Warwick vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Warwick
based on 17,033 Warwick vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Caitlyn
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Warwick in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Warwick vs. Caitlyn counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Warwick usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Caitlyn. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Warwick and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Warwick or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Warwick does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Warwick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Warwick also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick 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 allies during team fights.
Warwick is a decent counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Warwick against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Warwick to counter Caitlyn during both the early game 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 presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick most often gets a lot less CS as Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Warwick versus Caitlyn build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Caitlyn than with most other typical builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Caitlyn as Warwick, Warwick players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Warwick vs Caitlyn counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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