Talk:Caitlyn/@comment-8506165-20140820152227/@comment-10428734-20140830163647

Headshot does NOT crit. The 1000 damage crit thing is only possible when attacking minions and monsters (100% + 150% from IE crit + 3x 50% from passive against minions and monsters). Headshot is actually only +10% DPS, stacking additively with critical strikes, which is actually pretty bad.

The 3 reasons why Caitlyn is popular are:

- She is by far the easiest ADC to play: Ashe has no repositioning tool so positioning needs to be perfect, Tristana is very easy to overcommit with and MF still needs to ult well to be useful.

- She is by far the most reliable ADC. Like old-Lucian (walk up, use Q, proc passive, auto-win trade), it is hard to "fail" as Caitlyn. She might not be the type of ADC that snowballs or hyperscales. But she is neither the type of ADC that feeds or falls off over time. She does not "hard-counter" anyone but she is not countered by anyone. Her only skillshot is super easy to land. She does not have to take risks to be useful. She is never wtf-strong but she is never bad.

- She is one of the best come back ADC (after Tristana, Kog and Jinx, in that order). As stated by Sonicknight, long-ranged ADC have the advantage that it is harder to notice their impact in teamfight. Of course, Caitlyn does not deal as much DPS as most other ADC. But if she can survive longer, does it matter? In fact, the fact that Cait deals safe/reliable/underrated damage makes it pretty easy for the enemies to throw. A good hook by Thresh, a bad engage from the enemy team, wrong focus, you are untounched in the backline, slowly dealing lethal damage. The enemy carries are already full-retreat mode, leaving their frontline behind. You kill their main tank, opening the way for your team to chase. Your support pops Talisman, the whole enemy team is flashing red. 650 range clean up crew. Even Dig pulled that off yesterday against CLG (with Trist though, but Cait ).

However, I agree that there is no reason to play Cait over Tristana at the moment. There IS definitely a reason to play Cait over Kog, Jinx (escape tool) or Lucian (range). But not over Trist (as much as Trist is my ever-favorite ADC, she definitely needs some heavy nerfs atm).