What is the best build for Caitlyn?

We do not publish a best build for Caitlyn, and the reason is worth thirty seconds. The most recorded Caitlyn bot build on patch 16.14 is Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge and Rapid Firecannon, in 423 games. A finished item set is read at the end of the game, so a build only appears once the game ran long enough to buy it, and a game that runs long is usually a game you were winning. Any share of wins taken from those games leans high for that reason on its own, which is why there is not one in this answer. The page lists every recorded build with the games behind it.

What are the best runes for Caitlyn?

The most recorded Caitlyn bot rune page on patch 16.14 takes Lethal Tempo out of Precision, with Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand beside it and Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm out of Sorcery. Players who ran it won 49.4% of 2,113 games, range 47.3% to 51.5%. A rune page is locked in at champion select, so that share is not inflated by long games the way a build is, but it counts who picked the page rather than what the page did.

Caitlyn build, patch 16.14

Q: What skill order should I use on Caitlyn?

Recorded Caitlyn bot players max Q, then W, then E. 1,056 recorded games on patch 16.14. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 99% of 1,049 Q-first games and 100% of 6 W-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

4,293 games of Caitlyn recorded on patch 16.14, across bot, mid, top, support and jungle.

Win rate

48.6% of bot games this patch

Pick rate

5.5% of bot games

Games

4,218 bot, patch 16.14

Rank in role

20 of 77 bot champions

Win impact against the average bot pick on patch 16.14: -1.0 wins per 100 games (range -2.2 to 0.3) 4,218 games Pooled

What most Caitlyn bot players build, patch 16.14

Build Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge and Rapid Firecannon, and run Lethal Tempo

The rune page they run

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Sorcery

Shards

2,113 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

The skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 1,056 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q		Q
W		W						W		W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Max Q, then W, then E. The level by level count.

423 games finished this exact set. It is the set recorded most often, which is a fact about players rather than about the items.

Share of those games that were wins, in percent 56.5% (range 51.7-61.1) · 423 games · Measured

Games that finish a build are games that lasted, and lasting usually means winning, so this figure leans high before the items do anything. It is how those games went, not what the build does to your chances. How far that can bend a number.

Caitlyn bot is the role with the most recorded games on patch 16.14: 4,218 games, of which 2,048 were wins. That is the role this page leads with. Measured on this page: bot and mid, the roles that cleared 30 recorded games.

wins -1.0 per 100 vs the bot average · 4,218 games on 16.14 · first-time players measured (3,870 games) · no clear move vs 16.13 (+1.0, range -7.8 to +9.8)

The build above is the one recorded most often, nothing more. Every recorded build, with its own games and its own share, is in the build list, in the order players built them.

Why this answer

A champion and role pair needs 30 recorded games before we put a score or a win impact on it: under that, a handful of lucky games moves a win rate by ten points. The same floor applies to a single build and to a single rune page, and anything under it prints its games and no number.

The share on that figure says how the games went, not what the build does to you. Nothing on this page measures that; the method note at the end says why.

What do most Caitlyn players build?

Item sets recorded on patch 16.14, most built first, never sorted by how the games went. The share is how many of a build's own games were wins; a build under 30 games shows its games and no share.

Caitlyn, bot

8 item sets were recorded in this role and 8 of them cleared 30 games.

Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge and Rapid Firecannon
56.5% 423 games
Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Rapid Firecannon
54.8% 407 games
Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards
51.5% 344 games
Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge, Mortal Reminder and Rapid Firecannon
51.8% 110 games
Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and The Collector
46.0% 87 games
Hexoptics C44, Infinity Edge and Mortal Reminder
42.9% 84 games

A finished set is read at the end of the game, so every share here leans high: games that last long enough to finish a build are usually games that were already going well. How far that can bend a number.

Caitlyn, mid

0 item sets were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

No mid build recorded yet

We have 37 games of Caitlyn mid on patch 16.14, but no item set repeated often enough to record as a build.

Read the rune pages instead

What runes do most Caitlyn players run?

Whole pages that players actually ran, most recorded first. A page is locked in at champion select, so long games do not inflate its share the way they inflate a build's; it still counts who picked the page rather than what the page did.

Caitlyn, bot

10 complete pages were recorded in this role and 7 of them cleared 30 games.

Lethal Tempo Precision with Sorcery

2,113 games

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Sorcery

Shards

2,113 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Lethal Tempo Precision with Inspiration

1,284 games

First Strike Inspiration with Sorcery

345 games

Fleet Footwork Precision with Sorcery

213 games

Fleet Footwork Precision with Inspiration

78 games

Hail of Blades Domination with Inspiration

75 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Lethal Tempo: 48.9% 3,421 games
First Strike: 48.1% 372 games
Fleet Footwork: 49.5% 293 games
Hail of Blades: 39.4% 99 games
Press the Attack: 49.0% 49 games

7 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

Caitlyn, mid

6 complete pages were recorded in this role and 0 of them cleared 30 games.

