User blog comment:Darksusanoo/(Champion Rework) Caitlyn, the Sheriff of Piltover/@comment-4996845-20150517142746/@comment-4996845-20150519181919

Here's the deal though: (I do NOT like the sound of this phrase, by the way): the nerf to Cait's ranges does not put her BELOW most picks. It just puts her back in line. The man you should be looking at is Graves, as your kit pre-6 reminds me of his immensely. You've got instant-cast, skillshot poke skills and a panic button to get away if things go southwards. The diffrence being "scare them away and land some AAs while they run" vs "scare them away and land the other skill while they run". Not much thereof I think. They even have the exact same range if you look it up.

After 6... think about it. In order to tank your skillshot galore, the enemy diver has to close in on you. To do so, he has to drop any minion cover he might have and leave himself wide open to taking 'shots to the face. And when he closes in enough, you drop the stance, E away and wait for cds. With a little bit of practice and prediction, you should land 4 AA + W on him easy (as I mentioned previously, your Q is useless late, as the cast time + travel time would leave the enemy enough time to take a douche before it hits them). That's under 20 sec to achieve ulting, CDR not included (and a BC would be CORE to this setup). And then you ult.

Now, let's consider alternatives. You try to actually land W on squishies? It's just one skill and the enemy peeler SHOULD know better to catch it. The AA? Go minion cover. Or the diver. Or the peeler. They're damn collision skillshots, mate. And you can't even reposition to circumvent obstacles without dropping out of the fight anyway.

Now, I understand that you aim for Xerath-ish gameplay - but consider this. Xerath's skills had no travel time. Also, none of them could be intercepted. Sure, they were skillshots - but they were skillshots hand-crafted to be as effective at long range as they were up close. The range increase on your kit is pretty illusory, if you think about it.