Aatrox vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Aatrox
based on 18,187 Aatrox vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Caitlyn
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
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.
Aatrox vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Aatrox in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Aatrox against Caitlyn counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Aatrox usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Caitlyn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Aatrox makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Aatrox does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Aatrox has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Caitlyn matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Aatrox to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Aatrox versus Caitlyn build include Kaenic Rookern, Sterak's Gage, and Spear of Shojin. When Aatrox combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Caitlyn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Caitlyn as Aatrox, Aatrox players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Aatrox vs Caitlyn counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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