Big Plays Spotlight: Caitlyn’s Sidestep Snipe

RiotPreeti·8/15/2014, 6:16:47 PM·161 votes·425,098 views

Welcome to the Big Plays Spotlight! In this feature, we highlight the most epic plays, from meticulously-coordinated early tower dives to mind-blowing cross-map jukes.

With a brand new red buff in her arsenal, Diamond V player is that Grandma boldly duels a full-health Lee Sin. Flirting with death, Caitlyn forces the Blind Monk to go for the kill only to outplay him with a creative mid-ult Flash dodge.

Check out the reflexes on that Flash!

We’d love to feature your biggest plays, so post a link in the comments below or submit your clip here!

243 Comments

MrBuffington8/15/2014, 7:54:22 PM150 votes

There's always something so satisfying in watching a Lee Sin get outplayed

ForMyNextTrick8/15/2014, 11:10:07 PM118 votes

This one next please, always puts a smile on my face XD

Final Raid Boss8/15/2014, 9:29:22 PM24 votes

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TurbinePro8/15/2014, 8:03:48 PM16 votes

Didn't know you could flash mid caitlyns ult. I thought it would cancel the ult but apparently not

CommandShockwave8/15/2014, 6:46:14 PM14 votes

Heres my submission :P

It's more of a teamwork showcase though:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxU_DnDaugI

Edit: Or maybe this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ptUAPZpFvQ

Raymoclaus8/16/2014, 12:35:37 AM14 votes

It always irks me when I see stuff like this and then people say "good reflexes" because it was so close. The earlier a reflex happens, the better the reflexes are. This was the latest possible time to use flash so this would be the slowest reflexes before you start getting negative results (i.e Cait dying from Lee Q). A good reflex would be flashing as soon as you see Lee's animation for his Q. Not trying to downplay the Cait, it was an excellent play, I'm trying to downplay the fact that people label stuff like this as good reflexes. You can also see the late heal after Lee's R, you can definitely say that was slow reflexes.

If it was the case where Cait was actually trying to flash at the last moment then that would be called good timing, not reflexes.

L0T08/15/2014, 9:56:28 PM9 votes

Why did she even need to move closer to Lee? Doesn't Ace in the Hole have an absurd range?

nightwolf928/15/2014, 11:30:15 PM9 votes

wait... was that grandma?

Levost8/15/2014, 10:44:37 PM9 votes

Maokai I AM GROOT.

EmperorEdgelord8/15/2014, 9:52:01 PM8 votes

And who says that Caitlyn isn't one of the better adc's?!?! HUH HUH?!.. XDD I kid but this is so satisfying to watch as a Caitlyn player. Hell I don't think I can manage this! I would've panicked! gg "is that Grandma"!

Sir ArmaMalum8/15/2014, 6:44:16 PM6 votes

TIL you can flash mid-animation of Ace in the Hole.

Strafér8/16/2014, 12:53:51 AM6 votes

Here's what I got ^_^ Hope u like it

Veuillez8/16/2014, 12:17:57 AM5 votes

Cait actually messed that up really badly. She didn't have to flash if she didn't walk straight into his range, and the only reason she got kicked in the first place is because she messed up her kiting. Definitely not a "big play".

Starrow8/16/2014, 5:10:14 AM5 votes

Not even that good.

Get in there Bob8/15/2014, 9:53:15 PM4 votes

So basically, Cait baited the lee sin Q with her Flash. Worth

Starcall Casey8/15/2014, 10:55:41 PM4 votes

This Caitlyn is a GOD. I'd love to see more of these kinds of outplays.

Budupops8/16/2014, 2:43:24 AM3 votes

she didnt have to ult?

Nodabba8/15/2014, 10:30:56 PM3 votes

This is crazy good. That's all I have to say.

Alkurion8/15/2014, 9:37:09 PM3 votes

it didnt cancel her ult because when she flashed she was still doing the animation to move into the channel. so she wasnt really ulting she was just moving to ult. i think thats what is going on here.

3mptylord8/15/2014, 11:31:42 PM3 votes

Great job dodging the Sonic Wave. Great use of a bug for killing Lee. Casting Flash should have interrupted her ultimate, or she shouldn't have been able to cast Flash (depending on whether you can self-cancel Caitlyn's ultimate). I can't help but feel like the bug-abuse distracts/over-rules the "play".

IcyPeppers8/15/2014, 9:18:05 PM3 votes

Shouldn't the flash have cancelled her ultimate?

dylanl5728/18/2014, 7:59:47 PM2 votes

Rito, im really REALLY sure that lee sin just ulted twice in that play...