Caitlyn is a long-range ADC who excels at lane dominance and siege potential. Here's everything you need to know to master her:

Core Build (53.2% WR, 137,900 matches)

• Summoner Spells: Flash, Barrier
• Core Items: The Collector → Berserker's Greaves → Infinity Edge → Rapid Firecannon → Lord Dominik's Regards → Bloodthirster
• Ability Order: Q > W > E

Runes

• Primary: Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace
• Secondary: Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm
• Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Key Tips

• Utilize your superior auto-attack range to harass enemies when they last hit
• Place traps (W) behind towers during siege to zone enemies
• Save 90 Caliber Net (E) as an escape tool and maintain enough mana for emergencies

Strong Against:

• Kai'Sa (51.9% WR)
• Twitch (51.8% WR)
• Kalista (51.6% WR)
• Zeri (51.6% WR)
• Aphelios (51.4% WR)

Weak Against:

• Lux (43.8% WR)
• Seraphine (45.3% WR)
• Brand (45.5% WR)
• Veigar (45.6% WR)
• Hwei (45.7% WR)

Best Synergies:

• Elise (54.6% WR)
• Vex (53.7% WR)
• Kennen (52.2% WR)
• Bard (52.0% WR)
• Taric (51.9% WR)

Alternative Build (53.8% WR, 63,394 matches)

• Keystone: First Strike
• Secondary Runes: Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
• Same core items as standard build

Off-Meta Build (53.6% WR, 23,133 matches)

• Keystone: Press the Attack
• Same core items and ability order as standard build

Remember to adjust your build based on team compositions and matchups, particularly choosing defensive stats in rune shards according to your lane opponent.

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