Caitlyn vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Caitlyn
based on 5,515 Caitlyn vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Caitlyn vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several valuable Caitlyn against Jarvan IV counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Jarvan IV..
Caitlyn typically has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Jarvan IV. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Jarvan IV?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when playing against Jarvan IV, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a poor counter for Jarvan IV.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Jarvan IV.
Furthermore, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Jarvan IV matchups, Jarvan IV is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Jarvan IV. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn to counter Jarvan IV during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often gets much more CS relative to Jarvan IV. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Jarvan IV build consist of Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Kraken Slayer. When Caitlyn included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Jarvan IV than with most other typical builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Jarvan IV with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Jarvan IV as Caitlyn, you should take 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 combinations players picked for Caitlyn vs Jarvan IV clashes, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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