Caitlyn Build, Runes, Abilities, & Matchups

In League of Legends Wild Rift Caitlyn is a Marksman that highly play in Dragon lane. View Caitlyn Best Builds, Runes, Matchups, and more here.

Caitlyn Build Guide

Full Build

Infinity Edge	Rapid Firecannon	Gluttonous Greaves
Mortal Reminder	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

In Wild Rift Caitlyn build items that increase Physical damage, Attack speed, Armor penetration, and Critical rate so she can be the main attack damage.

Enchantment: Stasis Enchant is an item that Caitlyn should build.

Core Items

Infinity Edge

Rapid Firecannon

Gluttonous Greaves

Caitlyn core items are Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Gluttonous Greaves.

The core items increase Attack damage, Attack speed, and Critical rate.

Other Options

Infinity Edge	Statikk Shiv	Gluttonous Greaves
Rapid Firecannon	Mortal Reminder	Bloodthirster

Down below are different techniques to build on Caitlyn against enemy match ups.

Build Vs Fighter

Infinity Edge	Statikk Shiv	Gluttonous Greaves
Rapid Firecannon	Mortal Reminder	Bloodthirster

Build Bloodthirster to get Physical Vamp and shield when you have full health.

Build Statikk Shiv to get more Attack Speed and Critical rate.

Build Vs Assassin

Infinity Edge	Rapid Firecannon	Gluttonous Greaves
Mortal Reminder	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

Build Guardian Angel to get revives at death.

Build Vs Mage

Duskblade of Draktharr	Rapid Firecannon	Gluttonous Greaves
Maw of Malmortius	Bloodthirster	Guardian Angel

Build Maw of Malmortius to get magic resist and gain shield when health are below 35%.

Build Duskblade of Draktharr to Physical Damage and Ability Haste.

Build Stasis Enchant to survive mage combo skills.

Build Vs Tank

Infinity Edge	Statikk Shiv	Gluttonous Greaves
Rapid Firecannon	Mortal Reminder	Bloodthirster

Build Rapid Firecannon to get extra Attack range, Critical rate, and Attack speed.

Build Mortal Reminder to get Armor penetration, and effectively attack tank champoins.

Build Quicksilver Enchant to Removes all Crowd control, and gain move speed.

Caitlyn Runes

The best Wild Rift Caitlyn Runes are Conqueror keystone with Brutal, Bone Plating, and Sweet Tooth.

_Conqueror	_{Gain stacks of AD or AP when hitting a champion with separate attacks or ability. Stacks up to 5 times. When fully stacked.}
_Brutal	_{Gain AD/AP and Penetration. (Adaptive)}
_{Bone Plating}	_{After taking damage from a champion, the next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you deal less damage.}
_{Sweet Tooth}	_{Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increase your max mana.}

Summoner Spells

_Flash	_{Teleport a short distance forward or toward the aim direction.}
_Heal	_{Resources Heath and grants bonus Movement Speed to you and the most wounded nearby ally champions.}

Caitlyn Abilities Guide

_Headshot	_{Every 6 attacks fires a Headshot, dealing 29 bonus physical damage. Trapped or netted enemies trigger a Headshot that has double range.}
_{Piltover Peacemaker}	_{Fires a narrow piercing bullet that deals physical damage. Hitting an enemy expands tha bullet, but reduces subsequent damage.} _{Always deals full damage to rapped or netted enemies.} _{Cooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6} _{Mana: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80}
_{Yordle Snap Trap}	_{Sets a trap that enemy champions can spring, immobilizing them for 1.5 seconds and Revealing them for a short duration.} _{Traps last for 30 seconds and 2 can be active at once.} _{Cooldown: 0.5} _Mana: 20
_{90 Caliber Net}	_{Launches a net, knocking Caitlyn backwards. The net deals magic damage and slow enemy for 1.5 seconds.} _{Cooldown: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80} _{Mana: 75}
_{Ace in the Hole}	_{Lines up the perfect shot, Revealing an enemy champion for 1.5 seconds before dealing physical damage equal to damage of their missing health. Enemy champions can intercept the bullet before it hits their ally.} _{Cooldown: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80} _{Mana: 100}

