How to Win Xayah vs Draven Counter Matchup Xayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Xayah in LoL Draven is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Xayah

based on 2,175 Xayah vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Draven as Xayah came out of an examination of 2175 ranked games where both champs clashed against one another. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Xayah is forced to battle against Draven in only 3.1% of her matches.

Xayah vs Draven Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah has done a dismal job of beating Draven. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.0% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Xayah against Draven rounds, Xayah’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Draven.

Best Xayah vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
Kraken SlayerPhantom DancerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterThe CollectorRapid FirecannonInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level up e
>
Second ability for Xayah to level up w
>
Last skill for Xayah to max out q

Runes

Precision Lethal Tempo Presence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
Inspiration Magical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack Speed Adaptive Force Armor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah q ability q
Xayah w ability w
Xayah e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
11
R
12
W
13
W
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Draven as Xayah

Tips for Playing as Xayah against Draven

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Advice to Win Against Draven

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Xayah vs Draven Counter Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Draven Image
6.7
< Kills >
8
6.2
< Deaths >
6.8
7
< Assists >
6
1.54
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
161
< Minions Killed >
161
0.25
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,072
< Physical Damage >
21,690
515
< Magic Damage >
200
917
< True Damage >
632
19,504
< Damage Dealt >
22,522
19,846
< Damage Taken >
22,470
11,561
< Gold Earned >
13,270
2.27
< Towers >
2.42
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
2,744
< Total Healing >
4,675
12,409
< Experience >
12,281
18
< Vision Score >
15
8
< Wards Placed >
7
43
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Draven with Xayah in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize some critical Xayah versus Draven matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Draven..

Xayah often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Draven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Xayah and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Xayah
Draven

Who is Better, Xayah or Draven?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Draven, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a poor counter for Draven.

While Xayah does have a lower win rate compared to Draven, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Draven.

Additionally, Xayah also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Xayah is a trash counter for Draven. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Draven.

Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah

Xayah Loses Against

Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo 42.7% winrate Brand Brand 44.5% winrate Illaoi Illaoi 44.6% winrate Swain Swain 44.9% winrate

Xayah Wins Against

Azir Azir 58.6% winrate Yuumi Yuumi 57% winrate Kennen Kennen 53.9% winrate Nautilus Nautilus 53.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Tristana Tristana + 53.2% 603 Games Nami Nami + 53.3% 2392 Games Dr. Mundo Dr. Mundo + 53.3% 4988 Games Singed Singed + 53.6% 1153 Games

Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Xayah, we analyzed 2,175 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 Draven as Xayah 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

Xayah Build Draven Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Xayah to counter Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Xayah often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Draven. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Xayah versus Draven build include Kraken Slayer, Phantom Dancer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Draven than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Draven with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Draven as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xayah vs Draven counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.

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