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Caitlyn·Top Build
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R| Win rate | 41.8% |
| Pick rate | 0.1% |
| Ban rate | 26.8% |
| Matches | 865- |
Caitlyn Build
Top ∙ Patch 14.22Most Popular
Win Rate 52.0% based on 196 matches
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Starter Items
Time Target
@ 12 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
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Skills
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Caitlyn Matchups Overview
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Caitlyn General information
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The Best Caitlyn Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Caitlyn Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport 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 The Collector as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Infinity Edge. For your last 3 items, you should build Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.0% winrate over 196 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Caitlyn Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Coup de Grace 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 The Collector, 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 51.1% win rate over 92 matches.
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.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Caitlyn Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.22 the best possible matchups for Caitlyn Top are:
- vs. Kled - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Galio - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Yone - 66.7% win rate over 30 games.
- vs. Zed - 66.7% win rate over 3 games.
- vs. Ashe - 66.7% win rate over 3 games.
Consider picking Caitlyn into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Caitlyn.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Caitlyn in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Rumble - win rate over games.
- vs. Ryze - win rate over games.
- vs. Draven - win rate over games.
- vs. Yasuo - 8.3% win rate over 12 games.
- vs. Trundle - 12.5% win rate over 8 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.
