What I think about Cassiopeia - Likes and Dislikes

I like Cassiopeia, and I think that her whole kit is pretty cool as a whole. I'll start off with what I hate about Cassiopeia the most. I have almost no experience playing against a Cassiopeia, but I have played her before and I really enjoy playing her.

What I hate:

1. Her passive. Not only does it limit her power until very late game, the 25% CDR is really annoying to build around unless you bring an extra 5% CDR in your runes. Her passive right now in general doesn't feel good except for the great amount of CDR.

What I like:

1. Although I don't like Cassiopeia's passive that much, the CDR that you get from hitting 250 stacks feels really good. I also like the fact that it rewards you for landing your poisons, it feels really nice to hit your poison and gives you an incentive to try and land your poisons on enemy champions instead of minions.

2. Her theme, (at least what I think it is). I like the fact that she is a snake gorgon (think Medusa) kind of champion. Snake - Poison and bites - Medusa - Turned into a Gorgon after being stunningly beautiful, turns people to stone. For me, all of her abilities feel like they belong in her kit.

3. The utility on her Q and W. I like the kiting part of Cassiopeia. If we can keep them exactly how they are right now with the hit box and utility and everything (maybe damage number changes) that would be awesome. I like the fact that Q is fast, doesn't last and on a pretty low CD and that it gives you that burst of speed for landing it if you can land it. Her W is the opposite, lasting for a long time, re-poisoning people who stay in it, and slowing people who walk towards it and the fact that it spreads is pretty cool too.

4. From what I've heard, Cassiopeia's Twin Fang is really unfun to play against. But it feels so good to land a Q or W and then use E as follow-up. I like the machine gun side of landing her E, but I feel like it should be less damage and her other abilities should get a boost in damage, and possibly her E gets utility. A possible suggestion for Twin Fangs is to make it so that Q and W have different effects with your E depending on which one you hit. There could be two different effects besides the 0.5 second CD, hence TWIN fangs. For example, landing a Q and getting a speed boost then using your E would slow the enemies. I feel like instead of just raw damage, Twin Fangs could have more utility built into them. All of Cassiopeia's abilities have a bit of damage and utility attached to them except for her Twin Fangs. Right now, all her Twin Fangs gives her is better DOT poison damage when you land it, but not noticable.

5. I like Cassiopeia's ult, because it is a good engage tool onto enemies with an ult flash, and it's a good last resort disengage or counter-engage ult.

Any comments about what you like about Cassiopeia, and what you dislike about her would be appreciated in the comments below, especially if you have experience playing against Cassiopeia.