Yasuo vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Yasuo
based on 26,379 Yasuo vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Caitlyn
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some influential Yasuo vs. Caitlyn matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Yasuo usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when playing against Caitlyn, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a good counter for Caitlyn.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Caitlynas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Caitlyn matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Caitlyn. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Yasuo versus Caitlyn build include Infinity Edge, Terminus, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Caitlyn as Yasuo, Yasuo players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Yasuo vs Caitlyn counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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