Xerath vs Warwick
How to Beat Warwick as Xerath
based on 6,517 Xerath vs Warwick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Warwick Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Warwick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Warwick
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 Warwick
Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
Xerath vs Warwick Counter Stats
How to Counter Warwick with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here feature some significant Xerath versus Warwick counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Warwick’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Warwick..
Xerath often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Warwick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Warwick
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Who is Better, Xerath or Warwick?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Warwick, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a good counter for Warwick.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Warwick, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Warwickas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Warwick. This 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 Warwick matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Warwick. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Warwick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Warwick during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually gets more CS compared to Warwick. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Warwick build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Warwick than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Warwick with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Warwick as Xerath, Xerath players should use 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 runes we have analyed for Xerath vs Warwick LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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