Caitlyn vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Caitlyn
based on 10,768 Caitlyn vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Caitlyn vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several significant Caitlyn versus Vi matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vi..
Caitlyn typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Vi. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Vi
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Vi?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when taking on Vi, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a bad counter for Vi.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate than Vi, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Caitlyn into Vi.
Additionally, Caitlyn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a trash counter to Vi. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average accumulates much more CS relative to Vi. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Vi build include Guardian Angel, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Vi than with most other common builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 47.5% battling Vi with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Vi as Caitlyn, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Caitlyn vs Vi LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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