Cassiopeia vs Azir in Mid lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his E dash into ult range is his all-in — but it doubles as his only escape when he has no soldiers stored. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDCASSIOPEIAthe Serpent's Embrace

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDAZIRthe Emperor of the Sands

VS

Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Watch his E dash

His E only jumps to a soldier and can carry him (plus Flash) into his 250-range ult — but with no soldiers stored he has no escape.

Ult his dash-in

If he E's toward you without Q up, your ult is a guaranteed stun; even with Q you force out his Q or Flash and stay safer.

Kite his soldiers

His soldiers are his only DPS at 500 range and weaker than yours — kite out of them, and once he commits both he can only reposition them with Q.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never trade while standing in his soldiers — that's the only place his DPS out-damages yours.

Runes

SORCERY

PRECISIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
		Q							Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
	E			E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXE→Q→W

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