Lee Sin vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Lee Sin
based on 4,451 Lee Sin vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Xerath
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Lee Sin vs. Xerath counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath..
Lee Sin often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Xerath
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Xerath, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Xerath.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Lee Sin into Xerath.
Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a bad counter to Xerath. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Lee Sin against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Xerath. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Lee Sin versus Xerath build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Xerath than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 47.3% battling Xerath with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Xerath as Lee Sin, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Lee Sin vs Xerath counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.
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