Xerath vs Rumble
How to Beat Rumble as Xerath
based on 2,664 Xerath vs Rumble matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Rumble Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Rumble Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rumble as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Rumble
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 Rumble
Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.
Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.
Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.
Xerath vs Rumble Counter Stats
How to Counter Rumble with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Xerath against Rumble counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rumble’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rumble..
Xerath typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Rumble. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Rumble
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Who is Better, Xerath or Rumble?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rumble, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter to Rumble.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Rumble, when facing one another, Xerath also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Rumbleas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rumble. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Rumble matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Rumble. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Rumble.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
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How We Calculated Our Xerath vs Rumble Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter Rumble during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average gets a similar amount of CS as Rumble. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Rumble build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Rumble than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Rumble with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Rumble as Xerath, Xerath players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xerath vs Rumble counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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