Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several valuable Udyr vs. Caitlyn counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between these two champs. As an example, Udyr’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Udyr may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Udyr typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Udyr usually fairs equally well when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Udyr makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Udyr does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when facing one another, Udyr also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Udyr into Caitlynas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Udyr also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Udyr vs Caitlyn matchups, Udyr is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Udyr is a decent counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Udyr against Caitlyn.
If you would like to truly master Udyr to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Udyr most often gets less CS as Caitlyn. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Udyr versus Caitlyn build include Trinity Force, Blade of The Ruined King, and Force of Nature. When Udyr combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Caitlyn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Udyr had an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Caitlyn as Udyr, Udyr players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Udyr vs Caitlyn counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Caitlyn as Udyr are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.