Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.
The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Xayah against Lulu matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lulu’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lulu. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Xayah normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Lulu. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lulu, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes an ok counter to Lulu.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate compared to Lulu, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Lulu.
Moreover, Xayah also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lulu. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Lulu matchups, Lulu is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter to Lulu. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xayah against Lulu.
If you would like to truly master Xayah in order to counter Lulu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah most often accumulates much more CS as Lulu. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Xayah versus Lulu build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Lulu than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 49.8% battling Lulu with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Lulu as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Xayah vs Lulu fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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