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How to Win Twisted Fate vs Xerath Counter MatchupTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions

Twisted Fate vs Xerath

How to Beat Xerath as Twisted Fate in LoLTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Mage

How to Beat Xerath as Twisted Fate

based on 5,842 Twisted Fate vs Xerath matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently rated LoL rounds that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Xerath as Twisted Fate resulted from an examination of 5842 ranked matches where both champions engaged one another. This counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Twisted Fate has to counter Xerath in only 4.1% of his rounds.

Twisted Fate vs Xerath Matchup Summary

Twisted Fate does a average job of beating Xerath. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.5% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Twisted Fate against Xerath rounds, Twisted Fate’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Xerath.

Best Twisted Fate vs Xerath Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Hextech AlternatorLost Chapter

Core Twisted Fate Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapBanshee's VeilCosmic DriveRapid Firecannon

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Twisted Fate to level upq
>
Second ability for Twisted Fate to level upw
>
Last skill for Twisted Fate to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Twisted Fate's passive ability p
Twisted Fate's q ability q
Twisted Fate's w ability w
Twisted Fate's e ability e
Twisted Fate's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Twisted Fate

Tips for Playing as Twisted Fate against Xerath

Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.

Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.

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.

Twisted Fate vs Xerath Counter Stats

Twisted Fate Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Xerath Image
5.8
< Kills >
6
6.7
< Deaths >
5.4
7.6
< Assists >
9.8
1.36
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
175
< Minions Killed >
111
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.4
2,536
< Physical Damage >
612
17,974
< Magic Damage >
23,927
765
< True Damage >
753
21,277
< Damage Dealt >
25,292
23,792
< Damage Taken >
16,548
12,809
< Gold Earned >
11,299
2.2
< Towers >
1.67
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
3,379
< Total Healing >
1,480
14,951
< Experience >
13,137
18
< Vision Score >
38
9
< Wards Placed >
17
176
< Time Dealing CC >
180

How to Counter Xerath with Twisted Fate in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Twisted Fate versus Xerath counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Twisted Fate’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twisted Fate may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath..

Twisted Fate often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Xerath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Twisted Fate and Xerath

Damage Types Compared

Twisted Fate
Xerath
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Twisted Fate
Xerath

Who is Better, Twisted Fate or Xerath?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Twisted Fate usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xerath, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Twisted Fate makes an ok counter to Xerath.

While Twisted Fate does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when facing one another, Twisted Fate also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Twisted Fate into Xerathas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Twisted Fate also has some amount of utility and CC, 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Twisted Fate vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Twisted Fate is a somewhat poor counter to Xerath. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Twisted Fate against Xerath.

Additional Information for Twisted Fate Players

How We Calculated Our Twisted Fate vs Xerath Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xerath as Twisted Fate, we analyzed 5,842 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 Xerath as Twisted Fate 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 Twisted Fate in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Twisted Fate typically gets more CS compared to Xerath. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Twisted Fate versus Xerath build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Twisted Fate combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Xerath than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Twisted Fate had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Xerath with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Xerath as Twisted Fate, Twisted Fate players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Twisted Fate vs Xerath battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Twisted Fate versus Xerath tips and counter stats for a a particular rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are computed using all rounds played with both champs.