Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
The Corki Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Corki sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Corki perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Corki is an ally to Xerath, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This change may signal that Xerath doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Corki is played together with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Xerath. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xerath.
Moreover, when Corki plays with Xerath on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Corki during team fights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Corki that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Xerath is a below average teammate for Corki. By locking into the same team as Corki, he decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 46.5%. This shows that there is a bad strategic relationship between Corki and Xerath that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Corki. That means you must be very careful when arranging Xerath comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Corki and Xerath together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of engage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Corki in order to synergize with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Corki and Xerath synergy build consist of Muramana, Void Staff, and Eclipse. When Corki incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Xerath than with many other common item sets. In fact, Corki had an average win rate of 46.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Corki players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Xerath with Corki are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.