Cass Defenders
Full Guide
Flex Units
If you have a defender spat, you can play Khazix instead of Ornn.
Gameplan
This comp is a classic heavy frontline comp that stalls for one carry who kills the whole board. Specifically Cassiopeia infinitely casts and poisons the whole board, while giving Gunblade healing to her very effective HP resists tanks in 6 Defender.
Her and Fiddle synergize well since they're both spellweavers and help each other not only flat shred the enemy with Fiddle's ability, but also scale up with Spellweaver stacks.
When to Play
- Lots of Tears and Rods
- Coven Opener
- It's hard to pivot out of this comp, so make sure you scout early and often.
Key Carries
Required Items
Gunblade is really synergistic with the high effective HP of the defender tanks. Cass also loves casting as much as possible so mana items are great on her. The Flora Fatalis Augment is also very good on her.
Augment Priority
Items are the least priority since you really only need to have items for two main units, since your duo carry is hard to get to on lvl 8, you really wanna be stable with great Cass and frontline setups. 3cost comps are really expensive, so make sure to take econ so you can actually hit the board!
How to Play
Stage 2 (Early Game)
- •Most likely you'll have to play this from lose streak/coven opener because you need to get good item components of carousels and need to maximize your gold to hit 3* 3costs.
- •If you do play this from loss streak, you should try to take an econ augment on 2-1.
- •If you play with a good item augment like Replication, Pandora's Items, etc. you do not have to play losestreak.
Stage 3 (Mid Game)
- •Make sure you start thinking about your overall item economy at this point. BIS is important, but you do need to make due with what you have and be realistic about how many components you're keeping open.
- •Think if you need the HP or the gold when you level to 7, it's a delicate balance. Generally you'll want to level on 3-5 and stabilize, but it depends on your gold and your HP.
Stage 4+ (Late Game)
- •Make sure you get in 6 defender and find Lillia. Roll deeper if you have lots of possible upgrades. 6 Defender is a HUGE spike.
- •Try to balance how much you're digging while also thinking if you can hit 3*'s in the near future or not.
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