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Runes: Vs Melee Assassins/Bruisers
+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+65 Base Health
Spells:
Exhaust
Flash
Items
Ability Order
Serpentine Grace (PASSIVE)
Cassiopeia Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
LeBlanc
Try to freeze the wave early at any cost, her gank setup is too great for you to overextend, consider second item banchee to have a greater chance of winning 1v1
Lee Sin
You can R the target leesin just kicked towards you even tho they might not be looking at you and they will get stunned.
Lee Sin
You can R the target leesin just kicked towards you even tho they might not be looking at you and they will get stunned.
Champion Build Guide
For COACHING contact via Discord: Lincassx
Without further ado, let's get into the guide.
+ 1v10 Hyper carry + Huge DPS + Insane scaling + Fast at taking objectives + Great teamfighting + High skill ceiling + Very rewarding when mastered Cassiopeia is a high DPS, hyper carry scaling control mage. She excels at taking Dragon's and Baron's, late game teamfighting whilst controlling the ground/area around with her CC and AoE abilities. This works especially well against low mobility champions as well as tanks and bruisers, since her core build path includes a lot of %hp and over time damage. She can be both an engage tool as well as a peeler, depending on various circumstances such as teamcomps and summoner spells or how fed you are. Great for one-tricking due to her high outplay potential. |
-- A lot of bad matchups -- Takes long time to ramp up -- Short range -- Very mechanically intensive -- Immobile -- Very mana hungry early game
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I play this set up of runes if the enemy teamcomp has a lot of slows / is long range based. The other option is Conqueror
Sorcery primary, domination secondary.
Conqueror primary, domination secondary.
Manaflow band | ★ Manaflow band Best option since it gives you free mana which helps with Cassiopeia's mana problems. |
Transcendence | ★ Transcendence CDR is very important on Cassiopeia since she is a DPS mage that relies on spamming abilities. |
Waterwalking | ★ Waterwalking ( MID ) Is byfar the most underrated rune in MID lane and its going to be your primary option, secondary being Gathering Storm, it gives alot of roaming potentialin in addition to having increased MS/AP around objetives such as dragon and baron which is where Cassiopeia shines. Also good for escaping early game ganks since it basically gives you free boots, which you cant buy on Cassiopeia. |
Gathering Storm | ★ Gathering Storm ( BOT/TOP ) Is best in BOT lane and TOP lane where you wont be able to move outside of your lane to make roams or gank escapes through river happen. |
Taste of Blood | ★ Taste of Blood Gives you some extra needed sustain in lane. |
Ravenous Hunter | ★ Ravenous Hunter Gives you insane amounts of mid/late game healing which is crucial since you are a sustained DPS mage which wants to be in extended fights. |
Take 10% scaling cooldown if there is close to 0% chance of solo killing the enemy, lets say when versing a super tank in TOP lane or in situations where the whole enemy team is very tanky and you'll want to buy 2nd item Liandry's Torment |
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Starting items
Sapphire Crystal is by far the most optimal first item in most situations, giving you mana which equals to damage, it gives you quite a lot more early lane pressure than Doran's Ring, also allows you to get to your crucial power spikes like Tear of the Goddess and Lost Chapter the fastest. |
Refillable Potion Is a really good item to pick up when you have 150g to spare. The earlier you buy it, the better. It is extremely gold efficient, as it gets refreshed once you base. |
Control Ward Buy it on basically every base when you have some gold leftover, during mid-late game always buy it instead of small component items(400-600gold), sell your starting items such Refillable Potion etc., if needed. It will save you and your team from unexpected ganks/roams. Its key to always have a Control Ward down on the map.. One of Cassiopeias biggest Strengths is her objective taking, so making sure you take the initiative in getting vision control around those area's is a must. |
Archangel's staff ( 1 )The FIRST item you're going to be buying every single game. Its a must since Cassiopeia is very mana hungry, so a big mana pool is required in order for her to spam abilities. Cassiopeia does a great job at stacking Tear of the Goddess as she can spam Twin Fang and get all the mana refunded in addition to getting mana back from the Tear of the Goddess passive. |
Rylai's Crystal Scepter ( 2-3 )Buy this item SECOND in most of your games, especially if you are ahead or the enemy team has a lot of squishy champions. Its a great item since it fits Cassiopeias spammy kit well since you're always going to be reapplying the slow, it also allows you to land your abilities easier, as well as to kite and to chase opponents down. |
Liandry's Torment ( 2-3 )Buy this item SECOND if you are slightly behind, or if the enemy team has a lot of bruisers/tanks since this item does CRAZY %hp damage. The passive of this item is ideal for Cassiopeia since she is a Consistent DPS mage. |
Deathcap The best late game AP item in the game. Best bought as FOURTH item. It synergizes well with most of the mages, even better so on Cassiopeia because she can build 6 AP items, giving you an absurd amount of stats. |
Void Staff Great if enemy team has stacked some MR. |
Morellonomicon Good into teamcomps that have a lot of healing effects/champions such as Vladimir Soraka. Also great if the enemy team has low amount of MR. |
Banshee's Veil Key item against heavy Magic damage or CC teamcomps, great SECOND item if enemy team has a bursty AP MID with great pick off potential for example Syndra Fizz Annie LeBlanc, or if enemy MID/JUNGLE are both AP for example : Zoe Ekko, Veigar Elise. |
Zhonya's Hourglass Is a really good item to pick up SECOND when enemy team has assassins or a lot of AD champions in general. Build Seeker's Armguard asap into matchups like Zed Talon Qiyana Irelia asap to make sure you never die 1v1 and are able to scale reliably. |
Once you get Tear of the Goddess+ Lost Chapter you become an actual champion that can get lane priority consistently with your wave clear and less common mana issues.
Laning Example 1 - You're playing against a long range poke mage like Vel'Koz Xerath Orianna. Your primary goal is going to be pushing them in as much as you can to force them to use their abilities on creeps/lasthitting thus they wont be able to poke/abuse you as much.
Laning Example 2 - You're playing against an opponent with great gank setup such as LeBlanc Pantheon Irelia. Your primary goal is going to be freezing(After the enemy has killed your entire wave, you let 2-3 of the enemy creeps live, and kite them until the next wave is here. When the next wave arrives, the wave will freeze right outside of your turret range) the lane in front of your tower, to make sure you're ungankable and are able to scale up reliably.
Laning Example 3 - You're playing against a melee assassin such as Zed Fizz Qiyana. Your primary goal is going to be to create a slow push and abuse them under the tower, and then let the wave bounce right into you creating a freeze into a slow push once again, upon which you can choose to either again keep harassing/looking for a solokill on them under the tower with a huge wave or instead to make a recall.
These are just basic examples of how laning should be executed depending just on the 1v1 matchups without taking JUNGLERS into account .
You should have it already pre-planned how and in what exact situation you're going to use it, just use some Visualization before the fight happens while looking at who's the biggest threat/carry in the opposing team.
The most consistent way to fight as Cassiopeia is going to be front-to-back, meaning, you hit anyone closest to you, squishies/carries as primary targets always.
Like mentioned in ABILITIES section, you should make Petrifying Gaze into Flash combo an INSTINCT, go ahead into the practice tool and do it as many times as needed, until you can do it with ease & comfort & without any thinking whatsoever.
You recognize the Opportunity - you go in.
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