Evelynn vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Evelynn
based on 3,934 Evelynn vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Xerath
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 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.
Evelynn vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Evelynn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Evelynn vs. Xerath counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xerath. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Evelynn normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Evelynn and Xerath
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Evelynn usually wins when trying to fight Xerath, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Evelynn makes a good counter to Xerath.
While Evelynn does have a higher winrate compared to Xerath, when on opposite teams, Evelynn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Evelynn into Xerathas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Evelynn has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Xerath matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Evelynn is a decent counter to Xerath. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Evelynn against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Evelynn to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Xerath. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Evelynn versus Xerath build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Void Staff. When Evelynn used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs Xerath than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Evelynn boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Xerath as Evelynn, Evelynn players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Evelynn vs Xerath clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.
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