Lethal Tempo Precision with Sorcery

not enough games yet. 12 games so far, this needs 30. 12 games

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Sorcery

Shards

12 games ran this page exactly as it is drawn. We never stitch the most picked keystone onto the most picked second row and call it a page: nobody ran that one.

Other pages players ran

Fleet Footwork Precision with Sorcery

not enough games yet. 6 games so far, this needs 30. 6 games

First Strike Inspiration with Sorcery

not enough games yet. 6 games so far, this needs 30. 6 games

Keystones picked, one slot on its own

Lethal Tempo: not enough games yet. 17 games so far, this needs 30. 17 games
First Strike: not enough games yet. 7 games so far, this needs 30. 7 games
Fleet Footwork: not enough games yet. 7 games so far, this needs 30. 7 games

4 keystones were recorded in this role: one slot on its own, counted across every page that used it, so the share carries the rest of each page with it.

What skill order should I use?

Counted from recorded level-ups on patch 16.14, one player per game.

Max Q, then W, then E

1,056 recorded games on patch 16.14. Win comparisons only count games that ran long enough to finish the max: 99% of 1,049 Q-first games and 100% of 6 W-first games. Short games are missing from both sides, and short games are usually decided ones.

not enough games

Caitlyn bot skill path Each filled cell is the skill most players took at that level, from 1,056 games.
skill	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Q	Q			Q	Q		Q		Q
W		W						W		W		W	W
E			E											E	E		E	E
R						R					R					R

Levels 10 to 18

10 W, 11 R, 12 W, 13 W, 14 E, 15 E, 16 R, 17 E, 18 E

Almost nobody maxed W first, so there is nothing to compare. +1.6 wins per 100 games (range -8.3 to 11.5) 1,039 games Measured 1,033 games maxed Q first, 6 games maxed W first.

Caitlyn, mid

Not enough mid level-ups yet

not enough games yet. 9 games so far, this needs 30.

Caitlyn mid has 37 games recorded, but only 9 games of them carry level-ups. A levelling order off that many games is luck.

How we count level-ups

When do players buy each piece?

The pieces of the most recorded Caitlyn bot build, in the order players buy them. The time is the middle of the spread across every recorded game on patch 16.14, measured at the buy rather than at the end of the game: half the recorded buys of the item happen before it, half after.

Buy times, earliest first

Hexoptics C44: 12:06 768 games
Infinity Edge: 22:55 1,749 games
Rapid Firecannon: 24:14 390 games

The bar is scaled to the latest piece of the set. Each item links to its own page, where the whole spread sits beside the games behind it.

Who counters Caitlyn?

The opponents Caitlyn bot loses to most and the teammates Caitlyn gains the most beside on patch 16.14. The chip is the edge in wins per 100 games, and the games behind it sit under the name.

Hardest opponents

67 more opponents sit under 50 games against Caitlyn and are counted, not ranked. Every measured Caitlyn opponent, with the full table

Best teammates

Every measured Caitlyn teammate, with the full table

These numbers come from 108,616 ranked games we recorded on EUW, Korea and NA, found by following Diamond players and the people they play with. That is not every rank and it is not every region. Everything on this page is patch 16.14. Counted up to 24 July 2026.

How does Caitlyn rank?

Every role we recorded Caitlyn in on patch 16.14, scored or not. Win impact is measured against the average pick in that role on the same patch, and a role needs 30 recorded games before it is scored.

Caitlyn by role

bot B -1.0 wins per 100 games (range -2.2 to 0.3) 4,218 games Pooled: 51 4,218 games
mid C -0.1 wins per 100 games (range -2.3 to 2.0) 37 games Pooled: 44 37 games
top not enough games yet. 24 games so far, this needs 30.: not scored 24 games
support not enough games yet. 9 games so far, this needs 30.: not scored 9 games
jungle not enough games yet. 5 games so far, this needs 30.: not scored 5 games

Why no share of wins on this page says a build is good for Caitlyn

A finished item set is read at the end of the game. A player who bought the first two items and lost at twenty minutes never finished the set, so they are not in its row. Everybody in the row lasted long enough to buy it, and lasting is most of what winning looks like. The share those games won is pushed up by that on its own, before the items do anything at all, and the push is largest on the most expensive builds and backwards on the ones you buy when a game is going badly.

We know the size of it. In simulation, with every item's real effect set to exactly zero, an item read at the end of the game shows about 92% as a sixth completed item. A defensive item with a real 5 point benefit shows about 20 points the wrong way, because it gets bought when a player is behind. The measurement is here.

So this page counts and labels rather than ranks. The estimate that answers the real question is taken at the moment of the buy, from the state the purchase happened in, and it runs in the desktop app because it needs the game in front of it.