |
| First item | Yorick | With Maiden and first item you can still dive him before he scales. |
| Two+ items | Kassadin | Late, Kassadin's Riftwalk mobility and burst outscale you completely. |
Levels 1-5 are skill-based but favour aggression: Kassadin is a weak melee laner with no magic damage to fear from you, so shove, deny his farm, and build a lead while he's helpless.
The full Yorick 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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