Xerath with Gwen
How to Synergize Xerath and Gwen
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Xerath Gwen Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Gwen
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 Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Xerath Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Gwen helps Xerath perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Gwen, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Gwen doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Gwen 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 with Gwen.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Gwen on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Gwen does a decent job of covering Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Gwen
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no top synergy for Xerath that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Gwen is a below average companion for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, she drops their win rate by -1.2% to 49.4%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Xerath and Gwen that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Gwen has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Gwen comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Xerath and Gwen together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of tankyness. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Gwen teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to work well with Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Xerath and Gwen synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Gwen than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when playing alongside Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Xerath players 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 combinations players chose for Xerath and Gwen pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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