I am sick to death of Caitlyn traps.

The Dorans Blade··4 votes·888 views

There's honestly too much power in that ability, a champion shouldn't be allowed to zone you under your own god damn turret.

The CC lock is ridiculous, she can literally place it under you and you will be stunned constantly.

Caitlyn inherently is a fine champion, however there is WAY WAY WAY too much power on the W, a champion shouldn't have that much zone control, along with a huge range.

Put some more power into her Q or ulti for gods sake, even in pro games when she is picked you see the Caitlyn players just fire out the ultimate at random in lane for poke because it's that useless.

I understand Caitlyn might not be 'competitively viable' however it doesn't stop her from being a huge pain in the ass to deal with in lane and also inherently anti-fun to play against. Remember when Riot nerfed Kata and Akali in season 4, despite them not being picked competitively ever?

It's so frustrating watching your botlane struggle under the turret as the Caitlyn is zoning them from their own god damn turret whilst poking them with her huge range. I understand she has reasonable counterplay, and I very much understand that but she is just so much of a hassle to deal with.

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Crett3 votes

make it melee range. then she at least has to walk into your tower to zone you from it

AFilthyCaitMain1 votes

Shes supposed to be a lane bully for one. Second, her W is her main source of damage in lane, and for securing objectives. Thats why shes able to zone so hard. Her strategy is all in her traps, if she doesnt know how to trap shes not too good. her W has a lot of strategic value. its like Dravens Q, if you cant use it then youre not gonna do good, but if you can then its very useful.

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Its also exactly like Illaoi's Passive and W. Its easy to counter but punishing if you dont know how to avoid it.

The Dorans Blade1 votes

That's the thing, there should be strategy to it, not just "i'm gonna place it under your turret so you can't farm".

It should behave like Azir soldiers, despawn faster if under an enemy turret.

AFilthyCaitMain1 votes

You bait out her traps till shes not in lane anymore. then when shes gone go ham and step on them all, or is shes FAR away, either works. Eventually shell run out of mana and wont be able to do much, shell be able to place a trap every so often but thats it. its all about getting her to waste her mana, once you do that all she can do is poke you from afar.

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Also dont facecheck places without vision, thats just asking to get a trap and headshot in the face. Always ward then go into places like brush.

Hethalean1 votes

So I know (I too find Caitlyn's traps frustrating and have found myself lacking in figuring it out). What is the counter to Caitlyn traps? It just seems like 'Do not step on them' and 'Do not go into a bush with no vision' which is not really a lot of counter in my head. I know they are small, but in skirmishes and fights they are easy to miss, and a lot of the times if I'm paying SUPER close attention I can see the animation but I seem to not be able to hear the sound.

Doodlzzz1 votes

I would like to see riot make it so that Cait traps expire sooner but activate much faster after being placed so Cait players can kite our people like these: MasterYi Riven Singed and the list goes on...

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