Xerath vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Xerath
based on 4,917 Xerath vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Draven as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Draven
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 Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Xerath vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several critical Xerath vs. Draven matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Draven’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Draven. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Draven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Draven
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Who is Better, Xerath or Draven?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Draven, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes an ok counter to Draven.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Draven, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Dravenas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Draven. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Draven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath to counter Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically picks up less CS as Draven. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Xerath versus Draven build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Draven than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 50.0% battling Draven with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Draven as Xerath, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Xerath vs Draven battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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