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 Volibear synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Volibear, 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 Volibear. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Volibear helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is paired with Volibear, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This could indicate that Volibear does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Volibear 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 with Volibear.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Volibear on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Volibear does a decent job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, Volibear is a relatively poor teammate for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he drops their win rate by -2.0% to 48.6%. This shows that there is a bad strategic relationship between Xerath and Volibear that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Volibear has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when finding Volibear comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Xerath players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by grouping Xerath and Volibear together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of sustained damage output. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Volibear ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to synergize with Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Xerath and Volibear synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Volibear than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 48.6% helping carry Volibear with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Xerath players should use 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 sets players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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