Xerath with Pantheon
How to Synergize Xerath and Pantheon
based on 5,356 Xerath with Pantheon pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Pantheon Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Pantheon
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Pantheon
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 Pantheon Will Play
Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
Xerath Pantheon Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pantheon as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Pantheon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pantheon, 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 Pantheon. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Pantheon helps Xerath perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is paired with Pantheon, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This may signal that Pantheon provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Pantheon 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 Pantheon.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Pantheon on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Pantheon does a decent job of covering Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Pantheon
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Pantheon?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, overall, Pantheon is a below average companion for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 49.2%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Xerath and Pantheon that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Pantheon has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be careful when arranging Pantheon comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xerath and Pantheon together, you will not be granting your team much protection for burst damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Pantheon ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to synergize with Pantheon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to use in your Xerath and Pantheon synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Xerath incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Pantheon than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 49.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Pantheon with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Pantheon with Xerath are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.