Xerath vs Cassiopeia
How to Beat Cassiopeia as Xerath
based on 1,446 Xerath vs Cassiopeia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Cassiopeia Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Xerath Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Cassiopeia
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 Cassiopeia
Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.
Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.
Xerath vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats
How to Counter Cassiopeia with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Xerath versus Cassiopeia matchup stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Cassiopeia. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Cassiopeia. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Cassiopeia
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Xerath or Cassiopeia?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Cassiopeia, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter to Cassiopeia.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Cassiopeia, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Cassiopeiaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Cassiopeia matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is an above average counter for Cassiopeia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Cassiopeia.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
Additional Information for Xerath Players
How We Calculated Our Xerath vs Cassiopeia Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Cassiopeia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically racks up less CS compared to Cassiopeia. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xerath versus Cassiopeia build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Cassiopeia than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Cassiopeia with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Cassiopeia as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xerath vs Cassiopeia fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Cassiopeia as Xerath are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu above.