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What decides the bot lane matchup: Caitlyn vs Vayne in League of Legends
What decides the bot lane
A tactical read of the bot lane matchup, written from LaneDiff's champion notes: what each champion threatens, and the one thing to do about it before three minutes. It is analysis, not a match sample, so there is no win rate on this page.
Caitlyn
bot lane · Lane bully
Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on.
She outranges everyone. Let the wave come to you and clear the traps under your tower.
Caitlyn's range and trap zoning own the first three levels; conceding the push and holding health beats fighting her at her spike.
Vayne
bot lane · Scaling carry
Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them.
Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes.
Vayne's short range makes her laning phase the worst of any marksman; every early death sets her spike back minutes.
Caitlyn vs Vayne: Common Questions
- Who wins Caitlyn vs Vayne?
- LaneDiff has not analysed enough ranked bot lane games of Caitlyn against Vayne to publish a win rate, and does not estimate one. What decides the lane is which player respects the other's threat first. Caitlyn: She outranges everyone. Let the wave come to you and clear the traps under your tower. Vayne: Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes.
- How do you play the Caitlyn Vayne matchup?
- It is a bot lane matchup between a lane bully and a scaling carry. Caitlyn's range and trap zoning own the first three levels; conceding the push and holding health beats fighting her at her spike. Vayne's short range makes her laning phase the worst of any marksman; every early death sets her spike back minutes.
- What should I know about Vayne vs Caitlyn?
- Vayne is a scaling carry: Weak now and unanswerable later, so the lane has to be settled before the game reaches them. Caitlyn is a lane bully: Wins the early trades outright and has to be punished on cooldowns instead of fought head-on. Vayne: Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes. Caitlyn: She outranges everyone. Let the wave come to you and clear the traps under your tower.
- How do I beat Vayne as Caitlyn?
- Vayne's short range makes her laning phase the worst of any marksman; every early death sets her spike back minutes. Deny her early. She's weakest pre-six and unstoppable if she free-farms twenty minutes. LaneDiff's live scan then tells you which Vayne you have drawn: their recent form on the champion, whether they are on a loss streak, and whether they are smurfing, because the player in front of you moves the odds more than the matchup does.