Viktor vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Viktor
based on 791 Viktor vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Xayah
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several vital Viktor versus Xayah matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Viktor often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Xayah
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Who is Better, Viktor or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when taking on Xayah, with a 56.1% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a fantastic counter for Xayah.
While Viktor does have a much higher win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Viktor into Xayahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Xayah matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Viktor is a great counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor in order to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Viktor versus Xayah build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Xayah than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 56.1% when countering Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Xayah as Viktor, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Viktor vs Xayah counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 56.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Xayah as Viktor are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.