Caitlyn with Ahri
How to Synergize Caitlyn and Ahri
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Caitlyn Ahri Synergy Summary
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Tips for Playing as Caitlyn with Ahri
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 Understand How Ahri Will Play
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Caitlyn Ahri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ahri as Caitlyn in LoL
The Caitlyn Ahri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ahri, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Caitlyn sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ahri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Ahri helps Caitlyn perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Caitlyn is paired with Ahri, she gets a small increase in her full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Ahri supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Caitlyn is played together with Ahri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Ahri.
Moreover, when Caitlyn plays with Ahri on the same side, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Ahri does a poor job of protecting Caitlyn during teamfights.
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Is Caitlyn better when played alongside Ahri?
There is no ideal companion for Caitlyn that will always be her #1 teammate. Yet, Ahri is a below average companion for Caitlyn. By locking into the same side as Caitlyn, she decreases their win rate by -1.9% to 47.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Caitlyn and Ahri that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Ahri has a lower difficulty than Caitlyn. That means Caitlyn players don't need to be cautious when arranging Ahri allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Caitlyn and Ahri together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough engage potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Ahri ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Caitlyn in order to synergize with Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Caitlyn and Ahri synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Caitlyn bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Ahri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 47.4% helping carry Ahri with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Caitlyn players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
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