Xerath vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Xerath
based on 5,925 Xerath vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Ahri
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.
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Xerath vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several influential Xerath against Ahri counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ahri..
Xerath often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Ahri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Ahri
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Who is Better, Xerath or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Ahri, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter for Ahri.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Ahri, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Ahrias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Ahri matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Ahri. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath to counter Ahri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually racks up less CS as Ahri. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Xerath versus Ahri build include Luden's Tempest, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Horizon Focus. When Xerath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Ahri than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when countering Ahri with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Ahri as Xerath, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xerath vs Ahri LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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