Draven vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Draven
based on 12,552 Draven vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Caitlyn
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Draven in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Draven versus Caitlyn counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Draven usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Draven or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Draven does have a lower winrate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Draven also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Draven into Caitlynas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for 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.
Draven most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Draven versus Caitlyn build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Draven incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Caitlyn with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Caitlyn as Draven, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Draven vs Caitlyn matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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