Xerath with Taric
How to Synergize Xerath and Taric
based on 746 Xerath with Taric pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Taric Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Taric Counter Build
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Core Xerath Items
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Taric
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Taric
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 Taric Will Play
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Xerath Taric Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taric as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Taric synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taric, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Taric. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Taric helps Xerath perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is an ally to Taric, he gets a sizeable uptick in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Taric 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 alongside Taric on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Taric. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taric.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Taric on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Taric does a decent job of protecting Xerath during team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Taric
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Taric?
There is no ideal ally for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Taric is a top-tier teammate for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, he increases their win rate by 3.2% to 53.8%. This shows that there is a very strong synergy between Xerath and Taric that results in them performing better together than alone.
Taric has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when arranging Taric allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Xerath and Taric together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Taric teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to work well with Taric during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Xerath and Taric synergy build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Taric than with most other common builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 53.8% when playing alongside Taric with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing 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 builds that we analyzed for Xerath and Taric pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.8% winrate overall.
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