Caitlyn vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Caitlyn
based on 11,352 Caitlyn vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against 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 Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Caitlyn vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Caitlyn against Ahri matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ahri..
Caitlyn usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Ahri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Ahri
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Ahri?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when playing against Ahri, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a good counter to Ahri.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Ahri, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Ahri.
Additionally, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Ahri matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Ahri. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically gets a similar amount of CS as Ahri. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Ahri build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Ahri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Ahri with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Ahri as Caitlyn, you should use 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 runes players used for Caitlyn vs Ahri face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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