Sivir vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Sivir
based on 826 Sivir vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Xayah
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
Advice to Win Against Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Sivir vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some important Sivir vs. Xayah matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between these two champs. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Sivir typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Xayah
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Who is Better, Sivir or Xayah?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when trying to fight Xayah, with a 46.4% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a bad counter for Xayah.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate than Xayah, when facing one another, Sivir also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sivir into Xayah.
Additionally, Sivir has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Xayah matchups, Xayah 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 late stage team fights.
Sivir is a trash counter for Xayah. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sivir to counter Xayah during both the laning 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 stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Sivir versus Xayah build consist of Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Xayah than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 46.4% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Xayah as Sivir, Sivir players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Sivir vs Xayah counters, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.4% win rate overall.
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