Xerath with Akali
How to Synergize Xerath and Akali
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Xerath Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Akali
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Akali
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.
Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Xerath Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Akali helps Xerath perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Akali, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Akali does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Akali.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Akali on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of protecting Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Akali
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Akali?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Akali is a very typical ally for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, she decreases their win rate by -0.9% to 49.7%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Akali that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Akali has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Akali allies to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Xerath players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by grouping Xerath and Akali together, you may not be providing your other teammates a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Akali ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Xerath in order to synergize with Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to focus on in your Xerath and Akali synergy build consist of Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Akali than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Akali with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, 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 runes players picked for Xerath and Akali pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
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