Caitlyn·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Caitlyn Top build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace 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 Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 50.5% winrate over 105 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Caitlyn Top build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down 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 Yun Tal Wildarrows, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Infinity Edge as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 48.3% win rate over 87 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being 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, 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 Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon and Bloodthirster. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 52.7% win rate across 74 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Caitlyn Top build in the current patch, try Teleport and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Demolish with Bone Plating as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Health Scaling and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Infinity Edge as your first item, then finish Berserker's Greaves as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Mortal Reminder, Immortal Shieldbow and Bloodthirster. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 47.2% win rate over 53 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.