Twitch vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Twitch
based on 5,961 Twitch vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Twitch vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Twitch vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Twitch
Tips for Playing as Twitch against Xerath
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
Twitch vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Twitch in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several influential Twitch vs. Xerath matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between these two champs. Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Twitch often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Twitch and Xerath
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Who is Better, Twitch or Xerath?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Twitch usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xerath, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Twitch makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Twitch does have a higher winrate than Xerath, when facing one another, Twitch also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Twitch into Xerath.
Additionally, Twitch has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Xerath matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Twitch is a decent counter for Xerath. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Twitch against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Twitch to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Xerath. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Xerath build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Twitch incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Xerath than with many other common builds. In fact, Twitch had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Xerath with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Xerath as Twitch, Twitch players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Twitch vs Xerath counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
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