Caitlyn ARAM Mayhem Build

The Sheriff of Piltover. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #71 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MarksmanNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.0%
Pick rate: 12.7%
Rank: #71 of 173
Games: 2,941,197
Patch: 26.21

How to play Caitlyn in ARAM Mayhem

Caitlyn is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #71 of 173 champions, with a 50.0% win rate over 2,941,197 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 13% of games, so expect to see it on both sides.

92% of Caitlyn's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards, with a 50.0% win rate over 2,139,543 games. For boots, most players buy Berserker's Greaves, but Gluttonous Greaves rank higher.

The cards that do best on Caitlyn are Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny and Urf's Champion. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by attack damage. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Bread And Butter and Multishot when you can: they do worst on Caitlyn. A pair to look for: Draw Your Sword with Weapon of Destiny.

Take Flash and Cleanse (1% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max Q (Piltover Peacemaker) first, then W, then E.

Caitlyn ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Caitlyn game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

50.0% win rate · 85% of Caitlyn games · 2,139,543 games

Start

Long Sword
Guardian's Hammer

Core items, in buying order

The Collector
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards

Boots on the Crit build for Caitlyn, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	13%
No boots	35%
Berserker's Greaves	49%

Situational, after the core

Hubris4% buy it
Voltaic Cyclosword2% buy it
Endless Hunger2% buy it
Axiom Arc12% buy it
Bloodthirster23% buy it
Phantom Dancer4% buy it

Other build paths

Other Caitlyn build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
LethalityHubris, Axiom Arc, Infinity Edge		1.5%	49.8%

Games: the share of all Caitlyn games that went this way.

Most bought items

Infinity Edge87% of games
The Collector76% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards59% of games
Berserker's Greaves48% of games
Yun Tal Wildarrows28% of games
Rapid Firecannon25% of games
Blade of The Ruined King24% of games
Hexoptics C4420% of games
Bloodthirster18% of games
Gluttonous Greaves13% of games

Best augments for Caitlyn

Every card with enough Caitlyn games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Caitlyn's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

1escAPADeTier A
2Blunt ForceTier A
3Don't BlinkTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Caitlyn

7 S tier and 30 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Caitlyn in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Draw Your Sword	Prismatic	Tier S	You are now melee. Gain 24% Attack Damage, 24% Health, 20% Attack Speed, 20% Lifesteal, and 20% Move Speed (each further increased based on…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Still Here	Gold	Tier S	Gain 2% Attack Speed and 0.35% Lifesteal for each 1% of missing Health.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Don't Blink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 1% bonus damage per 10 Movement Speed more you have than the target.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Gift of the Drowned	Silver	Tier A	Bonus Health is converted into Lethality. (100 Health to 5 Lethality) Gain 10–25 (by level) Lethality.
Dual Wield	Prismatic	Tier A	When you Attack, fire a bolt that deals 40% damage and applies your On-Hit Effects On-Hit effects at 40% effectiveness. Gain 10% total…
Jeweled Gauntlet	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Abilities can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance (25%+4.5% Ability Power) Crit Chance.
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Zealot	Silver	Tier A	Gain (25%+5% Ability Power) Critical Strike Chance and (35%+5% Ability Power) Attack Speed.
Soul Siphon	Gold	Tier A	Gain 25% Crit Chance and 12% Lifesteal on Critical Strikes.
Jeweled Bracelet	Gold	Tier A	selected ability can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain 25% Critical Strike Chance.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Kill Secured	Silver	Tier A	Gain 60% Movement Speed towards enemies below 40% health.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Scopier Weapons	Gold	Tier A	Gain Melee 150 / Ranged 100 Attack Range.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Deft	Silver	Tier A	Gain Attack Speed 60% Attack Speed.
Upgrade Infinity Edge	Gold	Tier A	Gain 500 Gold. Having Infinity Edge allows your Critical Strikes to deal random bonus Critical Strike Damage, scaling up to 50% of your…
Endless Decimation	Gold	Tier A	Autocast a circular axe swing that deals physical damage every 8 seconds in combat. Enemies along the outer edge take increased damage…
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.

Average on Caitlyn
47 cards, best first

Below average on Caitlyn
26 cards, best first

Weakest on Caitlyn
8 cards, best first

Best first augment for Caitlyn

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Caitlyn's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny and Urf's Champion come out on top.

The best augments for Caitlyn in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Draw Your SwordTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S
2	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Bread and CheeseTier S	Draw Your SwordTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
3	Urf's ChampionTier S	Bread And JamTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
4	Mad ScientistTier S	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Still HereTier S	escAPADeTier S
5	Still HereTier A	Mad ScientistTier S	TotentanzTier S	Don't BlinkTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Caitlyn, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Cleanse1% of players · 51.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost68% of players · 50.4% win rate
Flash + Barrier2% of players · 49.7% win rate

Skill order

QPiltover Peacemaker
WYordle Snap Trap
E90 Caliber Net

Max Q first. 58% of players use this order (50.7% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Caitlyn in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 13.0 / 10.6 / 21.1
KDA: 3.60
Damage to champions: 39,632
Damage taken: 29,609
Self-mitigated: 14,688
Healing on allies: 6
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 23 s
Kill participation: 62%
Game length: 16:45

Damage type

Physical 92%Magic 5%True 3%

Questions and answers

What is the best Caitlyn build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Caitlyn: The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Caitlyn in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Caitlyn, best first: Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny, Urf's Champion, Hand of Baron and Mad Scientist. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Caitlyn good in ARAM Mayhem?

Caitlyn is tier B on patch 26.21, #71 of 173 champions, with a 50.0% win rate over 2.9 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Caitlyn in ARAM Mayhem?

For Caitlyn's first pick on patch 26.21: Draw Your Sword, Weapon of Destiny, Urf's Champion, Mad Scientist and Still Here, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Marksmen in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Caitlyn counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.