// Recommended builds

The best trait and item combination at every level, 2 stars, by DPS.

Every level and star level below

// Top items

What each item adds on its own, in DPS, with no other item.

Guinsoo's Rageblade+80
Giant Slayer+61
Red Buff+60
Deathblade+50
Infinity Edge+46
Last Whisper+42
Quicksilver+40
Kraken's Fury+38
Striker's Flail+33
Sterak's Gage+31
Hand of Justice+31
Edge of Night+24

Builds by level

Every combination of Caitlyn's own traits that a comp of the chosen level can reach, ranked by the DPS of its best 3-item build against three dummies with the team's shred, sunder and burn already on them. Numbers open the DPS Calculator with the same inputs. Levels 4 to 7 only use champions you can find at that level: up to 2-costs at level 4, 3-costs at levels 5 and 6, 4-costs at level 7.

Level
Stars
Debuffs on the enemies
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// Cast timeline

0 / 3mana at start / to cast
+10mana per attack
0.70attacks per second
0.11 sattack delay: from the start of an attack until it hits
0.46 safter the hit until it can cast or attack again
Step by step, in words
  1. No cast animation in the game files for this unit (passive kit).

// Itemized Roles

Ranged AD CarrySituationalGuinsoo's RagebladeGuinsoo's RagebladeDeathblade

2-cost ranged AD Specialist (game role tag, range 4). As the comp's damage dealer it takes the best calculated damage items. No cast animation in the game data (passive kit): only attack speed and on-hit items change its pace.

Ranged AD SupportSituationalLast WhisperRed BuffGuinsoo's Rageblade

2-cost ranged AD Specialist (game role tag, range 4). When another champion carries, it holds the team Shred/Sunder and Burn items. No cast animation in the game data (passive kit): only attack speed and on-hit items change its pace. One Sunder item and one Burn item for the team, plus the third item that adds the most calculated damage for Caitlyn (306 DPS at 2 stars against three 2-star tanks). Ionic Spark, Evenshroud and Sunfire Cape are left out: at range 4 their aura would not reach the enemies.

Ranged AP SupportSituationalVoid StaffRed BuffGuinsoo's Rageblade

2-cost ranged AD Specialist (game role tag, range 4). It can hold the team Shred and Burn items for an AP comp; its own AD damage does not profit from the debuff. No cast animation in the game data (passive kit): only attack speed and on-hit items change its pace. One Shred item and one Burn item for the team, plus the third item that adds the most calculated damage for Caitlyn (246 DPS at 2 stars against three 2-star tanks). Ionic Spark, Evenshroud and Sunfire Cape are left out: at range 4 their aura would not reach the enemies.