Xerath with Viego
How to Synergize Xerath and Viego
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Xerath Viego Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Viego Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Viego
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Viego
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.
Xerath Viego Synergy Stats
How to Play with Viego as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Viego synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Viego, 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 Viego. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Viego helps Xerath perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Viego, he gets a little decrease in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Viego does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Viego on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Viego.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Viego on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Viego does a decent job of covering Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Viego
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Viego?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Viego is a very typical teammate for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, they has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 50.6%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Xerath and Viego that allows them to perform at the same level together than alone.
Viego has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Viego allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Viego together, you probably will not be giving your team much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Viego ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath to work well with Viego during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Xerath and Viego synergy build include Void Staff, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Viego than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Viego with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Viego with Xerath are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.