Xerath vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Xerath
based on 10,249 Xerath vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Xerath vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Xerath versus Mordekaiser matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Mordekaiser. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Xerath or Mordekaiser?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when taking on Mordekaiser, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes an ok counter for Mordekaiser.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate compared to Mordekaiser, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Mordekaiseras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often picks up less CS as Mordekaiser. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Xerath versus Mordekaiser build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Mordekaiser than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 49.2% battling Mordekaiser with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Mordekaiser as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xerath vs Mordekaiser face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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