Darius with Xerath
How to Synergize Darius and Xerath
based on 5,477 Darius with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Darius Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Darius vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Darius with Xerath
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Darius in LoL
The Darius Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Darius sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xerath helps Darius perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Darius is paired with Xerath, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Xerath helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played together with Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xerath.
Additionally, when Darius plays with Xerath on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Xerath does a poor job of covering Darius in team fights.
Synergies between Darius and Xerath
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Is Darius better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Darius that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Xerath is a very typical teammate for Darius. By locking into the same side as Darius, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 49.2%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Darius and Xerath that allows them to perform at the same level together than alone.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Darius. That means Darius players should be very careful when finding Xerath comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Darius and Xerath together, you probably will not be granting your side enough crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to work well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to include in your Darius and Xerath synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Darius used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Xerath than with many other typical builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average win rate of 49.2% helping carry Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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