Not Updated For Current Season
This guide has not yet been updated for the current season. Please keep this in mind while reading. You can see the most recently updated guides on the browse guides page
x
x

Did this guide help you? If so please give them a vote or leave a comment.
You can even win prizes by doing so!
Vote
Comment
I liked this Guide

I didn't like this Guide




Your votes and comments encourage our guide authors to continue
creating helpful guides for the League of Legends community.
Spells:
Flash
Exhaust
Ability Order
Headshot (PASSIVE)
Caitlyn Passive Ability
Meet the long gun of the law. (Introduction)
Hello, and welcome to my guide!


So let´s get started :)

So, maybe i left you asking: 'Why do you consider
Caitlyn the best ranged AD carry?' or 'Why should i play
Caitlyn over, for example
Ashe or
Vayne?'
Let me tell you why
Caitlyn:




Let me tell you why

- Her base autoattack range is the longest in game, hovering at 650. This means you can easilly harass their
Miss Fortune without being at risk. Lategame her range is shorter than
Tristana though.
- She synergizes very good with aggresive supports like
Taric or
Lux.
Taric
combined with
Caitlyn
can lead into wasted flashes or even a kill!
Caitlyn has a very good farming skills, at level 9 with
combined with a few
can drop minion waves in seconds.
- She has insane DPS the whole game, meaning she can snowball very easily and dominate the late game.
- She is a very stylish champion, and i love her quotes, hence the reaso why i put them in this guide.
Caitlyn has a unique skillset, which enables her to do a lot of things:
















Basically, you want to put your traps in brushes or choke points, like the entrance to blue buff





When i first played against







For the Skill Sequence i use the one mentioned above:
At level 1 pick






The reason of leveling




Tips and Tricks
- In addition to burning through your mana,
Piltover Peacemaker burns through the minions, leaving your minions to push, so you will be open to ganks. Use it wisely.
- Try to pair yourself with a champion with CC, as you can put a trap right behind them when they are in the CC, so they will be immediately trapped, leaving you free attacks.
- Even when fed,
Caitlyn is very squishy, so don´t engage and don´t be in the frontlines. One CC usualy means game over for you :(
- Your
90 Caliber Net paired with
can make amazing escapes, but don´t be too cocky, you cannot escape everything.
- Prepare to be focused in teamfights. By buying a simple
Banshees Veil you can survive for example AP
Sion´s
Cryptic Gaze into your face, and kill him afterwards.
- You can use your passive to kill red buff or blue buf faster, saving you time when you could be farming
Main Rune Options
- greater mark of Desolation: There is no better alternative
Greater Seal of Armor: Personal favourite, allows me to take more physical damage. Because minions, neutral monsters and AD carries are physical, i can exchange damage with enemy
Corki without the risk of dying
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: Also my personal favorite, because supports like
Sona or
Taric deal magic damage, with these i can endure more of the damage.
Greater Quintessence of Health: Again, these runes are my personal favourite, because when i walk on the lane with 6 bars of hp and i look at enemy
Soraka with 4, i know i can be aggresive ;)
Alternatives
Greater Seal of Scaling Mana Regeneration,
Greater Glyph of Scaling Mana Regeneration take these runes when you still want to spam your
Piltover Peacemaker, you won´t be able to play so aggresively, because you will be squishier early game.
Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage, Greater Quintessence of Desolation again, optional, if you think you can handle the more glass cannon version of
Caitlyn.
When you know who you will be playing against you can switch to those, for example againstAshe and
Soraka you can freely switch, because of passive play from that duo. Also, take these runes when playing with good
Taric to secure kills
Main Mastery Page
This mastery setup i consider being the best for


If you don´t like the 9 points in utility, you can spend the 9 points in Defense, taking 3 in




This way, you will be even more tanky, but you will have less XP then your oponents.
Core Items
Now, i feel that itemization for AD carries is very similar, so this will be pretty basic.
Start with:
-
or
x3. Doran´s with a healer, Boots without one
- (Optional)
up to 3, these 475 Gold darlings will make your laning phase even better, but you don´t have to get them if you are winning your lane allready.
-
, try to get them among the blades, or before another item.
-
Rush this item, because it gives you a HUGE boost in DPS. If you can´t afford it, buy a
and
instead.
-
- Now, you have to choose what to buy. If you are winning the game and don´t plan on dying, buy a
. If you can stack it before midgame, you will have a big advantage, because you can stay on the lane almost forever.
- However, if you aren´t winning, and you expect yourself to die, buy a
This item is absolutely mandatory on AD carries, because of the extreme damage dealing crits. When you have a combo of
and
, you crit regularly, fast, and for much damage.
- If you didn´t buy a Bloodthirster, buy some lifesteal now. Even a
should do. This is for fighting other AD based champions, where lifesteal means an advantage
- Complete your
- Now is the time for defense. Build one from this items:
,
,
or
Yes, even Warmogs. When stacked, it gives you around 75% of your base hp and you can combo it with
.
- Based on enemy armor build either
or
, where when overall enemy armor is about 120+ build the Whisper, 80- armor, build the Cleaver.
- For the last item, you can take what you need.
for attack speed,
for attack speed and lifesteal, or another defensive item.
- All game:
, Sight ward
- End game teamfights:
,
These items are NOT set in stone, so feel free to experiment and alter your build. Enemy





Asking yourself what to buy for defense? here is a pointer:










The Best Spells



The Usable Ones











Don´t Use Those, Please







Early Game
If this was any other AD Carry, especially



Do this a few times, and if they can´t outheal that, you can go for the kill. Usually you want to play hyper aggresive if you catch someone in your trap. Place them into brush, and if you hit someone, quickly




Mid game.
Now the lanes will start to split up, first tower will fall and the gameplay will revolve around pushing turrets, ganking and dragon control. I would recommend to farm as hard as you can, push your lane, kill the turret, and then go farm somewhere else. Late game, your damage can be outshined, so you need to compensate it with items. Items cost Gold. You gain Gold from minions and kills. So farm. AD Carry gameplay generally revolves around farming, so prepare to kill a lot of minions.
Teamfights
In teamfights, your role is to deal damage, you don´t have to kill their AD carry, that is your assassin role(





If you died a lot of times, say, 6 or more, you should farm up. Tell your team to not engage, just farm, for as long as you can. If done properly, you can still win the game, it will be just harder.


If you want to start playing rankeds, learning


In this chapter i will list some of the best lane combos, worst lane enemies, and general champions which you can have problems with.
And that sums up the guide, i hope you liked it. I will of course update and reinforge my guide to keep up with patches and other guides. Based on feedback, i may write another guide, so please let me know how was this one, and give me some tips for the future.
Until next time, and good luck with sniping your enemies :)
Comments are VERY welcome ofcourse
Until next time, and good luck with sniping your enemies :)
Comments are VERY welcome ofcourse
You must be logged in to comment. Please login or register.