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Caitlyn Build

Mid Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 2,967 gamesUpdated

43.4%win rate0.1%pick24.3%ban

Who counters Caitlyn

How to build Caitlyn

Gunmetal Greaves→The Collector→Infinity Edge→Lord Dominik's Regards

Gunmetal Greaves → The Collector → Infinity Edge → Lord Dominik's Regards

60.2% win rate 12% of games 241 games
RunesPrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de GraceSorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm40% of games
SpellsFlashBarrierFlash + Barrier61%
Skills
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Piltover Peacemaker
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Yordle Snap Trap
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90 Caliber Net
19101213
Ace in the Hole
61116
StartDoran's BowHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Bow, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Caitlyn build →
43.4%win rate
Patch 26.20: 44.1% over 7,236 gamesPatch 26.21: 43.4% over 2,967 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
44.1%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
24.3%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
40.0%under 22 min
47.8%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Caitlyn champion portraitM CaitlynvsOrianna champion portraitM Orianna
11 / 1 / 1

Build

Gunmetal Greaves|Hexoptics C44→Infinity Edge→Lord Dominik's Regards

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

EQWQQRQEQEREWWE
Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Caitlyn champion portraitM CaitlynvsZed champion portraitM Zed
1 / 3 / 0

Build

Gunmetal Greaves|Hexoptics C44→Mortal Reminder→Guardian Angel

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

EQWQQRQEQEREE
Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Caitlyn champion portraitM CaitlynvsTwisted Fate champion portraitM Twisted Fate
7 / 1 / 8

Build

Gunmetal Greaves|Mercurial Scimitar→Hexoptics C44→Infinity Edge

Spells & runes

CleanseFlash|

Skills

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Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 42.7% win rate · 40% of games · 979 games
PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 45.9% win rate · 25% of games · 604 games
InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier61%43.7%1,911 games
  • FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport12%39.1%368 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Gunmetal Greaves79%Swiftmarch11%Chainlaced Crushers4%
Gunmetal Greaves most often · 43.8% win rate

Caitlyn build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. The Collector1st
  2. Infinity Edge2nd
  3. Lord Dominik's Regards3rd
5% of games that reach a third item take this path64.6% win rate96 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Caitlyn →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 3,064 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Gunmetal GreavesGunmetal Greaves
76% · 44.0% win rate
SwiftmarchSwiftmarch
11% · 46.3% win rate
Chainlaced CrushersChainlaced Crushers
4% · 35.0% win rate
Immortal PathImmortal Path
3% · 44.0% win rate
Armored AdvanceArmored Advance
2% · 54.1% win rate
BootsBoots
2% · 34.8% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. The Collector+Gunmetal Greaves5% of games · 22.5% win rate · 138 games
  2. The Collector›Infinity Edge+Gunmetal Greaves4% of games · 38.5% win rate · 117 games
  3. Infinity Edge›The Collector+Gunmetal Greaves2% of games · 31.4% win rate · 51 games
  4. The Collector›Infinity Edge›Lord Dominik's Regards+Gunmetal Greaves2% of games · 70.2% win rate · 47 games
  5. The Collector›Lord Dominik's Regards+Gunmetal Greaves1% of games · 25.0% win rate · 40 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Caitlyn against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Caitlyn's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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