One Hit Kills

Kyoto Hatake·6/8/2015, 4:11:56 AM·3 votes·3,030 views

So I main as Caitlyn and i usually do ...ok, but since I've been playing league, you could say that im not very good at it, Im still learning how to build, and learning what masteries are. I just hit level 30 yesterday and I feel that I've been playing league for two years now, i should be able to be able to get kills without a problem. Each game i get between 0-4 kills with around 10 deaths. I see people go around league being able to kill me with one hit when i have full health and I get super frustrated because i continue to hit them with basic attacks and barely do any damage, even when i built items with 80+ damage 45+ damage etc. No matter what its never any good and someone is always able to hit me twice and before I even have time to react, I'm dead....

**So how can I build Caitlyn to be able to be that powerful?? I also love to play as Brand, Nasus, and Ziggs **

8 Comments

LankPants6/8/2015, 12:44:52 PM6 votes

The first thing you should work on is your CSing. A single creep wave gives over 100 gold, meaning that 3 creep waves are worth way more gold than a kill. If you really have no idea about this there are some good video tutorials on youtube that could help you

Second you're builds aren't great. In addition to not optimally obtaining gold you're also not optimally spending it. You're build should look more like item 1055 > item 3031 > item 3046 OR item 3087 > item 3072 OR item 3035 (LW if the enemy has a lot of armour, BT if not) > A Defensive Item ( item 3102 , item 3026 , item 3139 ect.) > OR (which ever you didn't build before) Boots should be built early on when you can afford them. Runnan's is a fairly terrible item, I'd recommend against it on every champ.

If you ever get confused about what to build on a champ or how to construct runes/masteries http://www.probuilds.net/ is a great website. Just type your champs name into the search bar and look at what the pros are doing.

I'd also recommend branching out and trying more champs. Learning other champs allows you to better understand how they funtion and learn how to play with them on your team or against them.

ReMeDyIII6/8/2015, 4:48:03 AM4 votes

I'm an ADC main. If you're getting one-shot, it's because you're building glass cannon and your opponent has a burst mage threat. When building your 4th or 5th item, you need to stop, open the tab screen, and deduce who are the biggest threats on the opposing team. It doesn't matter how good of a player you are, or how careful you are, if there's a big burst mage threat, all it takes is one Flash and they're on top of you, then one combo of spells and you're dead. At that point, it doesn't matter if you're fed and you're WildTurtle, no amount of skill will save you.

The most popular anti-burst item is arguably Banshee's Veil, for the spell shield, magic resist, AND hp gain. Get Null Magic Mantle first, for a cheap 500 gold cost +25 magic res. Your support should also build Locket. Regardless, I recommend only getting one defensive item, otherwise your damage falls off, so make it count and figure out if AP or AD is the biggest threat on the opposing team.

If you lack damage, that simply means you're being out-cs'ed, not itemizing correctly, or perhaps you should consider an entirely new ADC. Caitlyn's big weakness is her lack of armor shred and abilities that do crap damage (excluding her ult). If you want more damage, consider Graves, Vayne, etc. Lately, I've been avoiding Caitlyn in this new armor-heavy meta. She's not bad, but I'm preferring better options atm.

StealWolverine6/8/2015, 4:52:14 AM2 votes

Stop building hurricane.

ReMeDyIII6/8/2015, 4:59:02 AM2 votes

Yea, looking at your profile, he's right. Don't build Hurricane. For now, until you get better, you need to adhere to the meta.

I don't play 3vs3's, but on SR, with Caitlyn, go:

Doran (or Longsword) > Infinity Edge > Berzerker Greaves > Statikk Shiv (or PD) > Last Whisper > Defensive Item > Bloodthirster. Sell the Doran when you need inventory space.

Trídent6/8/2015, 4:19:23 AM1 votes

The thing is, the champions that can one shot are burst champions, such as Veigar Leblanc and Fizz . Caitlyn is an ad carry, or marksman. She deals sustained damage, using her autoattacks to slowly wear down the enemies, except for late game, where ad carries two-three shot squishies with the exception of Draven , who can burst people down.

AD carries can still kind-of burst, with crit. As an AD carry, you should never be caught out alone and should always stay behind your tanks to deal your DPS. Avoid encountering burst champions, unless they are stunned and you can quickly take them out. Just build Caitlyn to what a popular build guide says, such as on mobafire. However, don't build blindly, adjust for certain situations, such as: Don't build Last Whisper when the enemy has no armor, or don't build this if you are behind, etc.

Play safe, a smaller amount of deaths is better than more kills. I don't play Caitlyn, so I can't help too much unfortunately :c Hopefully someone else here does tho Hope I helped :)

ReMeDyIII6/8/2015, 5:00:50 AM1 votes

Your masteries are fine (for your Caitlyn page), although to be nitpicky, I'd prefer seeing a point subtracted from atk spd (Fury) and put into Double-Edged Sword. The extra +1.5% atk dmg will improve your last hitting, and better last hitting means more gold.