Mid · 119 games · KR

Xerath

Mid · 47% of games Bot · 38%Support · 15%

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (51%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−277 gold).

Win rate: 47.9%; ±9.0 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #38 of 64
Pick rate: 1.8%; ban 1.2%
Games: 119; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Xerath mid wins 47.9% of 119 ranked games in KR, rank 38 of 64 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Luden's Echo first, at about 10:48.

The build at a glance

What most Xerath players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Luden's Echo 11:01 · 62% · 73 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:12 · 97% of games

Item 2

Horizon Focus 18:31 · 57% · 32 games

Item 3

Shadowflame 25:24 · 79% · 11 games

Item 4 · late game

Void Staff 29:30 · 8 of 18 games

Runes

Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Precision 13% of games · 47% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 99% of games · 48% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 75% of games · 49% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Arcanopulse first 98% of games · 48% wins Skill orders →

When Xerath wins

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′46% wins44% of games · 52

Lasts 25′ or more49% wins55% of games · 65

Lanes

Good into Syndra

Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Xerath games

First Baron: 93% against 25%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 25% 93% +67

First tower 21% 69% +48

Rift Herald 26% 71% +44

First Voidgrubs 39% 57% +18

First dragon 41% 57% +16

First blood 42% 53% +11

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Xerath plays

Less damage to towers, fewer multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Less damage to towers3810 against 6333 · −40%

Fewer multikills a game0.46 against 0.67 · −31%

Fewer solo kills a game1.3 against 1.6 · −19%

More assists a game6.9 against 6.1 · +14%

More damage a minute907 against 803 · +13%

About average: kill participation, gold, minions.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:06

Item 2done ~19:18

Item 3done ~25:48

Item 4done ~29:54

Most common full builds

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Shadowflame 45.5%11 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 57.1%7 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Horizon Focus 50.0%4 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge › Shadowflame 50.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Shadowflame 50.0%4 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Void Staff 0.0%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Shadowflame 33%12

Horizon Focus 29%14

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion48.3%118

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion + Health Potion0.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:1249.1%116

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport49.4%89

Flash + Ghost33.3%12

Exhaust + Flash62.5%8

Skills

Max

E47.9%117

Max

E100.0%1

Start

E45.6%68

Start

E51.4%35

Hard lanes

No clearly hard lane yet

Easy lanes

Good into Syndra

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 1 of them

Expected: what Xerath's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (14)

Yone 56% · 9

Viktor 57% · 7

Yasuo 67% · 6

Akali 20% · 5

Sylas 60% · 5

Qiyana 50% · 4

Galio 50% · 4

Twisted Fate 25% · 4

Taliyah 25% · 4

Lissandra 33% · 3

Ryze 33% · 3

Diana 33% · 3

Hwei 33% · 3

Katarina 67% · 3

Xerath vs Syndra · 14 games · Early read

Xerath does better than expected here

57%winsexpected 50%

−166gold at 15′average −277

−5.1minions at 10′ahead or behind

14%in on first bloodsolo kills −0.36 a game

Gold lead against Syndra Xerath's average lead

Against Syndra, Xerath is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 43% of games, and still wins 67% of those. When ahead, Xerath wins 50%.

Ahead at 15′50% wins8 games

Behind at 15′67% wins6 games

Full Xerath vs Syndra page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies less than most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Xerath dies 2.0 times a game (average 2.2). 47% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 52% for the average mid laner. 41% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.0deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.2)

47%involve the enemy junglerless than average (52%)

59%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (68%)

67%with no teammate nearmore than average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Xerath dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 55% in your half of mid. Collapses: 45% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 75% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Xerath

Kind of death

Xerath Average

Gank 47% (avg 52%)Collapse 12% (avg 16%)1-v-1 41% (avg 32%)

Who gets the kill

Xerath Average

Bot laner 5% (avg 7%)Jungler 27% (avg 29%)Support 7% (avg 6%)Mid laner 58% (avg 52%)Top laner 3% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00, then every minute

Xerath Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 6:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Xerath; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Xerath wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 8.3 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.3 in your half of mid. Overall 1.1 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.3 K/D 36 / 144

Their half of mid 3.6 K/D 51 / 14

Your jungle 0.8 K/D 25 / 32

The bot-side river 1.7 K/D 24 / 14

Their half of bot lane 8.3 K/D 33 / 4

Your half of bot lane 2.3 K/D 25 / 11

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Xerath wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 28% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 26%). The team wins 76% when Xerath is there and 70% when not.

Xerath

What most Xerath players run

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Good into Syndra

First Baron: 93% against 25%

Less damage to towers, fewer multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

Good into Syndra

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 1 of them

Xerath does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Xerath's games

Dies less than most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Xerath

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Where fights happen