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How to Synergize Caitlyn with Xayah on the Same TeamCaitlyn is in the a tier of champions

Caitlyn with Xayah

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How to Synergize Caitlyn and Xayah

based on 217 Caitlyn with Xayah pairs
Win Rate
42.9 %
K/D/A
1.75
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Caitlyn has been on the same team as Xayah in 217 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much accurate data straight from the developers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can showcase robust, usable builds to help Caitlyn synergize with Xayah. It is very rare for Caitlyn to play alongside Xayah on the same team. This has only taken place in approx. 0.1% of matches with Caitlyn.

Caitlyn Xayah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Caitlyn has done a terrible job of playing alongside Xayah. Typically, she wins a lowly 42.9% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Caitlyn when playing with Xayah by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Caitlyn vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSerrated Dirk

Core Caitlyn Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterThe CollectorOpportunity

Optional Items

Youmuu's GhostbladeLord Dominik's RegardsInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Caitlyn to level upq
>
Second ability for Caitlyn to level upw
>
Last skill for Caitlyn to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Caitlyn's passive ability p
Caitlyn's q ability q
Caitlyn's w ability w
Caitlyn's e ability e
Caitlyn's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Caitlyn and Xayah

Tips for Playing as Caitlyn with Xayah

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 Xayah Will Play

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.

Caitlyn Xayah Synergy Stats

Caitlyn Image
Win Rate
42.9 %
VS
Win Rate
57.1 %
Xayah Image
6.4
< Kills >
6.5
6.9
< Deaths >
6.1
5.7
< Assists >
6.6
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
163
< Minions Killed >
176
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.53
20,588
< Physical Damage >
19,608
1,287
< Magic Damage >
1,469
722
< True Damage >
556
22,599
< Damage Dealt >
21,634
20,987
< Damage Taken >
19,590
12,206
< Gold Earned >
12,107
2.14
< Towers >
2.53
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,114
< Total Healing >
5,450
13,844
< Experience >
12,664
20
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
101
< Time Dealing CC >
89

How to Play with Xayah as Caitlyn in LoL

The Caitlyn Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 Xayah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xayah helps Caitlyn perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Caitlyn is an ally to Xayah, she gets a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This difference could signal that Xayah helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Caitlyn is played alongside Xayah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Xayah.

Moreover, when Caitlyn plays with Xayah on the same team, she on average takes more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Xayah does a poor job of covering Caitlyn during team fights.

Synergies between Caitlyn and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Caitlyn
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Caitlyn
Xayah

Is Caitlyn better when played alongside Xayah?

There is no perfect ally for Caitlyn that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. However, Xayah is a very bad companion for Caitlyn. By playing on the same side as Caitlyn, she decreases their win rate by -6.4% to 42.9%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Caitlyn and Xayah that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Xayah has a lower difficulty than Caitlyn. That means Caitlyn players don't need to be very careful when arranging Xayah teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Working alongside, Caitlyn players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by grouping Caitlyn and Xayah together, you will not be providing your team much magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Xayah ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Caitlyn Players

How We Calculated Our Caitlyn Xayah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Caitlyn and Xayah, we analyzed 217 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Caitlyn with Xayah comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to pair well with Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to use in your Caitlyn and Xayah synergy build include Bloodthirster, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn included at least these three great items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Xayah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 42.9% helping carry Xayah with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Caitlyn players should use 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 that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 42.9% winrate overall.

If you want to view Caitlyn with Xayah synergy tips and builds for a a particular player tier, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and tips and suggestions shown are calculated using every match with data with these champs.