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League of Legends Champion XerathXerath is in the a tier of champions

Xerath

Mage
Xerath is a mageRolemage
DifficultyHard
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Mana Surge abilityp
Arcanopulse abilityq
Eye of Destruction abilityw
Shocking Orb abilitye
Rite of the Arcane abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
support
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Xerath Build

based on 90,038 matches
Win Rate
52.2 %
Pick Rate
12.2 %
Ban Rate
11.6 %

How We Come Up with Our Xerath Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Xerath build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Xerath builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Xerath core items and runes for any situation.

Xerath Build Summary

Xerath is a pretty good utility lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Sorcery Inspiration. Adding the highlighted runes shown below into your Xerath build will give you the additional stats to guarantee he plays well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Xerath players should focus on building up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Xerath

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionControl Ward

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandLost Chapter

Core Xerath Items

~22 Mins
Liandry's AnguishRabadon's DeathcapShard of True IceSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterHorizon FocusShadowflameVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xerath to level upq
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Second ability for Xerath to level upw
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Last skill for Xerath to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Xerath's passive ability p
Xerath's q ability q
Xerath's w ability w
Xerath's e ability e
Xerath's ultimate ability r
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Xerath Matchups Overview

Xerath is Weak Against

GalioGalio45.4% winrateMaokaiMaokai47.3% winrateSonaSona47.8% winrateAlistarAlistar48.5% winrate

Xerath is Strong Against

YuumiYuumi57.4% winrateSwainSwain55.9% winrateBrandBrand55.6% winrateNeekoNeeko55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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More Gameplay Tips for Xerath Players

Tips and Tricks

Arcanopulse is easier to land when your enemy is moving in a straight line towards or away from you.

Use Eye of Destruction to make it easier to land Arcanopulse.

Take advantage of Xerath's high range to stay far from enemies during the laning phase.

Additional Xerath Build Insights

League of Legends Xerath players will likely find him to be a difficult champion to build out properly. You'll see that his build is modified when he is up against either generic or specialized team compositions, showing you should not follow the same Xerath build every single game of League of Legends

The most critical items to incorporate into your champ's build are: Liandry's Anguish, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shard of True Ice. Players who added these items in their builds had a better winrate than those who utilized other Xerath builds. Likewise, if you are trying to beat a varied enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting Xerath the Sorcery, and Inspiration runes. In recent matches, he won the largest number of his games when using these runes.

We came up with our Xerath build recommendations by analyzing 90,038 recently ranked League rounds with him in them. We only propose the highest winrate Xerath builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to suggest them. With so many rounds in our data, we are very confident in our provided builds.