Xerath vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Xerath
based on 2,763 Xerath vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Xerath vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several influential Xerath against Illaoi counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Xerath or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a great counter for Illaoi.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Illaoias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Illaoi matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a great counter to Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often racks up less CS as Illaoi. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Xerath versus Illaoi build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Illaoi than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 53.8% battling Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Illaoi 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. Of all the rune sets players chose for Xerath vs Illaoi LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.
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