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How to Win Vex vs Xayah Counter MatchupVex is in the b tier of champions

Vex vs Xayah

How to Beat Xayah as Vex in LoLVex is in the b tier of champions
Mage
Marksman

How to Beat Xayah as Vex

based on 1,166 Vex vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Xayah as Vex came out of an examination of 1166 ranked games where both champions opposed each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Vex fights Xayah in only 1.6% of their games.

Vex vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Vex does a good job of countering Xayah. On average, they wins a terrific 53.0% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Vex vs Xayah rounds, Vex’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that they most likely will get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Vex vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Vex Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

ShadowflameZhonya's HourglassMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vex's passive ability p
Vex's q ability q
Vex's w ability w
Vex's e ability e
Vex's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Xayah as Vex

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.

Vex vs Xayah Counter Stats

Vex Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Xayah Image
7.1
< Kills >
6.3
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
7.7
< Assists >
6.7
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
158
< Minions Killed >
178
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.3
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,383
< Physical Damage >
19,237
21,909
< Magic Damage >
376
886
< True Damage >
365
24,179
< Damage Dealt >
19,978
19,030
< Damage Taken >
20,850
11,338
< Gold Earned >
11,871
1.89
< Towers >
2.21
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
2,211
< Total Healing >
4,933
14,112
< Experience >
12,777
19
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
552
< Time Dealing CC >
53

How to Counter Xayah with Vex in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several significant Vex vs. Xayah matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..

Vex normally has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vex and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Vex
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vex
Xayah

Who is Better, Vex or Xayah?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vex usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Vex makes a good counter to Xayah.

While Vex does have a higher winrate compared to Xayah, when on opposite teams, Vex also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vex into Xayah.

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

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

Vex is a good counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vex against Xayah.

Other Champion Matchups Against Vex

Vex Loses Against

SingedSinged44.6% winrateIvernIvern44.6% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44.8% winrateLilliaLillia44.9% winrate

Vex Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc54.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.4% winrateJayceJayce53.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MaokaiMaokai+ 52.4% 2787 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 53.4% 10271 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.4% 3594 GamesAniviaAnivia+ 53.6% 211 Games

Additional Information for Vex Players

How We Calculated Our Vex vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Vex, we analyzed 1,166 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 Vex 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.

Other Useful Resources

Vex Build Xayah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vex 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vex on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Vex versus Xayah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Xayah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vex boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Xayah as Vex, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Vex vs Xayah fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.0% win rate overall.

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