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Cassiopeia Top build & stats

Mage D 150 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
45.3%
Pick rate
0.6%
Ban rate
3.0%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Cosmic Drive
Cosmic Drive
3,000 gold
9,300 gold
66.7% WR each item separately

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
55.6% 9 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
6 games · 4% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
62.5% 16 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Cassiopeia

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Cassiopeia wins 45.3% of games as Top on patch 16.18 (150 games).
  • Most common core: Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Liandry's Torment → Rod of Ages — 43% win rate over 7 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 54% of games with a 44% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Yone (44% over 9 games). Hardest: Nasus (30% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Cassiopeia scales: 61% win rate after 35 minutes versus 37% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Not enough games yet.

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
36.7% WR
30 games · 20% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
55.6% WR
9 games · 6% pick
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
100.0% WR
4 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
66.7% 6% (9)
66.7% 4% (6)
66.7% 4% (6)
66.7% 2% (3)
62.5% 5% (8)
60.0% 7% (10)
57.1% 5% (7)
51.9% 18% (27)
33.3% 18% (27)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
50.0% WR
6 games · 4% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
25.0% WR
4 games · 3% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Coup de Grace Presence of Mind
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
0.0% WR
3 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Cut Down Overgrowth Bone Plating

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 41.4%19% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 55.0%13% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 62.5%11% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 40.0%10% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 53.8%9% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PSerpentine Grace

    All Move Speed bonuses are more effective on Cassiopeia.

  • QNoxious Blast

    Cassiopeia blasts an area with Poison after a brief delay, granting her increased Move Speed if she hits an enemy champion.

  • WMiasma

    Cassiopeia releases several clouds of poison, slowing, grounding, and lightly damaging enemies that pass through them. Grounded enemies cannot use Movement abilities.

  • ETwin Fang

    Cassiopeia lets loose an attack that deals increased damage to Poisoned targets and heals her for a percentage of the damage dealt. If the target dies from this attack, Cassiopeia regains Mana.

  • RPetrifying Gaze

    Cassiopeia releases a swirl of magical energy from her eyes, stunning any enemies in front of her that are facing her and slowing any others with their back turned.