Rek'Sai vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Rek'Sai
based on 1,826 Rek'Sai vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Caitlyn
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Rek'Sai against Caitlyn counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..
Rek'Sai normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a bad counter for Caitlyn.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower win rate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some 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 is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai in order to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Caitlyn build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Caitlyn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Caitlyn as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Caitlyn battles, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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