Skill Orders

_{Piltover Peacemaker}	_{Yordle Snap Trap}	_{90 Caliber Net}	_{Ace in the Hole}
1	2	3	5
4	8	12	9
6	10	14	13
7	11	15

Skill Combos

1. _{Yordle Snap Trap > Piltover Peacemaker > 90 Caliber Net > Auto Attack.}

2. _{Piltover Peacemaker > 90 Caliber Net > Auto Attack.}

3. _{90 Caliber Net >Auto Attack > Piltover Peacemaker > Ace in the Hole.}

4. _{Yordle Snap Trap > Auto Attack > 90 Caliber Net > Piltover Peacemaker > Ace in the Hole.}

Caitlyn Matchups & Partners

Enemy Matchups

Good Against
_Ashe	_{Caitlyn 90 Caliber Net allows her to dodge Ahse ultimate, use Piltover Peacemaker to harrass her in early game.}
_Jinx	_{When playing Caitlyn vs Jinx you'll have more advantage over her during early game because of Jinx low attack damage, so try to harass her with Piltover Peacemaker and Yordle Snap Trap.}
_Vayne	_{Caitlyn can clear the minion wave faster with Piltover Peacemaker. Try to trap her with your Yordle Snap Trap.}
_Kai'Sa	_{Caitlyn will have more advantage over her during early game, when Kai'Sa use her Killer Instinct to get close to you, you can use your Yordle Snap Trap or 90 Caliber Net to counter her attack.}
_Varus	_{Varus harass ability is Piercing Arrow, you can use 90 Caliber to dodge that and Piltover Peacemaker to speed up your farm.}

Hard Counters
_Draven	_{Draven has very high damage that can out class you in early and late game. His Spinning Axe is very high, his Stand Aside can catch knock you aside and cancel your auto attack.}
_Jhin	_{Jhin can outclass Caitlyn damage in the early game. Although she has better attack damage but she is so squishy and can easily get takedown by your Dancing grenade and auto attack combo.}

Support Partners

_Blitzcrank	_{Blitzcrank is a great support that can lane very well with Caitlyn, the Rocket Grab can hook the enemy and Isolate them to take all the damage from 90 Caliber Net and Piltover Peacemaker.}
_Alistar	_{Alistar is a good tank and defensive support that can play well with Caitlyn. When getting ganked Alistar can use Headbutt to knock the enemy away, and Pulverize to knock p the enemy and can turn the fight around.}
_Annie	_{Annie is also a good support that can play very well with Caitlyn. When Annie stun enemy using her abilities Caitlyn can use Yordle Snap Trap to trap them to deal even more damage to enemies. Annie full Combo can deal a lot of damage so Caitlyn can finish off enemy using her Ace in the Hole.}
_Braum	_{Braum is a good defensive and aggressive support, his Winter's Bite is a great harass ability that can procs very high damage. His passive allows him to stun the enemy after 3 attacks using your Yordle Snap Trap or 90 Caliber Net to active her passive Headshot.}
_Sona	_{Sona is a healer / aggressive support that lane well with Caitlyn. Sona Hymn of Valor can boost Caitlyn attack damage, heal with Aria of Perseverance, and boost mobility with Song of Celerity.}
_Lulu	_{LuLu is an aggressive and defensive support that can play well with Caitlyn. She can shield you with Help Pix and Boost your Move and attack speed with Whimpsy. LuLu Ultimate can also strengthen you during team fight as well.}
_Soraka	_{Soraka is a healer and defensive support that can lane well with Caitlyn. She can heal you with her Astral Infusion, and Wish. Her Stacall and Equinox is also a good ability to harass as well.}
_Seraphine	_{Seraphine is a healer / aggressive support that work great with Akshan, her Ultimate Encore can charm a lot of enemies, she ccan also heal with her Surround Sound and use Beat Drop and High note to zone out the enemy in lane.}