Viktor with Xerath
How to Synergize Viktor and Xerath
based on 1,222 Viktor with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Xerath
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor 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, Viktor 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 Viktor perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Viktor tries to synergize with Xerath, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference may indicate that Xerath doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xerath.
Additionally, when Viktor plays with Xerath on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Viktor in teamfights.
Synergies between Viktor and Xerath
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Viktor that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, Xerath is a pretty good ally for Viktor. By being on the same side as Viktor, he improves their win rate by 2.3% to 52.5%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Viktor and Xerath that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Xerath has a lower difficulty than Viktor. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Xerath allies to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Viktor and Xerath together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates much sustained damage output. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to pair well with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Viktor and Xerath synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 52.5% when playing alongside Xerath with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.5% winrate overall.
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