Jayce vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Jayce
based on 2,097 Jayce vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Xerath
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Jayce in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Jayce against Xerath counter stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath..
Jayce often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xerath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jayce and Xerath
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Who is Better, Jayce or Xerath?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jayce usually loses when trying to fight Xerath, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Jayce makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Jayce does have a lower win rate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Jayce also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Jayce into Xerathas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Jayce also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jayce 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 teammates during teamfights.
Jayce is a garbage counter to Xerath. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Jayce against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jayce to counter Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce usually gets more CS relative to Xerath. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Jayce versus Xerath build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Xerath than with most other common builds. In fact, Jayce had an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Xerath with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Xerath as Jayce, Jayce players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Jayce vs Xerath counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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