Xerath vs Lee Sin
How to Beat Lee Sin as Xerath
based on 4,451 Xerath vs Lee Sin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Lee Sin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Lee Sin
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 Lee Sin
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Xerath vs Lee Sin Counter Stats
How to Counter Lee Sin with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several strategic Xerath vs. Lee Sin matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lee Sin..
Xerath often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Lee Sin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Lee Sin
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Who is Better, Xerath or Lee Sin?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Lee Sin, with a 52.7% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter to Lee Sin.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Lee Sin, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Lee Sinas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Lee Sin 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a good counter to Lee Sin. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Lee Sin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter Lee Sin 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually racks up more CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xerath versus Lee Sin build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Lee Sin than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 52.7% battling Lee Sin with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Lee Sin as Xerath, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Xerath vs Lee Sin fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.
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