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Caitlyn champion portrait

Caitlyn Build

Top Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 2,387 gamesUpdated

43.2%win rate0.1%pick24.3%ban

Who counters Caitlyn

How to build Caitlyn

Berserker's Greaves→Hexoptics C44→Infinity Edge→Lord Dominik's Regards

Berserker's Greaves → Hexoptics C44 → Infinity Edge → Lord Dominik's Regards

56.6% win rate 11% of games 175 games
RunesPrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de GraceSorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm49% of games
SpellsFlashBarrierFlash + Barrier41%
Skills
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Piltover Peacemaker
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Yordle Snap Trap
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90 Caliber Net
114151718
Ace in the Hole
61116
StartDoran's BowHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Bow, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Caitlyn build →
43.2%win rate
Patch 26.20: 44.9% over 5,504 gamesPatch 26.21: 43.2% over 2,387 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
43.7%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
24.3%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
43.1%under 22 min
44.6%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.

Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Caitlyn champion portraitT CaitlynvsMalphite champion portraitT Malphite
4 / 8 / 4

Build

Berserker's Greaves|Edge of Night→Lord Dominik's Regards→Infinity Edge

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

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Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Caitlyn champion portraitT CaitlynvsQiyana champion portraitT Qiyana
3 / 5 / 4

Build

Berserker's Greaves|Stormrazor→Infinity Edge→Mercurial Scimitar

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

EQWQQRQEQERWEEWRW
Loss 35–40m
MASTER+
Caitlyn champion portraitT CaitlynvsDr. Mundo champion portraitT Dr. Mundo
6 / 3 / 8

Build

Berserker's Greaves|Mortal Reminder→Hexoptics C44→Infinity Edge→Guardian Angel

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

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Runes

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

Most popular 41.7% win rate · 49% of games · 951 games
PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 45.9% win rate · 19% of games · 366 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 + Barrier41%42.5%1,029 games
  • FlashGhostFlash + Ghost26%45.4%663 games

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

Boots
Berserker's Greaves79%Boots of Swiftness15%Boots3%
Berserker's Greaves most often · 42.6% win rate

Caitlyn build

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

  1. Infinity Edge1st
  2. The Collector2nd
  3. Lord Dominik's Regards3rd
4% of games that reach a third item take this path53.6% win rate69 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Caitlyn →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 2,473 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Berserker's GreavesBerserker's Greaves
75% · 42.7% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
14% · 47.7% win rate
No bootsNo boots
3% · 57.1% win rate
BootsBoots
3% · 19.4% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
1% · 40.5% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. The Collector+Berserker's Greaves4% of games · 25.3% win rate · 95 games
  2. The Collector›Infinity Edge+Berserker's Greaves3% of games · 39.7% win rate · 63 games
  3. The Collector›Rapid Firecannon+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 38.6% win rate · 44 games
  4. Infinity Edge›The Collector+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 30.8% win rate · 39 games
  5. The Collector›Lord Dominik's Regards+Berserker's Greaves1% of games · 32.4% win rate · 37 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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