Xerath with Corki
How to Synergize Xerath and Corki
based on 946 Xerath with Corki pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Corki Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Corki
Tips for Playing as Xerath with 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.
Advice to Understand How Corki Will Play
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.
Xerath Corki Synergy Stats
How to Play with Corki as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Corki synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Corki, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Corki. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Corki helps Xerath perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is an ally to Corki, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Corki does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Corki on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Corki.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Corki on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Corki does a poor job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Corki
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Corki?
There is no top champion pairing for Xerath that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Corki is a very bad teammate for Xerath. By being on the same team as Xerath, he drops their win rate by -4.1% to 46.5%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Xerath and Corki that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Corki has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Corki teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Xerath players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xerath and Corki together, you will not be granting your other allies enough protection for burst damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Corki ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to pair well with Corki during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to build first in your Xerath and Corki synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Corki than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 46.5% helping carry Corki with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Corki with Xerath are shown for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.