Xerath with Taliyah
How to Synergize Xerath and Taliyah
based on 1,014 Xerath with Taliyah pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Taliyah Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Taliyah
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 Taliyah Will Play
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
Xerath Taliyah Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taliyah as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Taliyah helps Xerath perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Taliyah, he sees a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Taliyah does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Taliyah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Taliyah.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Taliyah on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Taliyah does a poor job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Taliyah
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Taliyah?
There is no top companion for Xerath that will always be his best ally. Yet, Taliyah is a below average teammate for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, she decreases their win rate by -2.6% to 48.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Xerath and Taliyah that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Taliyah has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Taliyah teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xerath and Taliyah together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of AD. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Taliyah teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath in order to work well with Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Xerath and Taliyah synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Taliyah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 48.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Taliyah with this build.
To have the greatest chance 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. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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