Caitlyn
Hardest matchups for Caitlyn in Bot (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Zed, 
Heimerdinger, 
Vel'Koz. Easiest: 
Cassiopeia, 
Ezreal, 
Varus.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into CaitlynOn the pro tier list
Caitlyn on patch 16.22
- Bot48.5%#49 of 51C30,481 games
- steady since 16.21
Caitlyn’s main role on patch 16.22 is Bot: a 48.5% win rate across 30,481 Emerald games, #49 of 51 Bot champions on the tier list (grade C), picked in 12.0% of games. Since patch 16.21, Caitlyn Bot has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.1 points across 269,801 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot99% of its games | B | 49.2%49.2% raw ±0.3 | 114,690 | 16.1%23.5% banned | 50.1%47.6% first time |
| Mid1% of its games | too few games | 46.4%41.8% raw ±3.6 | 747 | 0.1%23.6% banned | 50.3%46.3% first time |
| Top1% of its games | too few games | 46.7%41.5% raw ±4.0 | 612 | 0.1%23.5% banned | 51.3%46.0% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 47.3%38.1% raw ±5.9 | 278 | 0.0%23.5% banned | 50.9%46.6% first time |
| Jungle0% of its games | too few games | 49.3%6.3% raw ±24.5 | 16 | 0.0%23.5% banned | 51.3%47.2% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Caitlyn’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Caitlyn, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Caitlyn
Lane leads and team bans
What Caitlyn’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Caitlyn than the other team does in the same games (1,012,797 games). The other team banned before Caitlyn was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Caitlyn was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Caitlyn is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- Crit
50.9%110,738 games - Lethality
50.2%2,343 games - Mana stack
50.6%15 games - On-hit
50.9%11 games - AD bruiser
50.5%7 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Caitlyn does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
122,127 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Barrier49.1% · 102,334 games
Lethal TempoPrecision + Sorcery · 48.9%
Presence of Mind · Legend: Bloodline · Cut Down · Absolute Focus · Gathering StormShards: Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Support item: Bloodsong · 41.1%
Key items: Hexoptics C44 → Infinity Edge · 50.8%
Boots: Berserker's Greaves · 50.7%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Barrier49.1%102,334 games · 84% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Cleanse + Flash48.7%7,342 games · 6.0% pick rate · same players: −1.4 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Flash + Ghost49.9%5,459 games · 4.5% pick rate · same players: −1.9 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Exhaust + Flash49.2%5,923 games · 4.9% pick rate · same players: −2.0 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Keystones
First Strike + Sorcery49.2%7,621 games · 6.2% pick rate · same players: +2.0 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Fleet Footwork + Sorcery49.1%8,433 games · 6.9% pick rate · same players: +0.7 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended- Lethal Tempo + Sorcery48.9%81,465 games · 67% pick rate · the usual choiceRecommended
Lethal Tempo + Inspiration50.2%19,185 games · 16% pick rate · same players: −0.2 pts vs the usual
Minor runes with Lethal Tempo
- Presence of Mind49.0%94% take it
Triumph50.5%5.5% take it
- Legend: Bloodline49.1%95% take it
Legend: Alacrity49.1%4.9% take it
- Cut Down50.0%32% take it
Coup de Grace48.7%67% take it
- Gathering Storm48.9%100% take it
- Absolute Focus48.9%98% take it
- Attack Speed49.1%96% take it
- Adaptive Force50.4%3.6% take it
- Adaptive Force49.1%99% take it
- Health50.5%27% take it
- Health Scaling48.6%73% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Caitlyn’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Caitlyn’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Caitlyn does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Caitlyn wins 46.9%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 50.9%. That gap ranks it 119 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 190K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Caitlyn in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bot | 50.8%221W 209L | 27%27% in any lane | 55% counter | +232 gold | — |
| Mid | 49.8%0W 1L | 0%27% in any lane | 100% counter | +171 gold | — |
How much knowing Caitlyn pays
Players on their Mastery band win 4.0 points more on Caitlyn than first-timers do: #119 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Caitlyn players win 50.9%: #156 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 51.5% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
CaitlynDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Caitlyn ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Jinx, Jhin, Miss Fortune.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.