Xerath vs Renekton
How to Beat Renekton as Xerath
based on 2,304 Xerath vs Renekton matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Renekton Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Renekton Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Renekton as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Renekton
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 Renekton
Keeping Renekton from being able to fight and gain Fury by continually harassing him will severely reduce the effectiveness of his abilities.
Pay close attention to Renekton's Fury gauge as that will usually signify when he is about to attack.
Xerath vs Renekton Counter Stats
How to Counter Renekton with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Xerath vs. Renekton matchup stats that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Renekton’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Renekton. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Xerath usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Renekton. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Renekton
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Who is Better, Xerath or Renekton?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Renekton, with a 54.6% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a great counter for Renekton.
While Xerath does have a much higher winrate than Renekton, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Renektonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Renekton. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Renekton 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 teammates during team fights.
Xerath is a great counter for Renekton. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Renekton.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Renekton during both the lane 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 presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often gets less CS relative to Renekton. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Xerath versus Renekton build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Renekton than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 54.6% when playing against Renekton with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Renekton as Xerath, Xerath players 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 sets players picked for Xerath vs Renekton counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.6% winrate overall.
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