Talk:Cassiopeia/@comment-4748826-20140127215927/@comment-10198490-20140320183016

Statistically speaking, comparing her AP ratios against her base damages shows that she actually has better than average ratio-to-base damage rates, meaning she actually scales more strongly with raw AP than with CDR (and her mechanics reinforce this conclusion). However her mechanics also show that is is dependent on being both relatively close to the action, and being unmolested so that she can combo her abilities in order to reach maximum damage potential. This makes defensive stats VERY desirable for her compared to the average mage.

In short, CDR isn't that valuable to her, but defensive stats and AP are both very desirable on her.