Caitlyn vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Caitlyn
based on 5,000 Caitlyn vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Caitlyn vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some strategic Caitlyn versus Jayce matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Jayce..
Caitlyn normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Jayce
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Jayce?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when trying to fight Jayce, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a good counter to Jayce.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Jayce, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Jayce.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Jayce matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Jayce. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Jayce build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Jayce than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Jayce with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Jayce as Caitlyn, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Caitlyn vs Jayce counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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