Top 5 Builds for Caitlyn
Caitlyn, the Sheriff of Piltover is an ADC, marksman, bot laner with huge basic attack range.
The only champions who outrange her are Senna with 60 passive stacks, Jinx with Q at rank 4 on Fishbones, Tristana in late game and Annie. Lots of damage from passive: every 6th basic attack is a headshot, meaning bonus damage on hit, which scales with crit strike chance.
She is great for poking, then moving in to finish the job with her ult, which targets a champion at an extreme range, then shoots a bullet that deals lots of damage.
Build 1-The basic build: 100% crit, good attack speed and lots of damage
This is probably the most efficient build on Cait. It gives a lot of attack speed, so passive can be activated quicker, 100% crit to maximize damage from passive and still retains a lot of damage.
Item build
Starting items:
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
B.F. Sword → Boots of Speed→ Stormrazor
Berserker’s Greaves (bonus attack speed is converted to AD)
Core build:
Rapid Firecannon (provides an extra range for energized attacks),
Infinity Edge
Statikk Shiv
Essence Reaver
Ability order:
early: Q-W-E-Q
late: max Q
max W
max R
max E
Runes:
PRECISION - Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace
SORCERY - Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm
Bonus:
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwjSeEcdCQ
Build 2-another viable build: 100% crit, high damage, life steal, MR
Good against ap teams with lots of crowd-control, since Mercurial Scimitar removes all cc and provides MR and life steal. It also has the 100% crit chance which synergizes with her passive.
Item build
Starting items:
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
B.F. Sword → Boots of Speed→ Pickaxe→ Infinity Edge
Berserker’s greaves
Core build:
Rapid Firecannon (provides range)
Phantom Dancers
Mercurial Scimitar
Statikk Shiv
Ability order:
early: Q-W-E-Q
late: max Q
max W
max R
max E
Runes:
PRECISION - Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace
INSPIRATION - Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery
Bonus:
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+15-90 HP (lvls 1-18)
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agBt1HwBdNQ
Build 3-Mid Full Burst Lethality
It provides a good deal of AD and lethality. This build revolves mainly around her ultimate and abilities and is great against squishy champions, while also dealing damage to tanks.
Item build
Starting items:
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
Serrated Dirk→ Boots of Speed→ Sanguine Blade
Boots of Swiftness
Core build:
Duskblade of Draktharr
Umbral Glaive
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Edge of Night
Ability order:
early: Q-W-E-Q
late: max Q
max W
max R
max E
Runes:
DOMINATION - Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter
PRECISION- Presence of mind, Legend: Alacrity
Bonus:
+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+8 magic resist
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp9Ws8VeR3U
Build 4-Another lethality build, but for bot lane
This gives lots of mana and AD, while also providing lethality and some HP. It is more sustainable than the previous build.
Item build
Starting items:
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
Tear of the Goddess→ Pickaxe→ Manamune
Boots of Speed→ Berserker's Greaves
Core build:
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Duskblade of Draktharr
Edge of Night
Infinity Edge
Ability order:
early: Q-W-E-Q
late: max Q
max W
max R
max E
Runes:
DOMINATION - Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ravenous Hunter
SORCERY - Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm
Bonus:
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-px-J66SwfY&t=1075s
Build 5-Maximum amount of damage
You sacrifice attack speed to get the maximum amount of damage per shot, especially on headshots.
Item build
Starting items:
Doran’s Blade
x1 Health Potion
Early build:
B.F. Sword → Boots of Speed→ Pickaxe→ Infinity Edge
Berserker’s greaves
Core build:
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
Bloodthirster
Ability order:
early: Q-W-E-Q
late: max Q
max W
max R
max E
Runes:
DOMINATION - Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ravenous Hunter
SORCERY - Celerity, Gathering Storm
Bonus:
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
See this build in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuBauodLNgg
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