Urgot vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Urgot
based on 2,848 Urgot vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Xerath
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Urgot in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several critical Urgot vs. Xerath matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Urgot often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Xerath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Urgot and Xerath
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Who is Better, Urgot or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Urgot usually loses when trying to fight Xerath, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Urgot makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Urgot does have a lower win rate compared to Xerath, when facing one another, Urgot also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Urgot into Xerathas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Urgot also has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Urgot is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Urgot against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Urgot to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot usually racks up more CS as Xerath. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Urgot versus Xerath build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Dead Man's Plate. When Urgot used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Xerath than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Urgot boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when playing against Xerath with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Xerath as Urgot, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Urgot vs Xerath clashes, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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