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How to Win Caitlyn vs Ashe Counter MatchupCaitlyn is in the b tier of champions

Caitlyn vs Ashe

How to Beat Ashe as Caitlyn in LoLCaitlyn is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Ashe as Caitlyn

based on 18,460 Caitlyn vs Ashe matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.05
Pick Rate
12.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Caitlyn did battle with Ashe in 18460 matches. Including so many games with Caitlyn vs Ashe gives us confidence in our ability to produce enlightening data and a recommended build to annihilate Ashe. This particular matchup is fairly common. Caitlyn has to counter Ashe in 12.3% of her games.

Caitlyn vs Ashe Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Caitlyn does a terrible job of countering Ashe. Normally, she wins a lowly 46.7% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Caitlyn against Ashe matches, Caitlyn’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that she probably won't get first blood against Ashe.

Best Caitlyn vs Ashe Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardNoonquiver

Core Caitlyn Items

~22 Mins
Duskblade of DraktharrRapid FirecannonThe Collector

Optional Items

Axiom ArcBloodthirsterPhantom DancerImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Caitlyn to level upq
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Second ability for Caitlyn to level upw
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Last skill for Caitlyn to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Caitlyn's passive ability p
Caitlyn's q ability q
Caitlyn's w ability w
Caitlyn's e ability e
Caitlyn's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ashe as Caitlyn

Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Ashe

Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.

Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.

Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.

Advice to Win Against Ashe

Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.

Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.

Caitlyn vs Ashe Counter Stats

Caitlyn Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Ashe Image
6
< Kills >
5.7
6
< Deaths >
5.8
6.3
< Assists >
8.4
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
163
< Minions Killed >
146
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.49
16,769
< Physical Damage >
14,332
1,350
< Magic Damage >
2,257
338
< True Damage >
354
18,458
< Damage Dealt >
16,943
17,621
< Damage Taken >
18,474
11,352
< Gold Earned >
10,955
2.22
< Towers >
2.1
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,314
< Total Healing >
3,583
11,938
< Experience >
11,944
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
9
74
< Time Dealing CC >
604

How to Counter Ashe with Caitlyn in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Caitlyn vs. Ashe matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between these two champs. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ashe’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ashe..

Caitlyn usually has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ashe. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Caitlyn and Ashe

Damage Types Compared

Caitlyn
Ashe
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Caitlyn
Ashe

Who is Better, Caitlyn or Ashe?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when trying to fight Ashe, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a bad counter for Ashe.

While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Ashe, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Caitlyn into Ashe.

Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ashe. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Ashe matchups, Ashe is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Caitlyn is a bad counter to Ashe. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Ashe.

Additional Information for Caitlyn Players

How We Calculated Our Caitlyn vs Ashe Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ashe as Caitlyn, we analyzed 18,460 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ashe as Caitlyn comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Ashe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Caitlyn usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ashe. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Caitlyn versus Ashe build include Duskblade of Draktharr, Rapid Firecannon, and The Collector. When Caitlyn combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Ashe than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when countering Ashe with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Ashe as Caitlyn, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Ashe counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.

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