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Caitlyn
CHAMPION · ADC

Caitlyn

Verified across 3 sourcesLast updated · 2026-05-26
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01

Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
“You can try on Kaiser as well. I also tried it on Kaiser. can work pretty well because of ragelade and the way uh ragelade interacts with on hit ability or on hits the your uh with ragelade you can't crit but every single crit item that you build you gain bonus on hit damage so you can actually build no quick blades on on somebody's on hit champions and it might be better than somebody's crit champions to build honestly like it's kind of crazy but yeah Kog'more infinite range with his second ability you can stay at so far range during team fights and you could do stupid amount of damage like the range that Kog'more has and the damage you're able to deal is like early Caitlyn days with how crazy it is. And of course, Vain, not really too much to say about Vain.”
— itzstu4rt · patch 7.1b · (59:21)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
02

Tier history

4 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1eroyaladcA=2026-05-17—
7.1ditzstu4rtadcA·2026-05-08—
7.1droyaladcA·2026-05-08—
7.1hellsdeviladcS+·2026-05-08—
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR49.12%PR21.63%BR2.95%
Items (in order)
The Collector
The CollectorExecute low health champions
  • +45 Attack Damage
  • +25% Critical Rate

Killer: +10 Armor Penetration.

Death and Taxes: Dealing damage that would leave an enemy champion below (4% + 2% Critical Rate) of their max Health executes them, permanently increases the max Health percentage execution threshold by 0.1%, and grants 25 bonus gold.

3000 gold
›
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous GreavesAttack Damage, Omnivamp
  • +10 Attack Damage
  • +45 Move Speed.

Conversion: +7% Omnivamp.

900 gold
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Magnetic Blaster
Magnetic BlasterIncreases attack range and damage
  • +25% Critical Rate
  • +35% Attack Speed

Fervor: +5% Move Speed.

Energized: Moving and attacking will generate an Energized Attack.

Power Blitz: Energized Attacks gain 100 range (50 range for melee attacks), deal 40-100 bonus magic damage, and grant 60 Movement Speed for 0.75 seconds. This damage bounces to 5 nearby enemies and can Critically Strike.(Deals 50-80% bonus damage against minions.)

3000 gold
›
Infinity Edge
Infinity EdgeIncreases Critical Strike Damage
  • +60 Attack Damage
  • +25% Critical Rate

Infinity: Critical Strikes deal 205% damage instead of 175%.

Limit Break: When your total gain from items exceeds 100%, every 1% excess grants 0.6 bonus Critical Damage.

3400 gold
›
Dominik's Regards
Dominik’s RegardsAlready equipped with percentage armor penetration and bonus damage, but lacks durability
  • +25 Attack Damage
  • +36% Armor Penetration
  • +25% Critical Rate

Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the target’s bonus Health. At 1500 bonus Health, the bonus damage is increased up to 15%.

3300 gold
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Bloodthirster
BloodthirsterIncreases Physical Vamp
  • +55 Attack Damage
  • +250 Max Health
  • +25% Critical Rate

Bloody: +8% Physical Vamp, Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 4% Physical Vamp.

3000 gold
Runes
Lethal Tempo
KeystoneLethal Tempo
Lethal TempoKeystone

Gain stackable Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed your Attack Speed cap. Each stack increases Attack Speed by 8 – 16% (melee) or 3 – 10% (ranged) for 6 seconds. At max stacks, gain 50 (melee) or 75 (ranged) Attack Distance.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Brutal
BrutalMinor · Precision

Attacks deal 6 (+ 8% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Coup de Grace
Coup de GraceMinor · Precision

When an enemy has less than 40% health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: AlacrityMinor · Precision

Gain 3% bonus attack speed when engaging in taking down monsters, enemy champions and minions, up to 20% at maximum stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
Q›W›E
Spells
FlashFlashExhaustExhaust

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-caitlyn-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Mortal Reminder instead of Dominik's Regards — vs HP/armor stacking or high-healing enemies
  • Guardian Angel — for defensive needs vs burst damage
  • Quicksilver Enchant (boot) — for CC removal; Galeforce — for mobility/offense

Counters / threats: Kog'Maw, Leona, Tristana, Lucian, Nautilus

04

Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (HellsDevil, 7.1)
patch 7.1

Generated by /wr-extract from HellsDevil's patch 7.1 video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1 analysis (HellsDevil) sections above. Adc "Has a ton and ton of damage and has that big ultimate as So, definitely broken tier. S plus tier is Caitlyn. Caitlyn is good." (21:56)

hellsdevilauto· Adc
patch 7.1·adc

“Has a ton and ton of damage and has that big ultimate as So, definitely broken tier. S plus tier is Caitlyn. Caitlyn is good.”(21:56)

itzstu4rtauto· Auto-extracted commentary (iTzSTU4RT, 7.1b)
patch 7.1b

Generated by /wr-extract from iTzSTU4RT's patch 7.1b video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1b analysis (iTzSTU4RT) sections above. Adc "You can try on Kaiser as well. I also tried it on Kaiser. can work pretty well because of ragelade and the way uh ragelade interacts with on hit ability or on hits the your uh with ragelade you can't crit but every single crit item that you build you gain bonus on hit damage so you can actually build no quick blades on on somebody's on hit champions and it might be better than somebody's crit champions to build honestly like it's kind of crazy but yeah Kog'more infinite range with his second ability you can stay at so far range during team fights and you could do stupid amount of damage like the range that Kog'more has and the damage you're able to deal is like early Caitlyn days with how crazy it is. And of course, Vain, not really too much to say about Vain." (59:21) "Visibility is okay, but outside of that, it's pretty mid. And Zer is just not as strong as a hyper carrier as some of these other champions. uh like the likes of Jinx, Caitlyn, you know, uh Kaiser, I think Zary is very very far behind in terms of damage and then not really used as an AD carry overall." (01:05:10)

itzstu4rtauto· Adc
patch 7.1b·adc

“You can try on Kaiser as well. I also tried it on Kaiser. can work pretty well because of ragelade and the way uh ragelade interacts with on hit ability or on hits the your uh with ragelade you can't crit but every single crit item that you build you gain bonus on hit damage so you can actually build no quick blades on on somebody's on hit champions and it might be better than somebody's crit champions to build honestly like it's kind of crazy but yeah Kog'more infinite range with his second ability you can stay at so far range during team fights and you could do stupid amount of damage like the range that Kog'more has and the damage you're able to deal is like early Caitlyn days with how crazy it is. And of course, Vain, not really too much to say about Vain.”(59:21)

“Visibility is okay, but outside of that, it's pretty mid. And Zer is just not as strong as a hyper carrier as some of these other champions. uh like the likes of Jinx, Caitlyn, you know, uh Kaiser, I think Zary is very very far behind in terms of damage and then not really used as an AD carry overall.”(01:05:10)

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Patch notes

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