Lulu vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Lulu
based on 5,517 Lulu vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lulu vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Lulu vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Lulu
Tips for Playing as Lulu against Caitlyn
Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.
Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.
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.
Lulu vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Lulu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Lulu versus Caitlyn matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Lulu usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lulu and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Lulu or Caitlyn?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lulu usually loses when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Lulu makes a poor counter to Caitlyn.
While Lulu does have a lower winrate compared to Caitlyn, when facing one another, Lulu also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Lulu into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Lulu has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lulu vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lulu is a bad counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lulu against Caitlyn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Lulu
Additional Information for Lulu Players
How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Caitlyn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lulu to counter Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lulu typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lulu versus Caitlyn build include Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Lulu bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Caitlyn than with many other common builds. In fact, Lulu had an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Caitlyn as Lulu, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Lulu vs Caitlyn counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
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