Darius vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Darius
based on 5,182 Darius vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Xerath
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Darius in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several vital Darius against Xerath counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Darius usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Darius and Xerath
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Who is Better, Darius or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xerath, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Darius makes an ok counter for Xerath.
While Darius does have a lower win rate compared to Xerath, when facing one another, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Darius into Xerath.
Additionally, Darius also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Darius is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Darius in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius usually gets more CS compared to Xerath. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Darius versus Xerath build consist of Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Darius used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Xerath than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Xerath as Darius, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Darius vs Xerath fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Xerath as Darius are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.