Syndra with Xerath
How to Synergize Syndra and Xerath
based on 1,887 Syndra with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Syndra Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Syndra vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Syndra and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Syndra with Xerath
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Syndra in LoL
The Syndra Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Syndra sees a large worsening in her 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 Syndra perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Syndra plays on the same team as Xerath, she sees a little drop in her total damage output. This change could indicate that Xerath does not provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Syndra is played together with Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Xerath.
Moreover, when Syndra plays with Xerath on the same team, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Syndra in teamfights.
Synergies between Syndra and Xerath
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Is Syndra better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Syndra that will 100% of the time be her best ally. Yet, Xerath is a below average teammate for Syndra. By playing on the same team as Syndra, he decreases their win rate by -2.9% to 45.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Syndra and Xerath that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Xerath has a lower difficulty than Syndra. That means Syndra players don't need to be very careful when arranging Xerath allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Syndra players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Syndra and Xerath together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much sustained damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to synergize with Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to build first in your Syndra and Xerath synergy build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Syndra used at least these three great items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 45.8% helping carry Xerath with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Syndra players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.8% win rate overall.
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