Ezreal vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Ezreal
based on 8,844 Ezreal vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Xerath
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Ezreal against Xerath counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath..
Ezreal usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ezreal and Xerath
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Xerath?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Xerath, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, Ezreal makes a bad counter to Xerath.
While Ezreal does have a lower win rate than Xerath, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Ezreal into Xerathas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ezreal has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Ezreal is a trash counter for Xerath. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ezreal against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ezreal in order 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal on average picks up more CS relative to Xerath. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Ezreal versus Xerath build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Ezreal bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Xerath than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Ezreal boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when playing against Xerath with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Xerath as Ezreal, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Ezreal vs Xerath fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.3% winrate overall.
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