Xerath vs Urgot
How to Beat Urgot as Xerath
based on 2,848 Xerath vs Urgot matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Urgot Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Urgot Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Urgot as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Urgot
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 Urgot
If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.
Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.
Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.
Xerath vs Urgot Counter Stats
How to Counter Urgot with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Xerath against Urgot matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Urgot’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Urgot. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Xerath usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Urgot. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Urgot
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Who is Better, Xerath or Urgot?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Urgot, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter for Urgot.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Urgot, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Urgotas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Urgot. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Urgot matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Urgot. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Urgot.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Urgot during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually accumulates less CS relative to Urgot. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Urgot build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Shadowflame. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Urgot than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 51.5% when playing against Urgot with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Urgot 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 runes players picked for Xerath vs Urgot matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Urgot as Xerath are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.