Xerath vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Xerath
based on 6,681 Xerath vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Xerath vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several vital Xerath vs. Pantheon counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pantheon..
Xerath often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Pantheon. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Xerath or Pantheon?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Pantheon, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter to Pantheon.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Pantheonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Pantheon matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Pantheon. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Pantheon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xerath versus Pantheon build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Pantheon than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Pantheon with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Pantheon 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 Pantheon face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Xerath are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.