Illaoi vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Illaoi
based on 2,763 Illaoi vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Xerath
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Illaoi versus Xerath counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Illaoi often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Xerath
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Xerath?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually loses when taking on Xerath, with a 46.2% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes a poor counter to Xerath.
While Illaoi does have a lower win rate compared to Xerath, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Illaoi into Xerath.
Additionally, Illaoi also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ 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.
Illaoi is a bad counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Illaoi in order to counter Xerath during both the lane 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 suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi typically accumulates more CS compared to Xerath. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Illaoi versus Xerath build include Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Sundered Sky. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Xerath than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 46.2% when playing against Xerath with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Xerath as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Illaoi vs Xerath counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.2% winrate overall.
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