Cassiopeia vs Malzahar in Mid lane is a skill matchup on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his R is a 700-range suppression that sets up his Q+W burst or his team — keep your ult ready to cancel it. 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 · MIDMALZAHARthe Prophet of the Void

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Skill matchupPre-6 MediumPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Cancel his R

His R only reaches 700 units — if he walks in to cast it, ult back to cancel it or make him eat your R while he's stuck.

Win the kite

With Stormraider's Surge you win short trades by kiting away his voidlings; with Conqueror you win extended ones, as long as you don't die to his ult.

Pop his passive

Chip his ~20-30s shield passive with any spell before you commit to a real trade.

✕ DON'T

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Never get caught in his R suppression with no ult up to cancel it — that's what loses you the extended trade.

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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16.14 Emerald+ - 47% WR - 347 games

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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