In bottom lane, positioning can be the one aspect of life and death for you and your partner, having this knowledge and the gift of excellent range can make a bottom lane much more manageable. One character who has excellent range and can keep good positioning, as well as constitute how bottom lane rolls is the Sheriff of Piltover, Caitlyn. Het kit allows dominance in lane, an excellence in poking, and synergy with Stun-heavy champions that can decimate opponents. Here are a few reasons why Caitlyn should be your pick as AD-Carry:

Her Passive Compliments Safe Poking

Caitlyn's passive, Headshot allows her to deal additional damage (+150% to Champions; +250% to Minions) after a certain amount of basic attacks. This helps her early game last hitting by giving almost a guaranteed kill on a caster/melee minion, or a good chunk of HP off a Cannon minion, but also gives her a great poking mechanic against opponents. The reason this passive plays off so well is that Caitlyn can gain 2 stacks on Headshot when attacking in the brush. Using this to your advantage will allow you to pop in and out of the brush and deal siginificant early game damage against bottom lane champions. Combining Headshot with Piltover Peacemaker is a savage one-two combo that can really pack a punch against opponents, with continued use of this combination with your Support striking fear of the brush in your opponents and giving Caitlyn and her partner more freedom in bottom lane.

The Piltover Snap-Trap Combo

Piltover Peacemaker + Yordle Snap Trap = Delicious Damage. Caitlyn's Yordle Snap Trap is a small trap that roots opponents on contact and does a small amount of damage. These traps can be used to dictate where bottom lane can maneuver, for example:

• Laying traps down in bushes will keep supports from staying in the brush, and also use the W->Q Combo explained below.
• Laying traps in lane will cause the Opposing AD carry have to walk around them, allowing Caitlyn to poke easier now knowing where the AD carry is going to move.
• Laying traps in the river brush above bottom lane can serve as a pseudo- Sight Ward, giving sight to Caitlyn if the opposing Jungler hits the Yordle Snap Trap.

But most of all, the Snap Trap can set up your Piltover Peacemaker for a guaranteed hit. Since Piltover Peacemaker has a charge timer before it sets off, opponents and easily maneuver away from it, but opponents that hit the Yordle Snap Trap are rooted for 1.5 seconds, giving enough time for Caitlyn to successfully hit her Piltover Peacemaker, planting some great damage on anyone foolish enough to grab the cupcake.

Caitlyn's Synergy with CC-Heavy Champions

Caitlyn's impressive range and kit combos can be devastating alone, but give her an initiating push from a champion with solid CC, and watch her ability to dictate a match rise. Caitlyn's W->Q Combo can be made even more effective with a hard stun such as Taric's Dazzle, Sion's Cryptic Gaze, or Lux's Light Binding. Combining the initiation of the hard stun, then dropping the Yordle Snap Trap under the opponent, adding another 1.5 seconds of immobilizing, then dropping Piltover Peacemaker can serious put an opponent out of the current teamfight. Caitlyn can also use her E key ability, 90 Caliber Net to slow opponents. Though used mostly as an escape mechanism, the net slows champions by 50%, allowing teammates to continue dishing damage or applying more CC, while also pushing Caitlyn to safety. This combo can also be used well to focus single targets and take high priority opponents out of a teamfight.

Caitlyn's Ace in the Hole

Caitlyn not only has impressive basic attack range, but her Ultimate, Ace in the Hole, shoots a heavily-power shot from long distances to automatically hit a target (though it can be body blocked by other champions). For escape heavy champions like Kassadin, Ezreal, and Singed, this Ultimate is crucial for that final shot after what seemed like an impossible getaway for the opponent. This Ultimate is also good for champions like Tryndamere, Gragas, and Hecarim who can jump over jungle walls for a quick escape and are hard to continue chasing.

Caitlyn is a safe, powerful AD carry capable to combining her kit with other to deliver fast bursty damage to compliment her strong basic attacks. If you like the ability to play safe while making your bottom lane opponent's life miserable, then Caitlyn is the champion for you on Summoner's Rift.