Xerath vs Viego
How to Beat Viego as Xerath
based on 5,801 Xerath vs Viego matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Viego Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Viego Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viego as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Viego
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.
Xerath vs Viego Counter Stats
How to Counter Viego with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Xerath vs. Viego counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between this set of champions. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viego’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viego..
Xerath often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Viego. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Viego
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Who is Better, Xerath or Viego?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when playing against Viego, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter for Viego.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate than Viego, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Viegoas his relative depth means 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 Viego. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Viego matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Viego. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Viego.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Viego 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often picks up more CS compared to Viego. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Viego build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Viego than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.6% battling Viego with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Viego as Xerath, you should take 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 rune sets we have analyed for Xerath vs Viego fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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