Draven vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Draven
based on 1,780 Draven vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Xayah
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Win Against Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Draven vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Draven in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several significant Draven vs. Xayah counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Draven typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Xayah
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Who is Better, Draven or Xayah?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Draven usually wins when trying to fight Xayah, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a great counter to Xayah.
While Draven does have a higher winrate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Draven into Xayahas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Draven vs Xayah matchups, Draven is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Draven is a great counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Draven against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven in order to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Draven versus Xayah build consist of Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and The Collector. When Draven bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Xayah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 53.4% when countering Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Xayah as Draven, Draven players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Draven vs Xayah fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.4% win rate overall.
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