Xerath vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Xerath
based on 3,113 Xerath vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Vex Counter Build
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Starter Items
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Core Xerath Items
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Guide to Countering Vex as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Vex
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.
Xerath vs Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several influential Xerath versus Vex counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vex’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vex..
Xerath often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Vex. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Vex
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Who is Better, Xerath or Vex?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Vex, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter for Vex.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Vex, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Vexas 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 Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Vex matchups, Xerath is the better champ 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 a good counter to Vex. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath in order to counter Vex during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically picks up less CS as Vex. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Xerath versus Vex build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Vex than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Vex with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Vex as Xerath, you should equip 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 sets we have analyed for Xerath vs Vex fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vex as Xerath are displayed for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.