Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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 Pantheon 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, Pantheon sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xerath helps Pantheon perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pantheon is paired with Xerath, he gets a small increase in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Xerath helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pantheon is played with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xerath.
Additionally, when Pantheon plays with Xerath on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Pantheon during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Pantheon that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Xerath is a very typical companion for Pantheon. By being on the same team as Pantheon, he decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 49.2%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Pantheon and Xerath that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Pantheon. That means you need to be very careful when lining up Xerath comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Pantheon and Xerath together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of cover. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Pantheon to pair well with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Pantheon and Xerath synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Pantheon incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Xerath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pantheon boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when playing alongside Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Pantheon players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Pantheon and Xerath pairings, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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