Xerath vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Xerath
based on 2,125 Xerath vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Xerath vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Xerath versus Xayah matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Xerath usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Xayah
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Who is Better, Xerath or Xayah?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when playing against Xayah, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Xayah 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a good counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically racks up less CS as Xayah. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Xayah build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Xayah than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xayah 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 players used for Xerath vs Xayah clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
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