Caitlyn vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Caitlyn
based on 4,687 Caitlyn vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Qiyana
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.
Caitlyn vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several vital Caitlyn against Qiyana matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Qiyana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Qiyana..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Qiyana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Qiyana?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when taking on Qiyana, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a good counter for Qiyana.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Qiyana, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Qiyana.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Qiyana matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion 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 Qiyana. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Qiyana during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often racks up a similar amount of CS as Qiyana. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Qiyana build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Rapid Firecannon. When Caitlyn used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Qiyana than with most other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 51.7% battling Qiyana with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Qiyana as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Caitlyn vs Qiyana clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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