Attacking a
Vulnerable
target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.
Use Behind Enemy Lines for traveling very long distances quickly, for farming minions around the map, or for chasing wounded targets.
Vault is powerful but must be used with caution, as enemies can attack Quinn when she strikes them. Vault can sometimes be used to cross terrain if your back is to a wall.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Quinn against Caitlyn matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Quinn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Quinn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn..
Quinn usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Caitlyn. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Quinn usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Quinn makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Quinn does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when facing one another, Quinn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Quinn into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Quinn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Quinn vs Caitlyn matchups, Quinn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Quinn is a decent counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Quinn against Caitlyn.
To learn all of the intricacies of Quinn in order to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Quinn often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Quinn versus Caitlyn build consist of Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Quinn used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Caitlyn than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Quinn boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Caitlyn with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Caitlyn as Quinn, Quinn players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Quinn vs Caitlyn counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Caitlyn as Quinn are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu above.