Caitlyn vs Sett
How to Beat Sett as Caitlyn
based on 10,834 Caitlyn vs Sett matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Sett Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Sett Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sett as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Sett
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 Sett Counter Stats
How to Counter Sett with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several vital Caitlyn versus Sett matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sett’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sett..
Caitlyn normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Sett. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Sett
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Sett?
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 Sett, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a bad counter to Sett.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Sett, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Sett.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sett. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Sett matchups, Sett is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Sett. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Sett.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn to counter Sett during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sett. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Sett build include Phantom Dancer, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Sett than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when playing against Sett with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Sett as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Caitlyn vs Sett counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sett as Caitlyn are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.