Xerath with Kai'Sa
How to Synergize Xerath and Kai'Sa
based on 5,359 Xerath with Kai'Sa pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Kai'Sa Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Kai'Sa Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Kai'Sa
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 Kai'Sa Will Play
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
Xerath Kai'Sa Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kai'Sa as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 Kai'Sa. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kai'Sa helps Xerath perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is an ally to Kai'Sa, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Kai'Sa supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Kai'Sa on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kai'Sa. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kai'Sa.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Kai'Sa on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Kai'Sa does a poor job of covering Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Kai'Sa
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Kai'Sa?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Xerath that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Kai'Sa is a very bad companion for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, she drops their win rate by -4.6% to 46.0%. This proves that there is a very bad bond between Xerath and Kai'Sa that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kai'Sa has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when arranging Kai'Sa teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to play well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xerath and Kai'Sa together, you may not be giving your other allies enough support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Kai'Sa ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xerath to synergize with Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Xerath and Kai'Sa synergy build consist of Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Kai'Sa than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 46.0% helping carry Kai'Sa with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Xerath players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.0% winrate overall.
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