Talk:Caitlyn/@comment-4499945-20140804062642/@comment-1330314-20140804100031

It depends on what you want to use them for:

If you want to use them for harassing, try to put them in places that will make it really uncomfortable for you opponent to last hit: gauge the distance they stay back to last hit your minions and lay traps along there. This will only really work if you're freezing the lane: if you're pushing or being pushed, the traps will only become mildly annoying. A good strategy is to push right to the enemy's tower, and lay traps under the tower so that it will be even harder for them to last hit there.

If you want to legitimately trap people, which is useful if you have a hard CC/kill lane support (,, etc.), try laying your traps at the edge of a bush oriented towards the enemy's turret (while invisible to the enemy lane). The moment they facecheck it, they'll get rooted. This is less useful past the laning phase, but I'd still recommend laying a few traps in the bushes around you in case you catch a low-health teammate and get to follow up with an ult.

If you want to use them in combat, there are two ways you can catch a target in your trap:
 * If you're alongside one or more teammates with hard CC, wait for them to use their CC and, the moment they do so, lay your trap directly under your target. By the time they emerge from the first round of CC, the trap will set itself up, and they'll be rooted.
 * If your target is moving towards you, lay your trap a little ahead of them, and between them and you. If they go around the trap, you'll be able to get a bit more distance, and if they go through the trap, they'll be rooted and you'll be able to kite them a lot better.
 * If your target is moving in another direction, just try to anticipate their movement and lay your trap about ~300 units in front of them. Again, either they'll get caught in the trap, or they'll be forced to maneuver around it.

You can also use traps as mini-wards, so if the enemy jungler looks likely to come over to your lane, lay traps in the bush (at the top edge of the river bush, at the center of the tribush).