Cassiopeia's laning opponents (specific)

Rux100·8/5/2017, 9:54:34 PM·1 votes·488 views

I really like Cassiopeia and have been playing her a lot. There are certain champions that give me a hard time, hoping someone can give me some pointers:

Ahri - This filthy wench is impossible for me. She outranges me in every way, has a low ult cd that gives her serious mobility to dodge my Q and makes her faster than me even if I did land a Q. I've tried to just make the lane a farm lane (which is the traditional Cass lane anyway) but her Q goes through everything and still chunks me hard. How to play vs this abomination? I try to run summoner 1 but her charm is such a low cd sometimes I don't think it's worth it.

Taliyah - She pushes my waves so hard, constantly has me under tower. If she's not killing me, she is starving me. Her Q is so long range, it does so much damage to the minions and is on such a low cd, and it causes the ground to speed her up so she easily dodges my Qs. I guess I favor summoner 6 here, but it's a really tough choice since she's so good at almost everything (vs Cass)

Zed - This guy is technically a problem... I have a solution but I'm not sure if there's a better one? I run summoner 21 and get item 3157 early, saving both for when he uses his ult. Alternating between these 2 cds keeps me safe for the most part. Anyone else have a better way? Anyone know if I W him while he throws a shadow if it will prevent him from switching places with it, or if it will prevent his ult?

Syndra - is tough, her being able to cast Q while moving makes it very difficult for me to kill her. Also, apparently she can E right before using Q to get a near-garanteed stun: how am I supposed to dodge that? Seeing as how I can't buy boots, I feel I'm gonna get hit by this every time in the laning phase, which she then follows up with W, R, dead Cass, and que the mastery flash -.-. I don't know what summoner to take vs her, her stun happens fast and the follow up is almost the whole duration, if I have to pick I'd guess barrier for that disgusting ult.

Katarina - this one is about 50/50 for me. I try and predict her shunpos by Qing the daggers, but that doesn't always work. I mainly try to bait a tower dive so I can ult, Q, W her escape, and E away. This is actually my main hope for most of these champions, but anyone who knows Cass should know to bait the ult before attempting a dive. I favor summoner 21 here.

The next few champions I've either faced one time or have not but am worried about facing:

Xerath - The inability to buy boots leaves me to conclude that the early game w/ this guy is hell for Cass. Massively outranged, massively outdamaged, his abilities don't recognize minions so there's nothing to hide behind... shall I put my head between my legs? Don't know which summoner is best here.

Talon - I've actually played against him twice, both times I was given a pretty rough time. One well-placed rake, and its all over for me. Do I just wait for that one thing to be on CD and then cs? How else do I play against? Don't know enough about Talon to pick a summoner for him, honestly. Suggestions?

Yasuo - The simple E, charged Q, auto, and E back combo gets me and he can keep doing it. If he see's my Q, he Es immediately to dodge and/or come get me. I've tried Wing his escape but he can still dash into the W, just not out of it (is this a bug or...?), so it doesn't work like I'd like it to. The more annoying thing is as soon as I poison minions to E them, he windwalls and I miss cs AND I don't get health or mana back from E kills. He's more annoying rather than an actual problem, but I thought I'd add him anyway. I favor summoner 3 against him with his double crit chance.

Anivia - I have no mobility, her wall makes things complicated. I can't wear boots, making her stun hard to dodge. Her ult makes me even slower. She outranges me by far, and (when landing the stun) can seriously out-do me. Haven't yet gone up against her, but I imagine if I go Cass vs Anivia, I'm gonna have a bad time (yes, that is the south park quote)

Lastly, Fizz - Haven't played against him as Cass yet, but I imagine its more of an annoying matchup rather than a one-sided one. His high mobility seems like it would make it hard to land my poisons, but I'm not 100% sure about his all in potential. I can farm from a decent distance away, if he wants me he'll have to use at LEAST one of his mobility moves, so there's that. I've just seen so many Fizz outplays that I am a little scurred. Anyone have insight for me on this matchup? I feel I'd take summoner 21 to counter his high-damage ult, especially if he has good aim and gets a max one on me.

AT THIS POINT you can see I favor summoners that help me not lose vs summoners that help me win. Normally I'd agree that this is disaster, but for Cass I feel this is defending her weaknesses: low mobility and squishiness. She does plenty of damage on her own and has poisons AND I typically run Deathfire, so why do I need ignite? Also, she's not an early-game champ, and I feel ignite is best in early game, and horrible late. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm open to them. Also, if any of you play Cass and have a bad experience with an unmentioned champion, please say something so I can prepare for it :) Thanks!

4 Comments

Azureee8/5/2017, 10:06:57 PM1 votes

land one Q and spam ur 0 counterplay W/E, win every lane. Like what does the enemy do when u use ur W which is a silence and slow at the same time. Back with tear and rinse and repeat. Good champion. Get naturally tanky after abit or even build tank items because she scales despite being a lane bully haha :PP