Xerath vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Xerath
based on 3,166 Xerath vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Volibear
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 Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Xerath versus Volibear counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Volibear. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Volibear. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Volibear
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Who is Better, Xerath or Volibear?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Volibear, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter for Volibear.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Volibear, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Volibearas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Volibear matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Volibear. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Volibear.
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How We Calculated Our Xerath vs Volibear Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath in order to counter Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Volibear. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Xerath versus Volibear build consist of Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Volibear than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Volibear with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Volibear as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Xerath vs Volibear counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
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