Pantheon vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Pantheon
based on 6,681 Pantheon vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pantheon vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Pantheon vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Pantheon
Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Xerath
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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.
Pantheon vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Pantheon in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Pantheon vs. Xerath matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Pantheon typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xerath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pantheon and Xerath
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Who is Better, Pantheon or Xerath?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pantheon usually loses when facing off against Xerath, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Pantheon makes a bad counter to Xerath.
While Pantheon does have a lower win rate compared to Xerath, when on opposite teams, Pantheon also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pantheon into Xerath.
Moreover, Pantheon has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Pantheon is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pantheon against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pantheon 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pantheon usually gets a similar amount of CS as Xerath. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Pantheon versus Xerath build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Eclipse. When Pantheon bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pantheon boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when countering Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Xerath as Pantheon, Pantheon players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Pantheon vs Xerath counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
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