Volibear with Xerath
How to Synergize Volibear and Xerath
based on 3,076 Volibear with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Volibear Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Volibear vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Volibear and Xerath
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.
Volibear Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Volibear in LoL
The Volibear 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, Volibear sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Volibear perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Volibear plays on the same team as Xerath, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Xerath doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Volibear 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 Volibear plays with Xerath on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of covering Volibear in teamfights.
Synergies between Volibear and Xerath
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Is Volibear better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no one best ally for Volibear that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Xerath is a very typical companion for Volibear. By locking into the same side as Volibear, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 48.6%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Volibear and Xerath that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Volibear. That means Volibear players should be very careful when enlisting Xerath teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater 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 ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Volibear and Xerath together, you may not be giving your side much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Volibear to synergize with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Volibear and Xerath synergy build consist of Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Nashor's Tooth. When Volibear used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Xerath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 48.6% helping carry Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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