Mage
Cassiopeia
the Serpent's Embrace
Recommended Build
Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026
52.8% wr in Mid
Build path
- Boots any step
Boots of Swiftness1000 gold55 Move SpeedFleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness ofSlows by 25%.Boots of Swiftness55% pick · 53.2% wr - Item 1
Doran's Ring400 gold18 Ability Power90 HealthDrain
Restore1 Mana every second, increased to2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana,heal for 45% of this value instead.Helping Hand
Attacks deal5 bonus physical damage to minions.Doran's Ring94% pick · 53.2% wr
- Item 2 2 options
Rod of Ages2600 gold45 Ability Power350 Health500 ManaTimeless
This item gains10 Health ,30 Mana and3 Ability Power every 60 seconds up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks, gain a level.Eternity
Taking damage from champions restores10% of the damage asMana .
Casting an abilityheals for 25% of Mana spent.Rod of Ages74% pick · 51.6% wr
Archangel's Staff2900 gold70 Ability Power600 Mana25 Ability HasteAwe
Gain Ability Power equal to1% bonus Mana. Manaflow (8s, max 5 charges)
Landing Abilities grants5 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).
Transforms intoSeraph's Embrace at360 max Mana .or Archangel's Staff17% pick · 52.4% wr
- Item 3 2 options
- Archangel's Staff2900 gold
70 Ability Power600 Mana25 Ability HasteAwe
Gain Ability Power equal to1% bonus Mana. Manaflow (8s, max 5 charges)
Landing Abilities grants5 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).
Transforms intoSeraph's Embrace at360 max Mana .Archangel's Staff74% pick · 53.2% wr 
Rylai's Crystal Scepter2600 gold65 Ability Power400 HealthRimefrost
Damaging AbilitiesSlow enemies by 30% for 1 second.or Rylai's Crystal Scepter18% pick · 59.1% wr
- Item 4 3 options
- Rylai's Crystal Scepter2600 gold
65 Ability Power400 HealthRimefrost
Damaging AbilitiesSlow enemies by 30% for 1 second.Rylai's Crystal Scepter41% pick · 55.6% wr 
Liandry's Torment3000 gold60 Ability Power300 HealthTorment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.or Liandry's Torment14% pick · 61.3% wr
Hextech Rocketbelt2650 gold70 Ability Power300 Health20 Ability HasteSupersonic
Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that dealmagic damage .or Hextech Rocketbelt12% pick · 57.4% wr
Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).
Summoner spells
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Skill order
— what to level when
Cassiopeia blasts an area with Poison after a brief delay, granting her increased Move Speed if she hits an enemy champion.
Cassiopeia releases several clouds of poison, slowing, grounding, and lightly damaging enemies that pass through them. Grounded enemies cannot use Movement abilities.
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.
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.
Runes
Sorcery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.
After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5
Level 8: +5
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
All
While above 70% health, gain extra
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Gain
Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP,
Precision
Killing a target heals you.
Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.
Deal more damage to low health enemy champions.
Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
Stat shards
+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).
+10% Attack Speed.
+8 Ability Haste.
+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).
+2% Move Speed.
+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).
+65 flat Health.
+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.
+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).