Akali vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Akali
based on 8,669 Akali vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Xerath
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Akali vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Akali in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several strategic Akali versus Xerath matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xerath. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Xerath
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Who is Better, Akali or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when taking on Xerath, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter for Xerath.
While Akali does have a higher win rate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Xerathas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Xerath matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akali is a decent counter to Xerath. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali typically accumulates more CS compared to Xerath. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Akali versus Xerath build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Xerath than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 50.3% battling Xerath with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Xerath as Akali, Akali players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Akali vs Xerath matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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