Rek'Sai with Xerath
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Xerath
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Rek'Sai Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Xerath
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Understand How Xerath Will Play
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.
Rek'Sai Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai 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, Rek'Sai sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Rek'Sai perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rek'Sai plays on the same team as Xerath, he gets a little increase in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Xerath helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played with Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Xerath.
Moreover, when Rek'Sai plays with Xerath on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Xerath does a poor job of covering Rek'Sai during team fights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Xerath
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Rek'Sai that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Xerath is a very typical ally for Rek'Sai. By locking into the same side as Rek'Sai, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 48.7%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Rek'Sai and Xerath that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means you should be careful when lining up Xerath allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Rek'Sai and Xerath together, you probably will not be giving your team much protection for burst damage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai in order to pair well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to focus on in your Rek'Sai and Xerath synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Rek'Sai and Xerath pairings, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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