Xerath vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Xerath
based on 7,499 Xerath vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Aatrox
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Xerath vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Xerath versus Aatrox counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aatrox. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Xerath or Aatrox?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aatrox, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes an ok counter to Aatrox.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate compared to Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Aatroxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter for Aatrox. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Aatrox 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often accumulates less CS relative to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Xerath versus Aatrox build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Aatrox than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Aatrox as Xerath, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xerath vs Aatrox counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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