Cassiopeia Build Guide by ilke994

Well, It's a very well made guide. I haven't tried it yet, but I +1'ed just because of how it seems to work in theory. I see some f*ing great potential in this. Anyway, I need to suggest something. You should really reconsider about Archangel's Staff. You see, you consider AA to be an Mp/5 and Mana item ("You have your Deadly Cadence and in the late game if you sold the rings even, passive and blue are all you need); but no. Actually it is a Mass AP item, in disguise! Mana is only a bonus. Let's take a look at the math:

Archangel's Staff

45 flat AP
400 Mana off the bat
21400 MAX Mana --> (Increasing by 4 on every spellcast; Increase has a 2-stack-tolerant 3 second Cooldown. This means that it can happen TWICE in a 6 second period)
5 Mp/5
3% of Max Mana, converted into AP

Total Solo-Item AP = 45 (Item's flat) + 42 (Item's 3% of Mana) + 35 (Cass' 3% lvl 18 Mana) = 122 AP
Total Full-build AP = 122 (Item's Total AP) + 12 (Banshee's 3% Mana) + 37 (Rabadon's 30% Bonus) = Whooping 171 AP

Way to fit in *your* build:
Tear of the Goddess instead of the 2nd Dorans, when enemy laner is DPS based. Since we have a better burst, and a respectable DPS, they will probably be afraid to engage, thus the Hp isn't a big loss. This, if we DO dominate, allows us to spam to harass, enough to keep him at bay, and charge our tear. With the Low Mana cost on Q, I find it efficient to constantly use it on nothing while going to lane/gank -and coming back from lane/gank-, just to fill the charges.
Completed after Deathcap (right after, or after Rylai's), to maximize the %Mana AP.

That only goes for a good game, because, even though AA is extremely cost efficient (16 gold per 1 AP), it is for stuffed wallets only. It has big gold-steps, of 860 and 1000 gold after the Tear, so it delays your Ap A LOT. But the End-game profit will be MORE than satisfying.


At any rate, I am going to try both, and come back with more details.

Reading through this guide(loving it), I've been wondering why you suggest maxing Q first, as it isn't explained in the guide. Is it because it out-ranges your E, suiting the passive mid play better? On paper, of course, the DPS of E is much better, but you do have to expose yourself more. I'm assuming this is the case, but I might be missing out on something. Please clarify.

So good! Ive been playing shyvana for a while and I got Cass for my birthday present to me. Your guid helped me play like a boss right off that bat. THANKS SO MUCH

Hey

I was completely new to cassiopia today, but I saw the new skin, and it was just too good to pass up so I got myself the champ and the skin. I generally quite like her, she doesnt quite play like other champions. As I am brand new to this champion I am of course- facing off against bots. Now I am not doing badly against, in fact I can be doing rather well, but 1 bot does quite frustrate me and thats Fiddle. Now you dont often see fiddle in ranked or even in normal play, mostly because your timing has to be perfect and on the mark, but I noted that cassiopia's range is reasonably quite short and that fiddle can cause some problems. So thats my suggestion for a champ giving problems.

Secondly, when playing an ap, I tend to get my catalyst quite early to take advantage of the sustain associated with its passive while leveling. However you explicitly leave catalyst out of your building stages. Whats your opinion of injecting catalyst after the dorans rings instead of getting a giants belt or going strait into rabaddons? Is there a particular reason you side step this stage item?

Overall a nice little guide, a few grammar and spelling mistakes, but to be honest I am more concerned about the content than the dressing. :) Well done.

Hi I'm new here. I played cassiopeia for hundreds of games, and I was following your guide.
It's complete and excellent.
I suggest getting hextech revolver before or after getting sorcerers

Really nice guide i like with very much, best cassiopeia guide
+1

I got my first PENTA KILL ever using this guide as Cass on my first go lol. I had played a bit of Cass before but this build just worked so thank you to ilke994 your a Champion!

Great guide, bought cass after reading this. First game,tested on a twisted treeline and went 8-0-11, gonna be using her mid now since kassadin is always blocked! Hope to see more guides. +1 for sure.