Xerath with Garen
How to Synergize Xerath and Garen
based on 5,561 Xerath with Garen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Garen Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Garen
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Garen
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 Garen Will Play
Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.
Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.
Xerath Garen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Garen as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Garen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Garen, 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 Garen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Garen helps Xerath perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Garen, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Garen provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Garen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Garen.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Garen on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Garen does a poor job of protecting Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Garen
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Garen?
There is no one best ally for Xerath that will always be his best synergy. However, Garen is a decent ally for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, he improves their win rate by 1.3% to 51.9%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Xerath and Garen that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Garen has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Garen comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, Xerath players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Xerath and Garen together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough crowd control. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Garen teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to work well with Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Xerath and Garen synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Garen than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 51.9% helping carry Garen with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
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