Caitlyn vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Caitlyn
based on 3,559 Caitlyn vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Caitlyn vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several vital Caitlyn against Taric matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Taric. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Taric. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Taric
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Taric?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when taking on Taric, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes a poor counter for Taric.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Taric, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Caitlyn into Taric.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. 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 Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a garbage counter for Taric. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn usually gets much more CS as Taric. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Caitlyn versus Taric build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Axiom Arc. When Caitlyn used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Taric than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when playing against Taric with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Taric as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip 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 sets players chose for Caitlyn vs Taric clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.
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