Caitlyn·Support Build
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R| Win rate | 32.7% |
| Pick rate | 0.0% |
| Ban rate | 15.2% |
| Matches | 911- |
Caitlyn Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 28.9% based on 97 matches
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Most Popular
28.9%

Highest WR
37.1%

Alternative
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Starter Items
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Early Items

@ 4 min
Core Items



@ 13 min
Full Build






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Caitlyn Matchups Overview
Caitlyn General information
Caitlyn combos
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The Best Caitlyn Builds, Runes and Items for Support in Emerald +
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 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge and finish with Edge of Night. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 28.9% winrate over 97 matches played.
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, Cheap Shot, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Cut Down 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 Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Umbral Glaive as a third item. You want to finish the build with The Collector, Rapid Firecannon and Mortal Reminder. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 32.8% win rate across 58 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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In-depth Build Stats
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Caitlyn Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Support in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 26.16 the best possible matchups for Caitlyn Support are:
- vs. Veigar - win rate over games.
- vs. Jarvan IV - 80.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Vi - 66.7% win rate over 3 games.
- vs. Bard - 61.1% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Swain - 50.0% win rate over 12 games.
Consider picking Caitlyn into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Support matchups that currently are in favor of Caitlyn.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Caitlyn in the current patch into the following Support matchups:
- vs. Ezreal - win rate over games.
- vs. LeBlanc - win rate over games.
- vs. Rakan - 11.1% win rate over 9 games.
- vs. Thresh - 14.0% win rate over 57 games.
- vs. Zilean - 16.7% win rate over 12 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.