[Champion] Cassiopeia - Page 6

On July 05 2011 11:43 Odds wrote:


It might be bad, I've only gotten it once. Either way, it's really low on her priority list.

That said, if anyone should get it, it's probably Cass- what with that whole DPS AP thing and all. You're right though I think: Zhonyas or QSS probably better.



Okay, so, cass guide.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SET YOUR E TO SMARTCAST

Example game, I had a real bad start but pulled it out with some ganks. Maybe i'll make a pack later:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/cc299dd/n/Bad_start_vs_mf.lrf

The below assumes you're solo mid!

VVVVVVVVVVVV

0/8/22. If you complain about this, urbad. The slut really needs the hp regen from SoS, and because you're getting tear, you'll have plenty.

Flash/Teleport. Flash = an escape and ultimate positioning tool for your, uh, ultimate.

Someone will probably give me flak about teleport, but it's really really essential in soloq. Because Cass is an insanely good chaser and cleanup hero, you want to show up to every gank attempt on another lane and hopefully collect the double/triple kills. Usually when you show up the enemies' cc will already be gone and you can just dps damage everything to death.

Runes

Red: mpen
Yellow: flat mana regen
blue: flat AP
quint: flat AP

The flat mana regen and AP probably seems silly to some. I don't really care. It maximizes your effectiveness at the single most important time of the game for you: levels 1-5. The extra AP from these runes as well as your Dring will increase the damage on your Q by 35, which is HUGE for harassing someone out of the lane or getting a kill.

People to avoid laning against:

Kass. He will rape you.
Annie/malz will give you a rough time but you can go evenly against them.\

people who you should rape:
everyone else.

Items, not really negotiable:

Dring
Sorc shoes
Tear
Rylai's
AA/Deathcap/wota in whatever order you please. Then like, whatever

Dring obvious, gotta capitalize on those first few levels. Sorc shoes also obvious. Tear also obvious: you get better use out of it than anyone else in the game, including Karthus. Rylai's makes you uncatchable, inescapable, unkillable. Rest give AP.

The timing of the tear sort of works out so that you get it at roughly the same time that your mana regen runes lose their lustre. Yay, planning ahead!

Gameplay:

Rape your lane. Hit him with a Q every time he goes in for a last hit, comes in to harass you, or runs away from you in a predictable line. Follow Q's with E's - if they're running they'll usually be under their tower and you can hit them with another Q. Bait jungle ganks from Udyr, kite him and receive double buff.

Use teleport to gank, NOT to return to your lane. Farm as much as possible but not at the expense of having your godly teleport on cooldown.

You have the most underestimated ult in the game. When a teamfight starts, keep to the edges using your Q and W until most of the enemy CC is down or someone on your team initiates with an AoE stun or something. Best example: amumu ult. Mumu ults, enemy team is disabled for 2s, you hit the ezmode followup ult and they're stunned for another 2 and probably all dead.

In fights,just hit with your spells really. People are really really easy to hit with Q when they're running away, you should almost never miss even blind Q's. Keep as much space between you and opponents as possible unless you *know* you can kill em and get away, then close it up to increase your DPS - E refreshes when it hits, and takes longer to hit from farther away.

KS like a boss.