Help me, I'm confused (Caitlyn Build)

Wayward Killjoy··3 votes·902 views

I've been playing almost nothing but Caitlyn the past 3 days. Some games I do really good at now that I'm a little more familiar with her, other games I don't do so well because I'm confused on how to protect myself when my support is not present or is roaming (been happening a lot my previous games, and it's a bit difficult to bot lane by yourself). One more thing is I'm still having a little difficulty CSing with her due to her attack animation being different than I'm used to, but I've improved a lot. Most of my games, if I'm behind on CS, it's typically one of those situations were CSing is dangerous due to lack of available wards this season (Fighting Blitzcranks and Morganas without vision is hell, even when you're long range with a nice net, if you can't see it it's that much harder to dodge).

BUT, good news is I recognize most of these issues as simple mechanics, and take steps accordingly to do better.

I am, however, confounded. Someone told me earlier today that my build was bad? The only thing he said was that I didn't build Runaan's fast enough, which to me is kinda silly because Runaan's to me has always been one of those mid-late game items (unless you're Kalista).

Can someone please look at my recent builds in match histories to tell me how I'm building wrong? Cause I've found the build to be very effective for how I play Caitlyn, so I was confounded to find it was somehow bad.

And keep the comments of "Bronzie this" and "CS that" out of the conversation, I've spent enough time on forums to be well aware of these things, just help me out on this build order thingy.

Cause like really, I'm seriously confused how it's bad?

15 Comments

Sire Hippington1 votes

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-history/NA1/205917116 sorry, can't find any recent caitlyn games in your matchhistory, actually the latest game listed there is from 9/14/2015..

Changsty1 votes

Just so you know, the official league match history doesn't show normal games and I'm not sure which third party sites give build orders. Purely regarding builds a couple of things:

You don't always have to build last whisper and its upgrades. Assuming 100 bonus armor, the penetration is only going to give you about 8% increase in damage. Coupled with the 15% from Giant Slayer that stacks to about 25% extra damage against tanks (This doesn't include the 40 AD). For comparison, just going from 80% to 100% crit would boost your expected damage to everyone by about 13.5%. Buy depending on the situation. Also don't get Mortal Reminder when none of the enemy champions have built in sustain.

If you aren't doing this already, put off finishing IE until you get a Zeal. You don't get any increase in AD over the BF and pickaxe so finishing it straight away isn't very cost effective just for 20% crit and the passive.

darkmatchwaldo1 votes

I woudn't bother building ruunan's at all on caitlyn.

Essence Reaver among the best items in the game right now and i think it works great on someone as mana thirsty as Caitlyn i'd build something that looks more like this item 3508 item 3087 item 3031 item 3094 item 3036 item 3006.

Good for you for taking a hit on your CS to stay safe.

For successfully playing Cait i'm gonna quote the great Sky Williams "drop traps near your turret and play like a total bitch"

Try keeping a pink ward or two in your inventory early in the game if your support isn't giving you the vision you need or you're up against a pesky Blitzcrank Morgana

Wayward Killjoy1 votes

I've been going IE then Firecanon

My full build typically looks like: Infinity Edge Rapid Firecanon Bloodthirster OR Bork Berserker's greaves Red Enchant Runaan's And then I always leave a spot open for a LW item or something situational, I've went Essence Reaver before just so i wouldnt have to go back to base if I had a wrath potion

So you're saying I should go Zeal first? Wouldn't that be unwise considering Caitlyn's ult needs a strong AD base?

Changsty1 votes

What I meant was item 1038 >item 1037 >item 3086 . Completed IE doesn't give any extra AD over BF and Pickaxe.

Wayward Killjoy1 votes

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What I meant was item 1038 >item 1037 >item 3086 . Completed IE doesn't give any extra AD over BF and Pickaxe.

Oh. OH. Smart.

PDE5 Inhibitors1 votes

I go item 3006 -> item 3031 -> item 3094 -> item 3072 / item 3035 -> item 3035 / item 3072 -> item 3087 .

If they're building armor, get last whisper instead of BT. If not, get BT. Also, if they don't even have armor built by later...you can get item 3508 instead of last whisper altogether.

Wayward Killjoy1 votes

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I go item 3006 -> item 3031 -> item 3094 -> item 3072 / item 3035 -> item 3035 / item 3072 -> item 3087 .

If they're building armor, get last whisper instead of BT. If not, get BT. Also, if they don't even have armor built by later...you can get item 3508 instead of last whisper altogether.

I don't not build lifesteal on ADCs, it helps too much

PDE5 Inhibitors1 votes

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I don't not build lifesteal

So...you do build lifesteal?

Wayward Killjoy1 votes

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So...you do build lifesteal?

That's what I sai

LOL Spammer1 votes

I don't think that item 3087 anditem 3094 stack anymore. The effects stack but not the damage so it's not really worth it to get both. On cait I would get item 3094 because of the massive range it gives if it procs with headshot.

PDE5 Inhibitors1 votes

Awe, really? I haven't played Cait in a while, so it's very much possible.

Yes, RPC is by far the better choice. As a last item, you should build item 3508 then :)

prozak821 votes

I like runaans on cait cus you get so many more headshots with it. I don't think essence reaver is that good on her cus her abilities suck so she doesn't need cdr. maybe as a last item. my first 2 items on her are IE and PD

Wayward Killjoy1 votes

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I like runaans on cait cus you get so many more headshots with it. I don't think essence reaver is that good on her cus her abilities suck so she doesn't need cdr. maybe as a last item. my first 2 items on her are IE and PD

Her abilities suck? WTF are you talking about

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