Yorick vs Cassiopeia Counter Pick

Cassiopeia sits at a difficulty of 10, the top of the scale, while Yorick sits at 6. That gap matters: she only performs if her hands can chain Noxious Blast into Twin Fang without wasting either spell, and a sloppy rotation costs her games. Patch 16.13.1 puts Yorick at 56.0%, but the 100-game sample behind that figure is the bare minimum for reporting, so treat it cautiously.

The matchup turns on whether she can keep her ground. Miasma slows and grounds, which strips movement abilities, yet Yorick has none for it to strip. He closes the distance on foot, while Mourning Mist shreds armor and sends Mist Walkers racing at the marked target. Dark Procession is her sharpest answer: a destructible wall dropped behind Cassiopeia cuts off the escape that her 335 move speed and Serpentine Grace normally make certain.

Her defensive numbers are the weakest part of the pairing. She has 18 base armor, rising to 97.9 at level 18, and 2,296 health, against Yorick‘s 2,588. Petrifying Gaze stuns only the enemies facing her and slows everyone else, which helps only partly, since the Maiden of the Mist and the ghouls keep hitting through it. Because her damage is pure magic and Yorick’s is mixed, magic resistance should come first in his build, and armor is close to wasted gold in this lane.