Xerath vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Xerath
based on 5,771 Xerath vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Xerath vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Xerath vs. Blitzcrank matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Xerath often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Xerath or Blitzcrank?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually loses when trying to fight Blitzcrank, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes a poor counter to Blitzcrank.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xerath into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Xerath is a terribly counter for Blitzcrank. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Blitzcrank.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
Additional Information for Xerath Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually gets much more CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Xerath versus Blitzcrank build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Blitzcrank than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Blitzcrank as Xerath, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Xerath vs Blitzcrank counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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