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How to Synergize Caitlyn with Darius on the Same TeamCaitlyn is in the a tier of champions

Caitlyn with Darius

How to Win With Caitlyn and Darius Paired TogetherCaitlyn is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Caitlyn and Darius

based on 13,166 Caitlyn with Darius pairs
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Caitlyn has been on the same team as Darius in 13166 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much great data from the makers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high-quality, accurate builds to help Caitlyn play with Darius. It is relatively rare for Caitlyn to play with Darius on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 3.5% of rounds with Caitlyn.

Caitlyn Darius Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Caitlyn has done a dismal job of teaming up with Darius. Usually, she wins an acceptable 48.7% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Caitlyn when fighting on the same team as Darius by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Caitlyn vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardNoonquiver

Core Caitlyn Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Guardian AngelTitanic HydraAxiom ArcOpportunity

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Caitlyn to level upq
>
Second ability for Caitlyn to level upw
>
Last skill for Caitlyn to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth
Caitlyn's passive ability p
Caitlyn's q ability q
Caitlyn's w ability w
Caitlyn's e ability e
Caitlyn's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Caitlyn and Darius

Tips for Playing as Caitlyn with Darius

Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.

Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.

Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.

Advice to Understand How Darius Will Play

Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.

Caitlyn Darius Synergy Stats

Caitlyn Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Darius Image
6.3
< Kills >
6.5
6
< Deaths >
6.1
6.8
< Assists >
6.6
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
175
< Minions Killed >
176
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.53
19,228
< Physical Damage >
19,608
1,455
< Magic Damage >
1,469
556
< True Damage >
556
21,239
< Damage Dealt >
21,634
19,390
< Damage Taken >
19,590
11,970
< Gold Earned >
12,107
2.49
< Towers >
2.53
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,415
< Total Healing >
5,450
12,566
< Experience >
12,664
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
89
< Time Dealing CC >
89

How to Play with Darius as Caitlyn in LoL

The Caitlyn Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Caitlyn sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Darius. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Darius helps Caitlyn perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Caitlyn plays on the same team as Darius, she observes a little decrease in her total damage output. This could indicate that Darius does not help protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Caitlyn is played together with Darius on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Darius.

Moreover, when Caitlyn plays with Darius on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Darius does a decent job of covering Caitlyn in teamfights.

Synergies between Caitlyn and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Caitlyn
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Caitlyn
Darius

Is Caitlyn better when played alongside Darius?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Caitlyn that will always be her best teammate. However, Darius is a very typical teammate for Caitlyn. By being on the same team as Caitlyn, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 48.7%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Caitlyn and Darius that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Caitlyn. That means Caitlyn players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Darius allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by aligning Caitlyn and Darius together, you may not be granting your side enough magical damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Darius ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Caitlyn Players

How We Calculated Our Caitlyn Darius Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Caitlyn and Darius, we analyzed 13,166 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Caitlyn with Darius comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to synergize with Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Caitlyn and Darius synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Caitlyn combined at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Darius than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing alongside Darius with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Caitlyn players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Darius with Caitlyn are given for every ranked division. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.