Cassiopeia vs Xerath in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his E is his main CC — eat it and he lands his whole combo. 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 · MIDXERATHthe Magus Ascendant

VS

Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his E

His E is his main CC — sit at your range ready to dodge it, or get very close where it stuns less.

Punish his Q charge

He's slowed while charging Q — R→Flash or W→Flash in when he overextends.

Win the mana war

If he autos minions you can reach him; if he doesn't, you get full push and he runs dry — but if he autos you, you win the trade.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never try to all-in or outtrade a skilled Xerath — he simply outranges you.

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+ - 42% WR - 287 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

IMPROVE YOUR MACRO

Winning lane is only half the game — rotations, wave control and objective tempo decide the rest. Train the map on MOBA Trainer.

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