Cassiopeia Top build & stats
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- Pick rate
- 1.1%
- Ban rate
- 9.2%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Precision +
Sorcery 
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Presence of Mind
Legend: Haste
Last Stand
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Summoner spells
55.9%
59 games
Max order
E
Q
W
41.5%
53 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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Cassiopeia
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Cassiopeia wins 50.0% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (188 games).
- Most common core: Rylai's Crystal Scepter → Rod of Ages → Bloodletter's Curse — 90% win rate over 10 games.
- Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 74% of games with a 49% win rate.
- Best matchup: Yasuo (64% over 11 games). Hardest: Teemo (18% over 11 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Cassiopeia scales: 64% win rate after 35 minutes versus 52% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 100.0% | 2% (4) | |
| 69.6% | 12% (23) | |
| 62.5% | 9% (16) | |
| 60.0% | 3% (5) | |
| 58.3% | 6% (12) | |
| 56.7% | 16% (30) | |
| 53.3% | 57% (107) | |
| 51.6% | 66% (124) | |
| 47.1% | 9% (17) | |
| 42.9% | 4% (7) | |
| 40.0% | 19% (35) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision 
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Manaflow Band
Celerity
Scorch
Legend: Haste
Cut Down
Sorcery +
Precision
Precision +
Sorcery
Keystones
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
49.3%74% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
47.6%22% pick
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
83.3%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
55.9%31% pick
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Flash + Ignite
54.2%26% pick
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Exhaust + Flash
50.0%19% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
41.5%53 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → E (39%), Q → E → E (50%), E → Q → W (45%).
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PSerpentine GraceAll Move Speed bonuses are more effective on Cassiopeia.
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QNoxious Blast
Cassiopeia blasts an area with Poison after a brief delay, granting her increased Move Speed if she hits an enemy champion.
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WMiasma
Cassiopeia releases several clouds of poison, slowing, grounding, and lightly damaging enemies that pass through them. Grounded enemies cannot use Movement abilities.
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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.
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RPetrifying GazeCassiopeia 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.