Evelynn vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Evelynn
based on 1,568 Evelynn vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Xayah
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Evelynn in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Evelynn against Xayah counter stats that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Evelynn often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Xayah
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Evelynn usually wins when trying to fight Xayah, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Evelynn makes a good counter for Xayah.
While Evelynn does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when on opposite teams, Evelynn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Evelynn into Xayahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Evelynn also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Xayah matchups, Evelynn is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Evelynn is a decent counter to Xayah. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Evelynn against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Evelynn to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue 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 significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn usually racks up a lot less CS as Xayah. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Evelynn versus Xayah build include Lich Bane, Void Staff, and Stormsurge. When Evelynn incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Xayah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Evelynn had an average win rate of 51.1% battling Xayah with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Xayah as Evelynn, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Evelynn vs Xayah counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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