Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia Build

49.96%WR
Cassiopeia B tier

The patch 26.1 Cassiopeia build uses Plated Steelcaps, Rod of Ages, Liandry's Torment, Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Oracle Lens. This Cassiopeia build has a 6.95% pick rate and a 59.07% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Cassiopeia build choices below.

  • Cassiopeia passive ability - Serpentine Grace - League of Legends
    Serpentine Grace

    Serpentine Grace

    All Move Speed bonuses are more effective on Cassiopeia.

  • Cassiopeia Q ability - Noxious Blast - League of Legends
    Noxious Blast

    Noxious Blast

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

    Cost:
    • 50/
    • 55/
    • 60/
    • 65/
    • 70
    Cooldown:
    • 4
    Range:
    • 850
  • Cassiopeia W ability - Miasma - League of Legends
    Miasma

    Miasma

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

    Cost:
    • 70/
    • 75/
    • 80/
    • 85/
    • 90
    Cooldown:
    • 24/
    • 22/
    • 20/
    • 18/
    • 16
    Range:
    • 700
  • Cassiopeia E ability - Twin Fang - League of Legends
    Twin Fang

    Twin 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.

    Cost:
    • 40
    Cooldown:
    • 1
    Range:
    • 700
  • Cassiopeia R ultimate ability - Petrifying Gaze - League of Legends
    Petrifying Gaze

    Petrifying 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.

    Cost:
    • 100
    Cooldown:
    • 120/
    • 100/
    • 80
    Range:
    • 825
Classes:
  • Mage
Patch:26.1
Sample Size:687,817 ranked games
Lane:All Lanes
Tier:All Tiers
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These are Cassiopeia's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Rod of Ages (49.1% WR, -0.9% WR diff, 67.4% pick rate) provides 350 Health, 500 Mana, 45 AP. Liandry's Torment (54.1% WR, +4.2% WR diff, 35.0% pick rate) provides 300 Health, 60 AP. Rylai's Crystal Scepter (54.5% WR, +4.5% WR diff, 60.8% pick rate) provides 400 Health, 65 AP. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.

Cassiopeia build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance. Lower in: Magic Resistance, Physical Damage.

Top situational items for Cassiopeia include Zhonya's Hourglass, Seraph's Embrace. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.

The best boots for Cassiopeia are Plated Steelcaps. Adjust based on enemy team comp.

The recommended trinket for Cassiopeia is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.

Combined statistics from all items in this Cassiopeia build.

  • Total armor Armor:75
  • Total movement speed Movement Speed:45
  • Total health Health:1050
  • Total mana Mana:1500
  • Total ability power Ability Power:345

When facing Cassiopeia's top counters like AurelionSol, Syndra, Lux, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Your core build provides strong damage output. Against tanky counter picks, consider penetration items or percentage-based damage from your situational options to maintain kill pressure. Adapt your final build slots with items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Seraph's Embrace based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Cassiopeia performance.

This Cassiopeia burst mage build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 57.2% win rate across 166 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 345 total AP, substantial health pool for survivability. Choose this build when your team needs magic damage, especially if teammates are primarily AD-focused. Cassiopeia with this build can punish teams that stack armor. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. However, be aware that this build limited ability haste may result in longer cooldowns. With a total gold cost of 15,550, this Cassiopeia build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Rod of Ages, Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Cassiopeia build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.

Champions that use similar core items to Cassiopeia. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current cassiopeia build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.

Cassiopeia Build - Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best Cassiopeia build?

The best Cassiopeia build in this patch includes Rod of Ages, Liandry's Torment, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. This build has a 57.23% win rate and is picked 5.98% of the time.

What are Cassiopeia's core items?

Cassiopeia's core items are Rod of Ages, Liandry's Torment, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Cassiopeia's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.

What are the best boots for Cassiopeia?

Plated Steelcaps are the best boots for Cassiopeia. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Cassiopeia's playstyle. They are included in 6.0% of Cassiopeia builds.

What is the best trinket for Cassiopeia?

Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Cassiopeia. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Oracle Lens helps Cassiopeia maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.

Are there alternative Cassiopeia builds?

Yes, alternative Cassiopeia builds include options like Rod of Ages, Liandry's Torment, and Seraph's Embrace. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.

Where does MetaBot source build data for Cassiopeia?

MetaBot sources its build data for Cassiopeia directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.

How does MetaBot determine what the best Cassiopeia builds are?

MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Cassiopeia. From there, we aggregate the Cassiopeia builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.