Taliyah vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Taliyah
based on 1,597 Taliyah vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Xerath
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
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.
Taliyah vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Taliyah in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Taliyah versus Xerath counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Taliyah typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taliyah and Xerath
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually loses when facing off against Xerath, with a 46.1% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes a bad counter to Xerath.
While Taliyah does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Taliyah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Taliyah into Xerath.
Moreover, Taliyah has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Taliyah is a terribly counter for Xerath. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taliyah against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taliyah in order to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Xerath. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Taliyah versus Xerath build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Xerath than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Taliyah had an average winrate of 46.1% when countering Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Xerath as Taliyah, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Taliyah vs Xerath LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.1% win rate overall.
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