Caitlyn vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Caitlyn
based on 7,395 Caitlyn vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Vex
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 Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Caitlyn against Vex matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Vex..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Vex. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Vex?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vex, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Vex.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Vex, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Vex.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Vex matchups, Vex is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Vex. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Vex during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vex. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Vex build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Bloodthirster. When Caitlyn combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Vex than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 49.9% battling Vex with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Vex as Caitlyn, you 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 builds players chose for Caitlyn vs Vex counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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