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How to Win Viego vs Xerath Counter MatchupViego is in the a tier of champions

Viego vs Xerath

How to Beat Xerath as Viego in LoLViego is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Xerath as Viego

based on 5,801 Viego vs Xerath matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Xerath as Viego resulted from an evaluation of 5801 ranked matches where both champs engaged each other. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Viego encounters Xerath in only 3.9% of their games.

Viego vs Xerath Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Viego has done a poor job of beating Xerath. Typically, they wins a acceptable 49.4% of matches the champs face each other in. In Viego against Xerath games, Viego’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, indicating that they most likely will get first blood against Xerath.

Best Viego vs Xerath Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Viego Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTrinity ForceKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Wit's EndSterak's GageThe CollectorSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Viego to level upq
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Second ability for Viego to level upe
>
Last skill for Viego to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Viego's passive ability p
Viego's q ability q
Viego's w ability w
Viego's e ability e
Viego's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Viego

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.

Viego vs Xerath Counter Stats

Viego Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Xerath Image
7.7
< Kills >
5.7
6.4
< Deaths >
5.3
6.2
< Assists >
9.8
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.3
35
< Minions Killed >
103
1.73
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.42
15,534
< Physical Damage >
616
2,199
< Magic Damage >
23,069
874
< True Damage >
790
18,608
< Damage Dealt >
24,476
34,150
< Damage Taken >
15,947
12,433
< Gold Earned >
11,008
1.39
< Towers >
1.65
0.41
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
16,893
< Total Healing >
1,345
14,098
< Experience >
12,908
22
< Vision Score >
38
6
< Wards Placed >
17
231
< Time Dealing CC >
182

How to Counter Xerath with Viego in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Viego against Xerath matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..

Viego typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Viego and Xerath

Damage Types Compared

Viego
Xerath
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Viego
Xerath

Who is Better, Viego or Xerath?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viego usually fairs equally well when taking on Xerath, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Viego makes an ok counter for Xerath.

While Viego does have a lower win rate compared to Xerath, when facing one another, Viego also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Viego into Xerath.

Furthermore, Viego has some amount of utility and CC, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viego vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Viego is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viego against Xerath.

Other Champion Matchups Against Viego

Viego Loses Against

NilahNilah45.5% winrateLeonaLeona46.3% winrateLilliaLillia47.1% winrateRammusRammus47.3% winrate

Viego Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZeriZeri55% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.9% winrateHweiHwei54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZacZac+ 54.4% 1237 GamesBardBard+ 54.5% 4147 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55% 19645 GamesSingedSinged+ 56.5% 3421 Games

Additional Information for Viego Players

How We Calculated Our Viego vs Xerath Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xerath as Viego, we analyzed 5,801 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Xerath as Viego comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Viego Build Xerath Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viego to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Viego most often picks up less CS relative to Xerath. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Viego versus Xerath build consist of Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better against Xerath than with most other typical builds. In fact, Viego had an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Xerath with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Xerath as Viego, Viego players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Viego vs Xerath face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.

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