Who to play with Caitlyn — best team synergies

Anyone standing in the way stops Ace in the Hole (R): The Hextech Ultimatum (R) seals the target inside a zone their allies have been shoved out of, so nobody is left to body-block it. In there they can't dodge Piltover Peacemaker (Q) either.

All Out (R) grabs the diver who reached you and slams him away from his team, rooted: an isolated, motionless target means a double-range Headshot (P) and an Ace in the Hole (R) with no bodies in the way. Meanwhile Footwork (E) dashes to you and leaves the shield.

90 Caliber Net (E) is your entire escape and an assassin eats it: Shadow Dash (E) taunts him before he reaches you and Spirit's Refuge (W) can blank his whole combo outright. Stand United (R) shields you from anywhere on the map.

Every tool you own is a skillshot or a stationary trap: Unstoppable Force (R) knocks up a whole group and hands you motionless targets at maximum range, where Piltover Peacemaker (Q) and Headshot (P) simply cannot miss.

Your card says you lose to anyone who closes the gap in two seconds: Steadfast Presence (W) turns that dash into a root on whoever used it. Against a team that just walks at you, though, Yordle Snap Trap (W) was already enough.

Against invisibility you simply don't exist, and Blood Hunt (W) gives true sight of the whole map plus a mark on the nearest enemy for 8 seconds. Then Infinite Duress (R) suppresses for a full second: a guaranteed double-range Headshot (P) and a target ripe for Ace in the Hole (R).

Frenzying Taunt (E) nails down the target that matters and forces him to beat on a ball of armour: held there, he eats Yordle Snap Trap (W), Piltover Peacemaker (Q) and Headshot (P) back to back. It's also your only peel once the net is spent.

Bushwhack (W) keeps up to 4 traps alive for two minutes on the chokepoints: permanent vision exactly where you can't see a flank coming, and what you can't see you can't trap or line a Headshot (P) up on. Your traps cover the fight, hers cover the map.

Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) is a 1.5-second area stun: two or more enemies frozen at maximum range is the exact condition where Piltover Peacemaker (Q) and Headshot (P) pay off, without you moving a single step.

Paranoia (R) blacks out their team's vision and isolates one target: that's the moment when Ace in the Hole (R) finds no bodies in the way. But Nocturne flies to the far side of the fight and leaves you with nobody peeling.

You can't hit what you can't see: Destiny (R) reveals every enemy on the map, and a revealed low-health target on the far side of the world is exactly the bill Ace in the Hole (R) settles. The Gold Card from Pick a Card (W) hands you the other frozen second.

There is no escape in your kit beyond 90 Caliber Net (E)'s recoil: Hero's Entrance (R) shields you from across the map and knocks up everyone who reached you, and Justice Punch (E) shoves the diver off you even before that.

Everything you own can be dodged; Pyromania (P) cannot: fully charged, Annie's next spell is a guaranteed one-second stun, the window where you drop Yordle Snap Trap (W) under their feet and cash in the double-range Headshot (P).

Ring of Frost (W) roots and Frozen Tomb (R) stuns on top: nearly three motionless seconds are worth two full Headshot (P) hits. And Frozen Tomb (R) can also freeze the diver who already reached you, which is how you die.

Pick her against teams that reach you with a dash: Unraveled Earth (E) stuns anyone crossing the field and Weaver's Wall (R) physically closes the road to you. Against a team that just walks at you, though, she solves nothing.

Dark Binding (Q) is a full two-second root at long range: time for Piltover Peacemaker (Q), the double-range Headshot (P), and a Yordle Snap Trap (W) dropped under their feet. Black Shield (E) blanks the hook that, with no dash, would kill you.

Dark Passage (W) is the escape 90 Caliber Net (E) isn't: the lantern shields you and pulls you out of a dive. On the other side Flay (E) shoves the target into the Yordle Snap Trap (W) you already placed, and The Box (R) walls off whoever is left.

Rocket Grab (Q) drags the target exactly where he stands, which is onto the Yordle Snap Trap (W) you placed in advance: root, then Power Fist (E)'s knock-up, then the double-range Headshot (P). One grab and the lane is over.

Twisted Advance (W) isn't a skillshot: it dashes onto the target and roots them, full stop. For someone who lives off motionless enemies that's a guaranteed Headshot (P), and Sapling Toss (E) in the bushes gives you the vision you need to place traps at all.

Zenith Blade (E) roots, Shield of Daybreak (Q) stuns for a second and Solar Flare (R) extends the chain: one of the longest single-target lockdowns in the game, and your damage only exists while that target isn't moving.

A pure attrition lane: Light Binding (Q) roots two targets in one cast and Lucent Singularity (E) slows them inside your range. But she brings no peel at all: if the other side knows how to dive, the two of you have no answers.