Caitlyn·Mid Build
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R| Win rate | 43.4% |
| Pick rate | 0.2% |
| Ban rate | 16.3% |
| Matches | 3 053- |
Caitlyn Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 46.4% based on 558 matches
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Most Popular
46.4%

Highest WR
48.5%

Alternative
44.7%

Off-Meta
49.6%Top Players ALL
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Starter Items
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@ 13 sec
Early Items

@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 19 min
Full Build






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Caitlyn Matchups Overview
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The Best Caitlyn Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Caitlyn Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick First Strike as your keystone, followed by Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, as well as Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build The Collector as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Infinity Edge. For your last 3 items, you should build Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 46.4% winrate over 558 matches played.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are The Collector as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Infinity Edge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 44.7% win rate across 262 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Caitlyn Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Hubris as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Rapid Firecannon. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 49.6% win rate over 244 matches played.
Situational Caitlyn Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Caitlyn build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Caitlyn runes page.

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Caitlyn Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 25.24 the best possible matchups for Caitlyn Mid are:
- vs. Kai'Sa - 83.3% win rate over 12 games.
- vs. Corki - 61.5% win rate over 13 games.
- vs. Vladimir - 61.2% win rate over 49 games.
- vs. Tristana - 58.3% win rate over 24 games.
- vs. Kennen - 58.3% win rate over 12 games.
Consider picking Caitlyn into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Caitlyn.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Caitlyn in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Naafiri - 22.7% win rate over 22 games.
- vs. Pantheon - 26.7% win rate over 15 games.
- vs. Twisted Fate - 28.3% win rate over 60 games.
- vs. Akshan - 28.8% win rate over 59 games.
- vs. Fizz - 32.7% win rate over 49 games.
These champions are considered as Caitlyn counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Caitlyn counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.