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Caitlyn with Yasuo

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How to Synergize Caitlyn and Yasuo

based on 20,497 Caitlyn with Yasuo pairs
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
5.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Caitlyn has gone into battle with Yasuo in 20497 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much complete data from the makers of LoL, we are confident that we can produce high-quality, insightful builds to help Caitlyn play with Yasuo. It is somewhat uncommon for Caitlyn to play with Yasuo as allies. This has only occurred in about 5.4% of matches with Caitlyn.

Caitlyn Yasuo Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Caitlyn has done a dismal job of teaming up with Yasuo. On average, she wins an acceptable 49.4% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Caitlyn when fighting on the same team as Yasuo by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Caitlyn vs Yasuo Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Caitlyn Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsThe CollectorOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelVoltaic CycloswordBloodthirsterAxiom Arc

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste 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

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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10
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Guide to Synergizing Caitlyn and Yasuo

Tips for Playing as Caitlyn with Yasuo

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 Yasuo Will Play

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.

Caitlyn Yasuo Synergy Stats

Caitlyn Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
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6.3
< Kills >
6.5
6
< Deaths >
6.1
6.2
< Assists >
6.6
1.48
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
170
< Minions Killed >
176
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.53
18,793
< Physical Damage >
19,608
1,479
< Magic Damage >
1,469
553
< True Damage >
556
20,825
< Damage Dealt >
21,634
19,162
< Damage Taken >
19,590
11,788
< Gold Earned >
12,107
2.47
< Towers >
2.53
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,240
< Total Healing >
5,450
12,323
< Experience >
12,664
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
9
89
< Time Dealing CC >
89

How to Play with Yasuo as Caitlyn in LoL

The Caitlyn Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 Yasuo. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yasuo helps Caitlyn perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Caitlyn tries to synergize with Yasuo, she observes a little decrease in her full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Yasuo does not help protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Caitlyn is played with Yasuo on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Yasuo.

Moreover, when Caitlyn plays with Yasuo on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Yasuo does a decent job of covering Caitlyn during team fights.

Synergies between Caitlyn and Yasuo

Damage Types Compared

Caitlyn
Yasuo
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Caitlyn
Yasuo

Is Caitlyn better when played alongside Yasuo?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Caitlyn that will no matter what be her #1 teammate. However, Yasuo is a very typical companion for Caitlyn. By playing on the same team as Caitlyn, he raises their win rate by 0.1% to 49.4%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Caitlyn and Yasuo that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Yasuo has a much greater difficulty compared to Caitlyn. That means Caitlyn players need to be careful when finding Yasuo teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing together, Caitlyn players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by pairing Caitlyn and Yasuo together, you will not be giving your team a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Yasuo teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Caitlyn Players

How We Calculated Our Caitlyn Yasuo Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Caitlyn and Yasuo, we analyzed 20,497 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 Yasuo 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 in order to work well with Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to get in your Caitlyn and Yasuo synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Yasuo than with most other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Yasuo with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of crushing 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. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.

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