Ahri with Xerath
How to Synergize Ahri and Xerath
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Ahri Xerath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Ahri and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Ahri with Xerath
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Advice to Understand How Xerath Will Play
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.
Ahri Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Ahri in LoL
The Ahri Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Ahri sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xerath helps Ahri perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Ahri tries to synergize with Xerath, she sees a barely noticable drop in her total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Xerath does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ahri is played together with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Xerath.
Moreover, when Ahri plays with Xerath on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Ahri during teamfights.
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Is Ahri better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no ideal companion for Ahri that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. However, Xerath is a pretty good teammate for Ahri. By locking into the same side as Ahri, he increases their win rate by 1.6% to 49.8%. This shows that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Ahri and Xerath that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Ahri. That means you should be cautious when arranging Xerath allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Ahri and Xerath together, you probably will not be providing your team much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Ahri in order to pair well with Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to build first in your Ahri and Xerath synergy build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Xerath than with most other common builds. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 49.8% helping carry Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Ahri players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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