Yasuo with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Yasuo and Caitlyn
based on 20,497 Yasuo with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Yasuo Caitlyn Synergy Summary
Best Yasuo vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with 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 Understand How Caitlyn Will Play
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.
Yasuo Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Caitlyn helps Yasuo perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Yasuo plays on the same team as Caitlyn, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Caitlyn provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Caitlyn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Caitlyn.
Additionally, when Yasuo plays with Caitlyn on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Caitlyn does a poor job of covering Yasuo during teamfights.
Synergies between Yasuo and Caitlyn
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Yasuo that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Caitlyn is a relatively poor companion for Yasuo. By playing on the same team as Yasuo, she drops their win rate by -1.2% to 49.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Yasuo and Caitlyn that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Caitlyn has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Caitlyn allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, Yasuo players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Yasuo and Caitlyn together, you may not be providing your side enough magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Caitlyn ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to pair well with Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Yasuo and Caitlyn synergy build include Infinity Edge, Jak'Sho, The Protean, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Caitlyn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 49.4% helping carry Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Yasuo players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Yasuo and Caitlyn pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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