Taliyah vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Taliyah
based on 3,998 Taliyah vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Caitlyn
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
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.
Taliyah vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Taliyah in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Taliyah against Caitlyn matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Taliyah usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taliyah and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Taliyah makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Taliyah does have a lower win rate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Taliyah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Taliyah also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Taliyah is a somewhat poor counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Taliyah against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taliyah 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Taliyah versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Caitlyn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Taliyah had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Caitlyn with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Caitlyn as Taliyah, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Taliyah vs Caitlyn fights, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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