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League of Legends Champion XerathXerath is in the a tier of champions

Xerath

Mage
Xerath is a mageRolemage
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Mana Surge abilityp
Arcanopulse abilityq
Eye of Destruction abilityw
Shocking Orb abilitye
Rite of the Arcane abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
support
middle

Xerath Build

based on 114,765 matches
Win Rate
51.7 %
Pick Rate
10.9 %
Ban Rate
14.7 %

How We Come Up with Our Xerath Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Xerath build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Xerath builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Xerath core items and runes for any situation.

Xerath Build Summary

Xerath is a a solid utility lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Domination Precision. Adding the selected runes shown below into your Xerath build will provide you the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Xerath players should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Xerath

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionControl Ward

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandLost Chapter

Core Xerath Items

~22 Mins
Luden's TempestRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Horizon FocusRylai's Crystal ScepterShadowflameShard of True Ice

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xerath to level upq
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Second ability for Xerath to level upw
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Last skill for Xerath to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Xerath's passive ability p
Xerath's q ability q
Xerath's w ability w
Xerath's e ability e
Xerath's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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E
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Xerath Matchups Overview

Xerath is Weak Against

MaokaiMaokai47.3% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench47.5% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank48.2% winrateGalioGalio48.4% winrate

Xerath is Strong Against

BraumBraum56% winrateSeraphineSeraphine55.9% winrateRenata GlascRenata Glasc55.3% winrateLuluLulu54.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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More Gameplay Tips for Xerath Players

Tips and Tricks

Arcanopulse is easier to land when your enemy is moving in a straight line towards or away from you.

Use Eye of Destruction to make it easier to land Arcanopulse.

Take advantage of Xerath's high range to stay far from enemies during the laning phase.

Additional Xerath Build Insights

League of Legends Xerath players will find him to be a difficult champ to build out properly. You will see that his build is modified when he is fighting either well-rounded or highly focused team compositions, demonstrating you should not select the same Xerath build every round of League of Legends

The most essential items to use in your champ's build include: Luden's Tempest, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. Those who added these pieces in their gear had a better winrate than players who used other Xerath builds. Likewise, if you are trying to beat a varied enemy team comp, you should really consider grabbing yourself the Domination, and Precision runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest number of his rounds when built with these runes.

We set our Xerath build suggestions by examining 114,765 recently ranked LoL matches with him in them. We only propose the highest winrate Xerath builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are very confident in our suggested builds.