I was wondering about buying Caitlyn for ranked. I recently bought Vayne who is a great late game adc but I struggle to find teams that will play aggressive enough (bronze 2). Is Caitlyn worth buying for late game or what I could do is buy lucian? Idk. Help me bois.
RcGjWO640w3 votesI like Caitlyn. She's a pretty hard lane bully and has a super safe laning phase, meaning the chances of you getting fed are higher and the chances of feeding are much lower. I'd say in 1-to-1 comparisons, she doesn't scale as hard into the late game as champions like Kog, Trist, Vayne and Lucian, but her range, traps, poke and escapes and not to mention the fact that she's still an AD CARRY means that she definitely won't be weak in the late game.
Headshot procs just erase hit points and her ult can either be used as an execute to clean up teamfights or, as I like to use it, high burst poke on squishies who're caught out. Her safety comes from her ability to poke people down to the point where they no longer feel safe diving her. Either way, she's extremely noob friendly, she has a nice kit that has some versatility and overall I would definitely pick her in situations where someone like Lucian or Tristana aren't available or where her vastly superior early harass makes her a choice pick.
packïn shmeat1 votesThanks for the reply. Very detailed and so very appreciated :0. Thanks!
RcGjWO640w1 votesTo add to my point, I'd also say she's an extremely safe blind pick. If you're first pick or it's your turn to pick and the enemy hasn't chosen their ADC yet, there's very few matchups that Cait just can't deal with. The versatility of her kit means while she lacks on specific strengths, its diversity is what makes her an "every-woman" ADC. Disengage against mobile carries like 
, 
or 
. Traps for securing her own lane from ganks or dropping them down to secure kills. Lane harass to keep people from trying to all-in her. There's very few situations where Caitlyn is a bad pick, actually. I think her only hard counter is 
with her spell shield and counter-range poke. But even then it still requires the Sivir to actually have a brain.
packïn shmeat1 votesI feel like sivir is a good counter to almost every adc (excluding vayne because only 1 of her abilities can be spell shielded;condemn)
Simpumba1 votesWHY ARE WE YELLING?
packïn shmeat1 votesTo grab your attention... kinda like click bait titles in youtube videos . Srry Mr. Bard.
Slythion1 votesYES SHE IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD LATE-GAME ADC. I TOO LOVE YELLING
packïn shmeat1 votesthx broski can you give me more to why she is good lategame?
Slythion1 votesBecause she is a safe adc with her range with a lot of objective control due to her siege/anti-siege based kit. She has self-peel and procs incredible enhanced crit autos extremely fast in teamfights (assuming you have a runaans) that has the potential to shred front lines and 2/3 shot squishies.
Lady Hammerlock1 votesthx broski can you give me more to why she is good lategame?
Uhm...from an ADC main,i might be bronze but thats because i despise ranked right now
Caitlyn is a great late game ADC,well first off she has the highest BASE attack range which is deadly in team fights because you can keep a good distance from skill shots and AOE's aimed at your front line
Your base attack speed is the lowest amongst all ADC's but your range and overall kit compensates for that
Caitlyn provides very good control,because her range is like this big "danger"zone and her W can disrupt pathing or you can use a surprise W to trap enemies
Your headshot scales well into late game,a head shot crit can match the Q dmg of a Draven Crit and a tip to abuse head shot is to buy 
to stack it faster
you have some mobility and your Q hurts as a poke tool
Your ult can be used as a
1.Poke before the fight begins
2.As a finisher
thats all i have to say
ryudo99991 votesbecause when you have attack speed on her you hit a freaking 1500 headshot every 2 seconds :D
packïn shmeat1 votes[zombie-nunu-bummed] Feelsbadman. need that lb burst
GGXJ91 votesshes fine for ranked best adc's to carry/for newbs is lucian,cait,ashe,mf
Narvuntien1 votesPersonally I prefer 
but 
has a better early game. Ashe is just 450ip so you can probably get her as well.
Compared to other popular adcs like and , is much better late game.
packïn shmeat1 votesYou think Ashe has a good early game? I think that she has a better mid game and not really useful in early. Her q at that time is kinda awkward to use and her w damage can be avoided by just pushing the lane harder so you can just back off and wait for the next wave. Thanks for the comment and I would love to hear another reply! :P
Narvuntien1 votesYou think Ashe has a good early game? I think that she has a better mid game and not really useful in early. Her q at that time is kinda awkward to use and her w damage can be avoided by just pushing the lane harder so you can just back off and wait for the next wave. Thanks for the comment and I would love to hear another reply! :P
no the opposite... I might of forgot a n't somewhere in the post. has a better early game. is a better duelist you activate Q and people die. I have a lot of trouble farming with , 's auto attack is so smooth.
