Xayah vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Xayah
based on 5,792 Xayah vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Caitlyn
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Xayah vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Xayah versus Caitlyn counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Xayah typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Xayah or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a bad counter to Caitlyn.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate compared to Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Xayah also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Xayah is a trash counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Caitlyn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Caitlyn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Xayah versus Caitlyn build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Phantom Dancer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Caitlyn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xayah had an average win rate of 47.3% when playing against Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Caitlyn as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Xayah vs Caitlyn matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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