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How to Win Ezreal vs Xayah Counter MatchupEzreal is in the b tier of champions

Ezreal vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Ezreal in LoLEzreal is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Xayah as Ezreal

based on 3,120 Ezreal vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.61
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Xayah as Ezreal came out of an examination of 3120 ranked games where both champs engaged each other. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Ezreal fights Xayah in only 1.4% of his games.

Ezreal vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ezreal has done a poor job of countering Xayah. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.9% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Ezreal against Xayah rounds, Ezreal’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Ezreal vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Ezreal Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaFrozen HeartSerylda's Grudge

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinManamuneNavori QuickbladesVoltaic Cyclosword

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ezreal to level upq
>
Second ability for Ezreal to level upe
>
Last skill for Ezreal to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ezreal's passive ability p
Ezreal's q ability q
Ezreal's w ability w
Ezreal's e ability e
Ezreal's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Xayah as Ezreal

Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Xayah

Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.

You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.

You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.

Advice to Win Against Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Ezreal vs Xayah Counter Stats

Ezreal Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Xayah Image
6.8
< Kills >
6.4
5.4
< Deaths >
6
7.3
< Assists >
6.5
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
176
< Minions Killed >
185
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.51
16,441
< Physical Damage >
20,013
7,496
< Magic Damage >
377
626
< True Damage >
391
24,564
< Damage Dealt >
20,782
20,446
< Damage Taken >
21,441
12,058
< Gold Earned >
12,177
2.35
< Towers >
2.39
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
5,719
< Total Healing >
5,207
12,998
< Experience >
12,998
17
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
99
< Time Dealing CC >
56

How to Counter Xayah with Ezreal in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several important Ezreal vs. Xayah counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah..

Ezreal usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ezreal and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Ezreal
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ezreal
Xayah

Who is Better, Ezreal or Xayah?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Xayah, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a poor counter for Xayah.

While Ezreal does have a lower win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ezreal into Xayahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Ezreal also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Xayah matchups, Xayah is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Ezreal is a somewhat poor counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ezreal against Xayah.

Additional Information for Ezreal Players

How We Calculated Our Ezreal vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Ezreal, we analyzed 3,120 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Xayah as Ezreal comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Ezreal to counter Xayah 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 listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ezreal on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Ezreal versus Xayah build include Muramana, Frozen Heart, and Serylda's Grudge. When Ezreal bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Xayah than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Xayah with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of beating Xayah as Ezreal, Ezreal players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ezreal vs Xayah LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.

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