Caitlyn·Support Build
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R| Win rate | 34.9% |
| Pick rate | 0.0% |
| Ban rate | 18.3% |
| Matches | 1 335- |
Caitlyn Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 38.3% based on 175 matches
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Most Popular
38.3%

Highest WR
43.1%

Alternative
35.4%

Off-Meta
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@ 13 min
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Caitlyn Matchups Overview
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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 Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon and finish with Lord Dominik's Regards. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 38.3% winrate over 175 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, Taste of Blood, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm 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, Infinity Edge and Youmuu's Ghostblade. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 35.4% win rate across 65 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Caitlyn Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Deep Ward and Treasure Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Cut Down with Legend: Alacrity as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Umbral Glaive as third item. The last 3 options are Voltaic Cyclosword, Mortal Reminder and Edge of Night. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.1% win rate over 51 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 Support in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 26.13 the best possible matchups for Caitlyn Support are:
- vs. Hwei - 66.7% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Tahm Kench - 61.5% win rate over 13 games.
- vs. Zyra - 61.5% win rate over 13 games.
- vs. Taric - 57.1% win rate over 7 games.
- vs. Pyke - 51.1% win rate over 47 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. Janna - 6.3% win rate over 16 games.
- vs. Alistar - 13.6% win rate over 22 games.
- vs. Amumu - 16.7% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Teemo - 16.7% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Mel - 17.6% win rate over 17 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.