Xerath vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Xerath
based on 7,862 Xerath vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Xerath vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Xerath vs. Vayne counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vayne. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Vayne. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Vayne
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Who is Better, Xerath or Vayne?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when taking on Vayne, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes an ok counter for Vayne.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate than Vayne, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Vayneas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Vayne matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Vayne. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Vayne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually accumulates less CS relative to Vayne. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Xerath versus Vayne build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Vayne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Vayne with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Vayne as Xerath, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Xerath vs Vayne face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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