Xerath vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Xerath
based on 1,597 Xerath vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Xerath vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Xerath against Taliyah counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taliyah..
Xerath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Taliyah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Xerath or Taliyah?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 53.9% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a great counter to Taliyah.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Taliyahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Taliyah 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 allies during teamfights.
Xerath is a great counter to Taliyah. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Taliyah. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot 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 shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Xerath versus Taliyah build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Taliyah than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 53.9% battling Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Taliyah as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Xerath vs Taliyah battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.9% win rate overall.
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