Champion sheet · Mid

Cassiopeia

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

10.9%#76 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.1%picked in 757 of 18,482 games
Ban: 6.8%1,186 bans over 17,532 games, against 2.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid50.9% between 47.7% and 54.2% over 632 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length29.9 minsoloQ 25.9 min

Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 325,271 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 80% of mid laners.CC
With / againstBetter than expected against Wukong in amateur play: +15.7 pts over 45 games, range above zero.+15.7 pt45 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.4%
SoloQ
0.9%
1.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.6%
SoloQ
2.5%
5.6% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 2.5% in soloQ over 132,897 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.9 min
SoloQ
25.9 min
Median of 29.9 min in amateur play, against 25.9 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Ghost instead of Flash + Teleport
Amateur
50%
SoloQ
45%
Played in 50% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Teleport (45%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Deathfire Touch, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDeathfire Touch84% · 5,569

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport45% · 2,949

≠ Amateur: Flash + Ghost instead of Flash + Teleport. 50% · 744 games

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 72 games

Core (3 legendaries)28% · 714

28%of soloQ games

Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff
Rylai's Crystal Scepter

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 80% of mid laners.

Crowd control (CC)top20%1 · mid laners: 0.7

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 33 in lane, 31 in mid game and 48 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

507-21 vs 528

858-42 vs 899

1,174-5 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Cassiopeiamid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 54% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners507 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 31 of 100 among mid laners858 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 48 of 100 among mid laners1,174 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 66 of 100 among mid laners+147 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 54 of 100 among mid laners+129 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners3.5 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 54 of 100 among mid laners509 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners56% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 41 of 100 among mid laners21% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 77 of 100 among mid lanersrank 77 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 80 of 100 among mid laners1 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 67 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Wukong in amateur play: +15.7 pts over 45 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong62.2% · expected 46.5% · 45 g+15.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Vi52.6% · expected 50.9% · 57 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -1.5

Lee Sin54.2% · expected 52.2% · 48 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -1.8

Sylas50.9% · expected 50.3% · 55 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +2.6

Midgap to expected

Sylas66.7% · expected 52.9% · 54 g+13.7 ptSoloQ -5.9

Ahri64.7% · expected 48.1% · 34 g+16.6 ptSoloQ -3.7

Ryze56.9% · expected 53.4% · 51 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +0.5

Viktor52.8% · expected 50.9% · 36 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -6.4

ADCgap to expected

Lucian66.7% · expected 51.4% · 36 g+15.2 ptSoloQ -0.2

Jinx56.8% · expected 46.8% · 37 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +0.3

Caitlyn51.0% · expected 48.8% · 49 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +0.7

Kai'Sa51.8% · expected 50.5% · 56 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +3.8

Supportgap to expected

Lulu65.0% · expected 53.1% · 60 g+11.9 ptSoloQ -0.6

Milio56.7% · expected 52.5% · 30 g+4.2 ptSoloQ -0.7

Braum50.0% · expected 48.6% · 36 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -5.0

With

Topgap to expected

Nasus58.8% · expected 52.5% · 34 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +2.9

K'Sante51.4% · expected 48.9% · 37 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +0.4

Sion51.3% · expected 50.4% · 39 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +10.1

Junglegap to expected

Wukong64.4% · expected 55.3% · 59 g+9.1 ptSoloQ -1.8

Vi60.5% · expected 51.0% · 38 g+9.6 ptSoloQ -4.0

Lee Sin53.8% · expected 49.7% · 80 g+4.1 ptSoloQ +1.9

Jarvan IV56.1% · expected 49.2% · 41 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -1.4

Sylas54.8% · expected 51.6% · 31 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

ADCgap to expected

Ashe62.9% · expected 53.4% · 35 g+9.5 ptSoloQ -1.7

Kai'Sa56.0% · expected 51.4% · 50 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.9

Caitlyn56.7% · expected 53.1% · 60 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +0.1

Jhin49.0% · expected 46.9% · 51 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.8

Xayah56.3% · expected 52.9% · 32 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +4.1

Supportgap to expected

Blitzcrank62.5% · expected 51.8% · 32 g+10.7 ptSoloQ 0.0

Seraphine57.5% · expected 52.5% · 40 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -8.0

Braum56.3% · expected 53.3% · 32 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -2.1

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