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How to Win Ivern vs Xayah Counter MatchupIvern is in the s tier of champions

Ivern vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Ivern in LoLIvern is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Xayah as Ivern

based on 577 Ivern vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
3.61
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League matches each week. Within our dataset, Ivern fought Xayah 577 times. With so many games with Ivern versus Xayah gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare informative statistics and a solid build to shatter Xayah. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Ivern fights Xayah in only 1.4% of his rounds.

Ivern vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Ivern does a good job of countering Xayah. On average, he wins a terrific 53.7% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Ivern against Xayah rounds, Ivern’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Ivern vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Ivern Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserMikael's Blessing

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ivern's passive ability p
Ivern's q ability q
Ivern's w ability w
Ivern's e ability e
Ivern's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Ivern

Tips for Playing as Ivern against Xayah

Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!

Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!

Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!

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.

Ivern vs Xayah Counter Stats

Ivern Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Xayah Image
2.3
< Kills >
6.1
4.4
< Deaths >
5.9
13.6
< Assists >
5.9
0.5
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
19
< Minions Killed >
183
1.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.31
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.48
2,741
< Physical Damage >
19,150
5,950
< Magic Damage >
345
1,085
< True Damage >
341
9,776
< Damage Dealt >
19,837
17,017
< Damage Taken >
20,000
9,704
< Gold Earned >
11,835
1.89
< Towers >
2.31
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
6,257
< Total Healing >
4,769
12,544
< Experience >
12,298
26
< Vision Score >
18
7
< Wards Placed >
9
264
< Time Dealing CC >
59

How to Counter Xayah with Ivern in LoL

The stats shown here feature several valuable Ivern vs. Xayah counter statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Ivern normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ivern and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Ivern
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ivern
Xayah

Who is Better, Ivern or Xayah?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ivern usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Ivern makes a great counter for Xayah.

While Ivern does have a higher winrate compared to Xayah, when on opposite teams, Ivern also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Ivern into Xayahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Ivern has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Xayah matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Ivern is a great counter for Xayah. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ivern against Xayah.

Additional Information for Ivern Players

How We Calculated Our Ivern vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Ivern, we analyzed 577 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 Ivern 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

If you would like to truly master Ivern to counter Xayah 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 presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ivern typically gets a lot less CS as Xayah. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Ivern versus Xayah build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Xayah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ivern had an average winrate of 53.7% when countering Xayah with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Xayah as Ivern, you should take the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ivern vs Xayah battles, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.7% win rate overall.

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