Yasuo vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Yasuo
based on 10,027 Yasuo vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Xerath
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Advice to Win Against Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Yasuo vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Yasuo vs. Xerath counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Yasuo typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Xerath. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Xerath
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xerath, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Xerath, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Xerathas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Xerath matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Xerath. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo often picks up more CS as Xerath. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Yasuo versus Xerath build consist of Infinity Edge, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Xerath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Xerath with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Xerath as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Yasuo vs Xerath counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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