Fizz vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Fizz
based on 7,197 Fizz vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fizz vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Fizz vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Fizz
Tips for Playing as Fizz against Xerath
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
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.
Fizz vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Fizz in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Fizz against Xerath matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. Fizz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Fizz may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Fizz usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Fizz and Xerath
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Who is Better, Fizz or Xerath?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Fizz usually wins when taking on Xerath, with a 55.3% win rate. Therefore, Fizz makes a fantastic counter to Xerath.
While Fizz does have a much higher winrate compared to Xerath, when they face off with one another, Fizz also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Fizz into Xerath.
Additionally, Fizz also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Fizz vs Xerath matchups, Fizz is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Fizz is a great counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Fizz against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Fizz in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fizz usually accumulates more CS relative to Xerath. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Fizz versus Xerath build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Fizz included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xerath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Fizz boasted an average winrate of 55.3% when countering Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Xerath as Fizz, Fizz players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Fizz vs Xerath battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.3% win rate overall.
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