Xerath with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Xerath and Caitlyn
based on 16,113 Xerath with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Caitlyn Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Xerath Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, 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 Caitlyn. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Caitlyn helps Xerath perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is paired with Caitlyn, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Caitlyn does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Caitlyn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Caitlyn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Caitlyn.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Caitlyn on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Caitlyn
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no top champion pairing for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Caitlyn is a very typical teammate for Xerath. By being on the same team as Xerath, she decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 50.5%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Caitlyn that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when lining up Caitlyn comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Xerath and Caitlyn together, you may not be granting your side very much cover. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Caitlyn teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to synergize with Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Xerath and Caitlyn synergy build include Void Staff, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Caitlyn than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Caitlyn with this build.
To have the highest probability 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. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Caitlyn with Xerath are shown for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.