Cassiopeia Mid Guide: Best Builds & Counter Picks (53.8% WR)
Cassiopeia is a scaling mage that excels at sustained magical damage through her poison abilities and Twin Fang spam. Here's her optimal builds and strategies for Mid lane:
Core Build
- Flash + Teleport
- First items: Rod of Ages > Archangel's Staff
- Core items: Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, Rabadon's Deathcap
- Skill order: E > Q > W
Optimal Runes
- Primary: Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, Last Stand
- Secondary: Manaflow Band, Transcendence
- Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling
Key Tips
- Manage mana carefully in early trades
- Only commit to trades after landing Q
- Strong level 2 all-in potential with Q+E combo
- Build tanky items first for survivability
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)
Best Synergies
- Rammus (58
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