Caitlyn·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Caitlyn Support build, you should take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Deep Ward and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Umbral Glaive. For your last 3 items, you should build Voltaic Cyclosword, Serpent's Fang and finish with Rapid Firecannon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 44.7% winrate over 170 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Caitlyn Support build would be to take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Umbral Glaive as your third item. The rest of the items in order are The Collector, Rapid Firecannon and Lord Dominik's Regards. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 37.6% win rate over 165 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Deep Ward and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Umbral Glaive as a third item. You want to finish the build with The Collector, Edge of Night and Rapid Firecannon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 43.7% win rate across 135 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.