Caitlyn vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Caitlyn
based on 15,872 Caitlyn vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Xerath
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some significant Caitlyn against Xerath matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xerath..
Caitlyn often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Xerath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Xerath
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Xerath?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when trying to fight Xerath, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Caitlyn into Xerath.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a terribly counter for Xerath. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn usually racks up more CS as Xerath. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Xerath build include Lord Dominik's Regards, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Xerath than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average win rate of 47.2% when countering Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Xerath as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Caitlyn vs Xerath matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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