BluePolarizer1 votesAshe is even more oppressive than Draven against other immobile ADCs since they cannot escape her and she does incredible damage with her Q and her base damage, so most cannot fight her either. She has high range, meaning that she can also choose to poke the few ADCs who do more damage than her with autos with no retaliation.
Late game with a 
she melts entire teams.
However, she is bullied easily by caster ADCs, who burst her down due to her zero mobility and needing to hit 4 times to get her Q steroid.
Aptest1 votesCait is dependable at all stages of the game. Nothing spectacular but she's reliable and "works" against most matchups and in most stages of the game.
Dankstin1 votesHow about you buy her, then see if you like her in NORMALS, then take her to RANKED after 20+ games with her instead of buying her, 1st time Cait sorry guys ranked, 3/13/2 or something for that first tryout?
packïn shmeat1 votesI always do this but I am just saying that I needed to know if she was good late game. For the core reason that solo que ranked can get really long. I dont like to play champs I don't know how to play in ranked :P. When I get new champs I usually play the shit out of them for a couple days. Most my champs owned are lvl 2's and 3's. Not good but I know abilities core uses.
RcGjWO640w1 votesI'm too self conscious. I don't like to play champs in ranked that I don't have ~30-40 games with. Different for different people but since Ranked is supposed to be a display of your full potential, I don't like playing anyone I'm not 100% comfortable with.
Quepha1 votesCaitlyn's got a really strong late game. A line of traps makes a big difference in any siege and give you zoning power, your range + escape make it easy for you to keep outputting damage, and your passive scales to nightmarish damage levels in the lategame.
Athenes Lulu1 votesGood early, shit mid, great late.
Though you actually have to do something in lane or else her kinda shitty midgame will be worse than ever. And to not be a super shitty midgame ADC, try to get some kind of lead.
packïn shmeat1 votesBy do something in lane you mean that you have to bully the other adc? Also is she a shitty mid game adc because she needs items for her kit to do some damage?
Athenes Lulu1 votesSomewhere along the lines of that, yes. Because of how good her early game, one should use that to their advantage by doing anything other than sitting in lane and just last hit; that's for hypercarries who has terrible early game. You can try to bully the enemy laners so you can either get kills or just make sure you have more farm than they do. Plenty of tools to help you do your job as well as staying safe on your own.
Her midgame isn't that great because of item powerspikes of other champs > hers, though I think there's more than just that.
packïn shmeat1 votesThanks for clarifying man, helped me understand more. :) Thanks
Defended1 votesI was wondering about buying Caitlyn for ranked. I recently bought Vayne who is a great late game adc but I struggle to find teams that will play aggressive enough (bronze 2). Is Caitlyn worth buying for late game or what I could do is buy lucian? Idk. Help me bois.
Once caitlyn gets IE + Hurricane shes good. Shes not a lane bully. Your support determines if you win lane or not.
Draven twitch vayne tristana and jinx will do more damage late game auto wise. You pick caitlyn for the traps. Not the autos.. although shes good on the autos
MunchCrunchLunch1 voteslate game is her high point when her head shots do some 2k damage.
packïn shmeat1 votesso basically leaving some enemies at 200 hp after that huh? Sounds fun!
MunchCrunchLunch1 votesso basically leaving some enemies at 200 hp after that huh? Sounds fun!
yeah. i mean you have to include resistances. you can kill squishies with 2-3 autos if u lane a headshot
Sightless661 votesShort answer: Yes
Long answer: Usually yes, but it kind of depends. Caitlyn becomes a very, very safe ADC late game. She has long range all the time, she can set up a nearly impassable wall of traps to dissuade aggression, and she has a potent escape. These give her a ton of mechanisms for staying safe, which lets her deal damage in situations where other ADCs would have to back off or risk dying. That gives her a ton of situations where she can deal more damage just because she has more chances to attack.
Of course, there is a disadvantage: her DPS can be a bit lacking when compared to other carries. The headshots are an ok steroid but they're nothing amazing, and her very low base attack speed takes a pretty big chunk out of the benefit they can give her. Additionally, the long cast times on her Q and ult make it very hard to weave them into lategame fighting without losing dps, which means she can be down in ability damage. Her safety allows her to compensate very well for this by letting her attack often, but if that safety isn't as important as straight DPS (say, if you need to take down some frontline fighters or tanks that aren't diving you), then she can come up a bit short. These situations are not particularly common, but they do happen and you need to be aware of them when picking her.
I'd say she's generally a strong late game ADC. If that's what you want, and you want it combined with siege potential and early game bullying, than Cait could be a pretty good choice.
packïn shmeat1 votesThanks for the detailed explanation. Helped me understand Cait more. Very helpful. Thanks alot!
Billy VoHagen1 votesIn my most recent games, even though I have not been playing well in all, Caitlyns on my team, and there were a fair amount, were all useless. Idk why, but I may start banning Caitlyn, just so team mates don't play her.