Caitlyn vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Caitlyn
based on 8,559 Caitlyn vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Caitlyn vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Caitlyn vs. Syndra counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Syndra’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Syndra..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Syndra. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Syndra
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Syndra?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when playing against Syndra, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Syndra.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Syndra, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Syndra.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Syndra matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter to Syndra. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Syndra 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 shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Syndra. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Caitlyn versus Syndra build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Syndra than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 50.1% battling Syndra with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Syndra as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players 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 used for Caitlyn vs Syndra counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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