To be completely honest here, Caitlyn has been broken for far too long now. She has an oppressive laning phase and never falls off at any point in the game. Are there planned nerfs for Caitlyn this patch or in the near future? Any context would be appreciated.
LatetotheRace4 votesPossible nerf patches.
Ben Sharpio1 votesi thought she needed buffs tbh. every caitlyn ive had on my team does 0 dmg
NinjaGuy693 votesi thought she needed buffs tbh. every caitlyn ive had on my team does 0 dmg
As you move up into the higher elos, you can see the disparity between less skilled Caitlyn players and more skilled Caitlyn players. Even though this is true of all champions, the high elo Caitlyns can roll a team because of her insane late game damage thanks to her broken Headshot passive and all the utility she gets from her lines of trap and net. Her kit is overloaded, but normalizing the damage on her Headshot passive, which is what I believe makes her broken, would probably bring her in line.
NGNL Asian1 votesAs you move up into the higher elos, you can see the disparity between less skilled Caitlyn players and more skilled Caitlyn players. Even though this is true of all champions, the high elo Caitlyns can roll a team because of her insane late game damage thanks to her broken Headshot passive and all the utility she gets from her lines of trap and net. Her kit is overloaded, but normalizing the damage on her Headshot passive, which is what I believe makes her broken, would probably bring her in line.
anything below plat/diamond is low elo really but in low bronze no adc can position at all
jinxedchef1 votesAre they building AP?
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i thought she needed buffs tbh. every caitlyn ive had on my team does 0 dmg
4 item powerspikes
LatetotheRace1 votes"Oye, I've seen a tall asian!!!" Congratulations, you've added nothing to the conversation...
Zaetrod1 votesKeep an eye out of surrender at 20 for this PBE cycle, thats all I have to say.
NinjaGuy691 votesKeep an eye out of surrender at 20 for this PBE cycle, thats all I have to say.
I know that they usually implement buffs/nefs within the first few days so that they can have the rest of the PBE cycle to test them out, but if I don't see anything for her by the end of this week then I'll probably give up.
RexSaur1 votesWhy would they nerf an adc thats barely seeing competitive play?
Ashe and varus are the ones being played, not caitlyn in competitive.
Besides no adcs need any nerf atm, the role needs a buff.
NinjaGuy691 votesWhy would they nerf an adc thats barely seeing competitive play?
Ashe and varus are the ones being played, not caitlyn in competitive.
Besides no adcs need any nerf atm, the role needs a buff.
I hope you know that Riot doesn't just balance their game for competitive play. While I do agree that the marksmen role is a bit weak at the moment, Caitlyn isn't one of the champions who needs a buff.
ForgiveColour1 votesCaitlyn isnt broken why are people complaining about her
Where is the lucian buffs
Daddy Ants1 votesWhy would they nerf an adc thats barely seeing competitive play?
Ashe and varus are the ones being played, not caitlyn in competitive.
Besides no adcs need any nerf atm, the role needs a buff.
Stop using the competitive play excuse as a reason for her overloaded and oppressive kit please.
The best nerf they can do to her imo is half the trap placement range.
Then she has to take risks to place them under enemy towers.
CrazyBear19871 votesWith the trend and updates to certain traps, I assume they would just make her traps have life now but are invisible, like nidalee's
I wouldn't change her Q or her E or her R
Mayeb some small stat chages, less ad scale or something small
Chembaron Yamada1 votesI don't think they are going to do this. Caitlyn's intended niche is to be the seige marks(wo)man. Her job is to zone people with her traps. They won't function that way if they were invisible (and they would have to adjust the damage, it would be way too punishing if these traps were invisible).
Hige1 votesCait is a champion that scales pretty poorly if the player doesn't have basic grasp of adc mechanics, that said, from platinum and up she must be hell to deal with :S
There's also the fact that Cait has no steroid in her kit aside from headshot, which is telegraphed, and her traps, which are 100% avoidable as long as teamfights aren't a clusterf*ck and she doesnt have a support with CC... I'd say they could reduce the range on her traps by like half if anything.
She does have 10% permanent increase in AS making any kind of AS items/masteries/runes pretty efficient on her, this mechanic could be the culprit of her oppressive laning phase since she can last hit and harass quite effectively, not to mention that her headshots seem to have a snappier and slightly faster animation.
So in theory she doesn't have an steroid but statistically she does cover herself up pretty good and that's where power should be removed since it's almost invisible.
Dark Nephthys1 votesI just don't like her traps, I don't think she should be able to drop 5 traps at your turret and force you back or risk stepping on them and losing about 50% of your HP. Even if the change was something like having a limit of how many you can put in a general area, or having a CD of when you can drop another trap (and no not talking about recharge CDs), or maybe even something small like increasing the mana cost of her traps...that way if she drops 5 of them at your turret, it'll actually have an effect on her mana or something.
Daddy Ants1 votesUntil she gets nerfs just pick 
. I've had some decent success vs Caitlyn as Varus.