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.
The Xerath Qiyana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Qiyana, 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 Qiyana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Qiyana helps Xerath perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Qiyana, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Qiyana does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Qiyana on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Qiyana.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Qiyana on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Qiyana does a decent job of covering Xerath during team fights.
There is no ideal ally for Xerath that will always be his top ally. Yet, Qiyana is a below average ally for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, she decreases their win rate by -2.5% to 48.1%. This signals that there is a bad synergy between Xerath and Qiyana that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Qiyana has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be careful when finding Qiyana comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by pairing Xerath and Qiyana together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Qiyana ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to pair well with Qiyana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Xerath and Qiyana synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Qiyana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 48.1% when playing alongside Qiyana with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take 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 runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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