Xerath vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Xerath
based on 15,872 Xerath vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Caitlyn
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Xerath vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Xerath versus Caitlyn matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..
Xerath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Caitlyn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Xerath or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter to Caitlyn.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Caitlynas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Caitlyn matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Xerath is an above average counter to Caitlyn. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Caitlyn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
Additional Information for Xerath Players
How We Calculated Our Xerath vs Caitlyn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average racks up less CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Xerath versus Caitlyn build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Caitlyn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 52.8% battling Caitlyn with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Caitlyn as Xerath, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xerath vs Caitlyn LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.8% winrate overall.
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