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 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 40.8% winrate over 184 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 Hail of Blades as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Zombie Ward and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Biscuit Delivery 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 Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Umbral Glaive as your third item. The rest of the items in order are The Collector, Opportunity and Mortal Reminder. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 44.2% win rate over 120 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, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate 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 The Collector as a third item. You want to finish the build with Infinity Edge, Opportunity and Lord Dominik's Regards. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 44.6% win rate across 83 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, Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Bloodline with Coup de Grace as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Serpent's Fang. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 38.9% win rate over 54 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.