Elise vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Elise
based on 1,059 Elise vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Xerath
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
Advice to Win Against Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Elise vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Elise in LoL
The stats shown here show some significant Elise versus Xerath counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Elise usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Elise and Xerath
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Who is Better, Elise or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Elise usually loses when playing against Xerath, with a 42.2% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes a poor counter to Xerath.
While Elise does have a much lower win rate compared to Xerath, when facing one another, Elise also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Elise into Xerathas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Elise vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Elise is a trash counter for Xerath. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Elise against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Elise in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise most often racks up a lot less CS as Xerath. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Elise versus Xerath build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better against Xerath than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average winrate of 42.2% when countering Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Xerath as Elise, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Elise vs Xerath counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 42.2% win rate overall.
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