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Serpentine Grace (PASSIVE)
Cassiopeia Passive Ability
Hey guys!
Currently a work in progress!
Will continue to fill it out as time goes by!

Much do:
Much strats
So tips and tricks
How such cheese
VERY WOW
Update 12/17
Added Mid Game and Late game, along with first couple match ups, will be doing one for most champions that you will see mid lane.
Hey everyone!
I'm insomniac and I would like to bring you my thoughts and build on
Cassiopeia!
I feel like I am able to make the greatest contributions to the team from mid lane, which is probably why I like playing it so much!

I feel like I am able to make the greatest contributions to the team from mid lane, which is probably why I like playing it so much!
My favorite champions are currently
Cassiopeia,
Diana,
Syndra and
Gragas.
I have a 60% win rate in ranked with all of them except for
Syndra, who I haven't really had the chance to play yet




I have a 60% win rate in ranked with all of them except for

You guys can follow my stream here as I will be streaming my games once season 4 starts! Planning on getting triple diamond so feel free to tune in!
stream: http://www.twitch.tv/insomniaclol
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Pros!
+ Has a lot of kill potential
+ High snowball potential
+ AOE stun/slow ult can win entire games
+ Farms easily
+ Built in slow
+ Highest level 2 damage potential in the game, dat cheese

Cons
- Higher learning curve than most champions
- Not noob friendly
- Ultimate stun unreliable
- Will take time to master

Although she requires a couple games to get used to her playstyle and time for you to master her, I believe that

She has a built in slow (


If you get the hang of

Here are my stats with



This is what happens when you work with your team, paying attention to what happens in your jungle and press your advantage!

Please remember that my way of playing










This is an extremely important part of





This is your wave clear, along with






An under appreciated spell,










This ability is pretty straight up, I do not think much explanation is needed for this beautiful skill. A single target nuke that does massive damage that can be spammed if you hit a poisoned target. Keep in mind this will refresh when you hit someone poisoned by







Land a perfect

The runes for my mid lane champions are usually the same! So this is what I usually use across all my champs.
These are the runes that I use the most. The scaling health seals are just preference, flat magic resist runes can be used to replace it, however, 12MR gives you an extra 3% less magic damage taken, really not that much at low levels!
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Phase Rush
These are for when you play against an AD mid lane, or anyone that will be able to harass you constantly with auto attacks.
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Phase Rush
This last one is really situational, my friend, also a Cassiopeia player introduced this idea to me and I could barely feel a difference in my Twin Fang damage.
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Phase Rush
These are the runes that I use the most. The scaling health seals are just preference, flat magic resist runes can be used to replace it, however, 12MR gives you an extra 3% less magic damage taken, really not that much at low levels!
Runes




These are for when you play against an AD mid lane, or anyone that will be able to harass you constantly with auto attacks.
Runes




This last one is really situational, my friend, also a Cassiopeia player introduced this idea to me and I could barely feel a difference in my Twin Fang damage.
Runes




Harass Combo:
Farming:
On the caster minions and cannon minion. Be sure to try and last hit the ones in the front + get the cannon minion. If you aren't sure if you will be able to last hit the cannon minion, do not be afraid to
Twin Fang it! Now doing this will push lane, so make sure you stay aware of where the enemy jungler is so you don't get caught out!
Teamfights:
Whenever you see an opportunity to throw down your ult, and hit more than one person, do it!
If you can only land
Petrifying Gaze on their fed AD carry, do it!
Obviously it is not a good idea to be wasting this impactful ultimate on an 0/20 support.
You can also use this to disengage any teamfight your team does not want to fight (4v5 top lane while your wonderful AD carry is farming wolves? Ult to disengage!)
For a two second stun,
Petrifying Gaze is also amazing when you want to peel for your AD carry!








Farming:



On the caster minions and cannon minion. Be sure to try and last hit the ones in the front + get the cannon minion. If you aren't sure if you will be able to last hit the cannon minion, do not be afraid to

Teamfights:










Whenever you see an opportunity to throw down your ult, and hit more than one person, do it!
If you can only land

Obviously it is not a good idea to be wasting this impactful ultimate on an 0/20 support.
You can also use this to disengage any teamfight your team does not want to fight (4v5 top lane while your wonderful AD carry is farming wolves? Ult to disengage!)
For a two second stun,

I always go
Doran's Ring with two
Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation. Some people might think its a good idea to start
Cloth Armor with five
Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation against AD mids, I feel that a lot of my kill potential is loss without that
Doran's Ring.





