Cassiopeia is a powerful mid-lane mage who excels at sustained damage and zone control. Here's the essential build and strategy guide.

Core Build:

• Starting Items: Tear of the Goddess (@ 13 sec)
• Early Items: Rod of Ages (@ 4 min)
• Core Items: Archangel's Staff, Rylai's Crystal Scepter (@ 17 min)
• Full Build: Add Liandry's Torment, Rabadon's Deathcap

Runes:

• Primary: Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, Last Stand
• Secondary: Manaflow Band, Transcendence
• Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Summoner Spells:

• Flash
• Teleport

Skill Order: E > Q > W

Key Matchups: Strong Against:

• Smolder (62.5% WR)
• Corki (57.4% WR)
• Swain (56.4% WR)
• Yone (56.0% WR)
• Yasuo (55.7% WR)

Weak Against:

• Vel'Koz (46.5% WR)
• Syndra (46.6% WR)
• Qiyana (46.7% WR)
• Naafiri (46.8% WR)
• Zoe (47.1% WR)

Essential Tips:

1. Monitor mana usage early game during trades
2. Only engage in trades after landing Q
3. Strong level 2 all-in potential with Q+E combo
4. Best synergy with jungle champions like Rammus (58.7% WR) and Rek'Sai (57.2% WR)

Alternative Builds:

• Phase Rush build: Take Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, and Scorch with Coup de Grace and Presence of Mind secondary
• Defensive build: Include Zhonya's Hourglass when facing high-threat assassins

Current Patch Performance: 53.8% win rate over 16,022 matches in Emerald+ ranking

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