Xerath with Illaoi
How to Synergize Xerath and Illaoi
based on 3,040 Xerath with Illaoi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Illaoi Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Core Xerath Items
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Illaoi
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 Illaoi Will Play
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Xerath Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 Illaoi. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Illaoi helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Illaoi, he gets a little drop in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Illaoi does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Illaoi.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Illaoi on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Illaoi does a poor job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Illaoi
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Illaoi is a decent companion for Xerath. By playing on the same side as Xerath, she raises their win rate by 1.2% to 51.8%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good bond between Xerath and Illaoi that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Illaoi has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be careful when finding Illaoi allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xerath and Illaoi together, you will not be providing your side very much utility. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Illaoi teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to pair well with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Xerath and Illaoi synergy build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Illaoi than with most other common builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 51.8% helping carry Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xerath and Illaoi pairings, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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