Taric vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Taric
based on 3,559 Taric vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Caitlyn
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some strategic Taric versus Caitlyn counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between these two champs. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Taric or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a good counter to Caitlyn.
While Taric does have a higher win rate than Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Taric also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Caitlyn matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Taric is an above average counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric most often gets a lot less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Taric versus Caitlyn build include Knight's Vow, Fimbulwinter, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Caitlyn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 52.8% battling Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Caitlyn as Taric, Taric players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Taric vs Caitlyn LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.8% win rate overall.
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