Cassiopeia Bot Guide: Best Builds, Runes & Counters (54.4% WR)
Cassiopeia is a powerful AP carry champion who excels at sustained magical damage and zone control. Here's the optimal build guide for maximum effectiveness:
Core Build
- First Item: Rod of Ages (provides essential health and mana scaling)
- Second Item: Archangel's Staff (mana and AP scaling)
- Third Item: Rylai's Crystal Scepter (crowd control and survivability)
- Fourth Item: Liandry's Torment (percentage damage)
- Final Items: Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap (situational order)
Summoner Spells
- Flash
- Teleport
Optimal Runes
- Primary: Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, Last Stand
- Secondary: Manaflow Band, Transcendence
- Shards: Adaptive Force (x2), Health Scaling
Skill Order
- E (Twin Fang)
- Q (Noxious Blast)
- W (Miasma)
Key Tips:
- Monitor mana usage early game during trades
- Only engage after landing Q for guaranteed E damage
- Avoid auto-attack trades with ADCs
- Build defensively against burst damage
- Position safely to maximize DPS uptime
Strong Against:
- Smolder (62.5% WR)
- Corki (57.4% WR)
- Swain (56.4% WR)
- Yone (56.0% WR)
- Yasuo (55.7% WR)
Weak Against:
- Seraphine (39.3% WR)
- Samira (41.6% WR)
- Kog'Maw (46.3% WR)
- Lucian (48.0% WR)
Best Synergies:
- Rammus (58.7% WR)
- Rek'Sai (57.2% WR)
- Ekko (55.4% WR)
- Bel'Veth (55.3% WR)
- Diana (55.2% WR)
Alternative Build (59.6% WR): Start with Rylai's Crystal Scepter into Archangel's Staff, followed by standard core items. This build focuses on early crowd control at the cost of scaling.
