Rengar vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Rengar
based on 5,201 Rengar vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Xerath
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Rengar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Rengar versus Xerath counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Rengar often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rengar and Xerath
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Who is Better, Rengar or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rengar usually fairs equally well when taking on Xerath, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Rengar makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Rengar does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Rengar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rengar into Xerathas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Rengar has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Rengar is a somewhat poor counter to Xerath. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rengar against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rengar in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar on average accumulates less CS relative to Xerath. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Rengar versus Xerath build include Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rengar boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Xerath with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Xerath as Rengar, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Future's Market, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Rengar vs Xerath LoL games, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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