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[7.20] Caitlyn ADC In-Depth - Back Line Carry

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i like how you consider each skill depending on the gaming strategy that is used in creating this build and the elaborated detail that has been explained in this guide

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thank you :)

Nice guide!
A bit sad that Riot decided to nerf Caitlyn into the ground and butcher her like they did with Azir.

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Thanks! :), I don't think is butchered too hard, definitely not like , its just other AD carries are currently stronger, she's still playable and I reckon that she will become meta again after worlds maybe

I've seen some people build diferent items on her.
Like lethality for the insane Q damage or a really weird on-hit build with mallet and BotRK. What are your opinions on that?

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I haven't seen any weird builds apart from the lethality one and it was a build people were doing even when cait was strong, I personally reckon its more of just a fun build because if I'm not mistaken when you build lethality your ult will do an insane amount of damage. Overall the cait build in my guide is the strongest for ranked gameplay and climbing, the other builds are just fun things to try from time to time

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Wow Nice guide! Love the colors used in here :) +1

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Thank you :)

Hello Epic Fail Guy!
After patch 7.9 Runaan's Hurricane's build path no longer consist of Recurve Bow so you might have to change the first item into Zeal instead of Recurve Bow.
BTW thank you for your guild it helped me a lot!

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Hey, yea I completely forgot to change that xD Thanks!

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Greetings, nice guide! Will try to follow it to master Cait as my next ADC main! :)

I wonder, why did you choose over ? Cait has enough sustain on her own and extra damage in bushes is pretty good on her.

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Hey, thanks for your feedback :)

is a very good mastery on any adc, I don't think she has enough sustained to the extent as to swap out for . I can see why can be useful as it synergizes well with her passive, but in lane, you won't be in the bush for enough time to make it that strong, as you are open to whatever the enemy bot lane want to throw at you as there aren't any minions protecting you.

Hope this helped :)

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Well, you could actually use GFG for some short-ranged or passive botlanes, I think. You could stay in bushes 24/7 and enjoy the extra damage. Isn't this true? :)

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To be honest, is for junglers usually like Lee, Kha'zix, and for support mages like mostly, however Caitlyn using bushes as well as many brushy brushy champs, but players are not jungle monsters, so they will usually have high resistances and low hp compared to monsters which will end in something like 10 damage, meanwhile a magic penetration runed Karma can almost deal 100 damage with GFG against monsters to help jungler, but healing 50- may save many times in a match any adc, with runaan she will mostly have all possible assists and kills so she will be healed constantly if team is well in team fights, which can be critical IMO, but taking 18-0-12 for no, not in season 7 adcs I suppose.

At least almost every professional adc taking cunning tree for , I suppose ofc. because it's invaluable in many situations like if they have etc.

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I guess, but the benefits of are still a lot more beneficial in the late game as it gives you a lot more of sustain

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Hey Epic Fail Guy!
I recently used to finally get through my 4th or 5th plat promos in Flex Queue (arghhhh). The reason for it was that I found other AD Carries to be too weak and too dangerous to play early game (like ), so I swapped to for the awesome 650 range and to just rely on my team to keep me in the back line. You pointed this out really well in your Pros/Cons. The overall design of this guide is really enjoyable too!
I recently thought about going for or instead of too, although I found out that outweighs the other options mostly. does work with the Trap Headshots, doesn't it? This means if you have the empowered AA up, you have even more range on the Trap Headshot, right?

Great guide/build m8,
Regards,
-CS

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Hey,

Thanks for your feedback! :). Regarding 's interaction with , the energized shot doesn't actually increase the range of your shot as the range is already longer than the energized shot range, but the energized shot damage is applied. This is what makes it so strong, the amount of damage you can do you if you headshot someone + crit them with the energized shot from is insane

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Thanks for the response Epic Fail Guy.

Now that you say it, I didn't quite notice that does NOT increase the range on targets.

This image shows it quite well. Look at the largest critical strike at the bottom. 2,631 Damage! I really do feel like outweighs the other items ( and ) because of the utility it gives you.

Considering this, I would probably only buy if I had problems kiting enemy champions (fighters/tanks), right?

Thanks again for the response, I do agree that synergizes super good with .

Regards,
-CS

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You could build a if you want to be able to kite quicker (as it gives more attack speed and you can get it quicker than as it is cheaper) and if the enemies have annoying assassins and you find yourself in a lot of 1vs1s and the passive can help out in those situations

Hope this helped :)

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But with new update, have a new unique passive I suppose, which increases energy shot recharge rate by 25%.

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(Annoying 1vs1s like the classic Vayne build *sigh*)
The only problem I would have with is the lack of damage. Offcourse you have more attackspeed which means you can get more autoattacks out in a shorter amount of time, but if you rather rely on poking you would have a way better time with or even .
I think I should just test in my next game, I used to really like the item back in Season 5 and 6, where wasn't such a meta item.

-CS

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I mean I used to go Stattik into IE and then into RFC and that would get me %100 crit (%110 actually). It's a very fun build but I don't think it's very useful xD

Great build, 15/3/6 first match, thanks man.

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I'm glad I could help :)

Just went 9/0/4 on my 1st Cait match using your build, guess it's working lolol
But yeah getting Runaan early is good for sure... Tx for sharing your experience with Cait :)

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Thank you for your feedback! :)

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This is a winning build. Cannot go wrong with this.

(10) |

Indeed, :) Thanks

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Really nice build for Caitlyn, the BF and then Hurricane is an awesome strategy!!

(10) |

Thanks man :)

Hey "Finish" is spelled with one N.

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I knew that :)

is selling your boots for static shiv super late really worth the lack of movement speed?

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In my opinion it probably is, however, I would say that there are more useful items to build instead of a shiv, for example, B.T., Lord Doms, Ga and so on. This does depend on the game however and in some cases building a shiv would indeed be more useful.

Overall, I do think selling boots is worth it in the late because if your team peel enough and you position right, you won't need that extra movement speed

Hello!
I love your guide its amazing, and i like how your personality somes through.

But i really miss a wider build option, for the different scenarios in game.
because running, is really not my thing, i feel way to weak for what i usually prefer :)

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Hey, thanks for the feedback :)

There are a few different options that you can go for with this build, but I don't know how you feel weak, this is in my opinion by far the most damage you can do as cait.

I think what you mean is more of a build that will do damage in the mid game because my build is pretty much made purely for the late, and maybe a bit for the mid because the insane power spike comes in after you finish the RFC.

If you want more of a mid-game build you should try:
B.F Sword - Shiv - IE - RFC and then you choose depending on the teams.

I don't exactly get what you mean by a "wider build option". The core items with my build is the IE - Runaans, and RFC, but like with any ADC, you can add different items as you go along depending on how you feel. As noted in my guide, you can swap out the RFC for a PD if you feel like you want more of a 1vs1 potential and want the damage reduction. You can also build any of the items in the alternative items section after the core, or you can build the recipes of the items while building the core (e.g. build a vamp scepter or a last whisper)

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