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How to Synergize Cassiopeia with Zed on the Same TeamCassiopeia is in the s tier of champions

Cassiopeia with Zed

How to Win With Cassiopeia and Zed Paired TogetherCassiopeia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Cassiopeia and Zed

based on 612 Cassiopeia with Zed pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Cassiopeia has gone into battle with Zed in 612 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the makers of League, we have complete confidence that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Cassiopeia synergize with Zed. It is relatively rare for Cassiopeia to play alongside Zed on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.7% of rounds with Cassiopeia.

Cassiopeia Zed Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Cassiopeia has done a dismal job of synergizing with Zed. On average, she wins an acceptable 49.0% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Cassiopeia when fighting on the same team as Zed by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Cassiopeia vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Cassiopeia Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRylai's Crystal ScepterCosmic Drive

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentRod of AgesMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Cassiopeia to level upe
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Second ability for Cassiopeia to level upq
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Last skill for Cassiopeia to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Cassiopeia's passive ability p
Cassiopeia's q ability q
Cassiopeia's w ability w
Cassiopeia's e ability e
Cassiopeia's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
E
4
W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Cassiopeia and Zed

Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia with Zed

Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.

Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.

Advice to Understand How Zed Will Play

Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.

Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.

Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.

Cassiopeia Zed Synergy Stats

Cassiopeia Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Zed Image
6.6
< Kills >
6.8
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
6.2
< Assists >
6.2
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
182
< Minions Killed >
175
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.43
603
< Physical Damage >
639
22,669
< Magic Damage >
22,317
351
< True Damage >
342
23,623
< Damage Dealt >
23,299
27,855
< Damage Taken >
27,133
11,996
< Gold Earned >
11,743
2.1
< Towers >
1.86
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
7,573
< Total Healing >
7,164
15,457
< Experience >
15,283
19
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
449
< Time Dealing CC >
451

How to Play with Zed as Cassiopeia in LoL

The Cassiopeia Zed synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zed, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Cassiopeia sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zed. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Zed helps Cassiopeia perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Cassiopeia plays on the same team as Zed, she observes a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Zed helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Cassiopeia is played alongside Zed on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Zed.

Moreover, when Cassiopeia plays with Zed on the same team, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Zed does a poor job of covering Cassiopeia during teamfights.

Synergies between Cassiopeia and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Cassiopeia
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Cassiopeia
Zed

Is Cassiopeia better when played alongside Zed?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Cassiopeia that will always be her best teammate. However, Zed is a relatively poor ally for Cassiopeia. By playing on the same team as Cassiopeia, he drops their win rate by -1.3% to 49.0%. This proves that there is a bad synergy between Cassiopeia and Zed that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Zed has a much lower diffuclty than Cassiopeia. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Zed comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Fighting together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by grouping Cassiopeia and Zed together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of tankyness. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Zed ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Cassiopeia Players

How We Calculated Our Cassiopeia Zed Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Cassiopeia and Zed, we analyzed 612 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Cassiopeia with Zed comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Cassiopeia in order to synergize with Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Cassiopeia and Zed synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Cosmic Drive. When Cassiopeia included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Zed than with many other common builds. In fact, Cassiopeia had an average winrate of 49.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Zed with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Cassiopeia and Zed pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Zed with Cassiopeia are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.