My entire strategy is to cheese the enemy laner level two by pushing lane and harrasing level one to get level two before them and go all in and cloth just doesn't fit that playstyle.
Double
Doran's Ring's should be able to keep your mana high as long as you last hit properly.
Double

Once you get first kill, you want to snowball yourself as hard as possible while farming.
Whenever you see an opportunity for kills, head in that direction. Make sure you look for any lanes you can gank, or help you jungler if he is fighting the other jungler!
Whenever you see an opportunity for kills, head in that direction. Make sure you look for any lanes you can gank, or help you jungler if he is fighting the other jungler!
If you play
Cassiopeia right the first few levels, you can quickly expect the enemy mid laner to be crying for a gank really quickly. Make sure you always use your trinket ward near the other teams wraiths. This will help you and your team keep track of where the enemy jungler is and help you avoid dying! This becomes more and more important the more fed you are, since the other team will be trying to shut you down.

Go gank bot once you get level 6, if you get a double kill, it will put your team ahead, however, if you don't, it's alright! Next time you gank, their mid laner will almost always try to follow you down. Make it seem like you are going bot lane for a gank, hide in a bush,
Petrifying Gaze into the face when he walks by and kill him. This works ALL THE TIME. Unfortunately it won't work multiple times per game : C

At this point, if you played early game correctly, you should have a decent amount of gold. Get your
Sorcerer's Shoes and
Rod of Ages. Start looking for opportunities to roam and gank. You should time their blue/red buff and try to put pressure on the map and deprive them of any jungle gold.
Buy a
Stealth Ward and ward their blue bush so your jungler can smite it to deprive their midlane of blue buff. A good place for you to place a
Vision Ward is in the bush across the wall from your teams
Elder lizard. I always try to keep a ward there whenever I have an extra 100 gold to spare. Most of the time, will stay in the bush for almost the entire game before the other team destroys it. It provides so much vision and will win you teamfights.
Once you team decides to start having some small scrims, make sure you always are aware of where the rest of the team is. If you are chasing someone into a bush, throw a trinket ward or
Miasma before walking in. If a kill feels too easy to be true, it probably is.


Buy a



Once you team decides to start having some small scrims, make sure you always are aware of where the rest of the team is. If you are chasing someone into a bush, throw a trinket ward or

Also, do not forget to time
dragon! That global gold will really help when your team is behind. If you know other team is stronger than your own, timing dragon and being there 5-10 seconds BEFORE it spawns will almost guarantee the dragon. You will also be in a better position to fight for dragon. If the enemy jungler
Flashs over the wall to try and
Smite, make sure you
Petrifying Gaze him right away!




This is where you shine. Well, if you think about it,
Cassiopeia kinda shine throughout the entire game. But late game, with your items, you basically become an offtank that deals more damage than most AP mages.
One of
Cassiopeia's many strengths is her ability to siege turrets. She is able to block off certain areas under the enemy turret effectively zoning them with
Miasma and quickly clear waves with
Noxious Blast spam. Tell your AD Carry to constantly poke at the turret to take it down.
Cassiopeia is better than other AP mages at sieging turrets since she is able to easily disengage with her ult and sometimes even tower dive when the other team is stunned. There is just so much versatility in her kit.
Cassiopeia is also able to deal tons of sustained damage as long as she has enough mana. Grab blue buff and clear
Baron nashor of any
Stealth Wards.
Tell your team to distract the other team mid lane (but not engage) and you can easily duo a quick
Baron with your jungler's help. Do not be stupid about this, if you have a jungle teemo that's building full AP, do not do it.

One of







Tell your team to distract the other team mid lane (but not engage) and you can easily duo a quick

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note: I was extremely tempted to tell you guys extremely obvious tips. (i.e. Dodge the
Charm However, I honestly don't think that you guys would purposely get hit by dangerous skillshots.
Ahri
Akali
Anivia


This is extremely easy lane for you before level 6, the difficulty spikes right away once she gets
Spirit Rush. Try to bait out her ult and backing out right away. Stay behind minions and harass whenever possible with
Noxious Blast. Another thing you can do is to ult her the second she
Spirit Rushs, before she is able to throw out her
Charm this should give you enough time to spam spells and ignite for the kill.





Try to abuse
Akali before she hits level 6. I mean ABUSE her. Do not let her cs, do not let her get exp. Zone her as much as you can as safely as you can. Once she gets
Shadow Dance, you might have some trouble. However, ask the jungle for some ganks and buy a
Vision Ward for your all ins so she can't hide in her
Twilight Shroud.





Do not underestimate da ice bird like I did. Perhaps that one
Anivia I played against was god, perhaps ranked games at 4am in the morning just isn't a good idea or maybe I just suck. Dodging the
Flash Frost will make the lane a lot easier, unfortunately, laning isn't exactly the problem with
Anivia. Once late game happens she will outscale and out damage you in teamfights. Try to gank other lanes and roam as much as possible to prevent late game from even happening, or get your jungler to camp mid to keep yourself ahead! Do not make the same foolish mistake I did and try to outfarm and outscale her late game. Not. Happening.



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