Mid · 182 games · NA

Xerath

Mid · 50% of games Bot · 25%Support · 26%

Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (63%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−123 gold).

Win rate: 46.7%; ±7.2 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #55 of 70
Pick rate: 3.0%; ban 1.6%
Games: 182; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Xerath mid wins 46.7% of 182 ranked games in NA, rank 55 of 70 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Luden's Echo first, at about 11:00.

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 11:12 · 82% · 147 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:00 · 90% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 20:02 · 48% · 60 games

Item 3

Rabadon's Deathcap 25:56 · 78% · 21 games

Item 4 · late game

Void Staff 29:36 · 15 of 35 games

Runes

Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Precision 16% of games · 40% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 99% of games · 47% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 71% of games · 48% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Arcanopulse first 100% of games · 47% wins Skill orders →

When Xerath wins

Wins early, fades from 25 minutes

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

Ends before 25′50% wins30% of games · 54

Lasts 25′ or more46% wins69% of games · 125

Lanes

Good into Syndra, Ahri

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

What wins Xerath games

First Baron: 80% against 28%

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

First Baron 28% 80% +53

First tower 26% 75% +49

First dragon 28% 70% +42

Rift Herald 35% 64% +28

First blood 36% 59% +23

First Voidgrubs 44% 49% +6

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

Fewer multikills, fewer solo kills

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

Fewer multikills a game0.47 against 0.77 · −39%

Fewer solo kills a game1.2 against 1.8 · −34%

Less damage to towers4687 against 6918 · −32%

More assists a game7.8 against 6.2 · +25%

Fewer deaths a game4.5 against 5.6 · −20%

About average: 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 ~10:54

Item 2done ~19:36

Item 3done ~26:06

Item 4done ~30:06

Most common full builds

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 61.5%13 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Shadowflame 77.8%9 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap › Void Staff 50.0%8 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Stormsurge 50.0%6 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge › Shadowflame 50.0%6 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Horizon Focus › Rabadon's Deathcap 20.0%5 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

Rabadon's Deathcap 68%25

Stormsurge 67%15

Shadowflame 63%40

Void Staff 60%10

Horizon Focus 41%22

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 Potion46.7%180

Amplifying Tome + Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Health Potion + Health Potion0.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:0048.2%164

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~11:5450.0%6

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport48.1%129

Flash + Barrier46.7%30

Flash + Ghost41.7%12

Skills

Max

E46.7%182

Start

E44.6%92

Start

E55.2%58

Hard lanes

No clearly hard lane yet

Easy lanes

Good into Syndra, Ahri

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 2 of 3, wins 2 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 (21)

Galio 50% · 8

Zed 29% · 7

Locke 14% · 7

Sylas 50% · 6

Ekko 17% · 6

Hwei 50% · 6

Fizz 40% · 5

Orianna 80% · 5

Yasuo 40% · 5

Aurora 40% · 5

Yone 25% · 4

Azir 75% · 4

Jayce 75% · 4

Kassadin 25% · 4

Anivia 75% · 4

Taliyah 25% · 4

Annie 0% · 3

Zoe 67% · 3

Lissandra 67% · 3

Irelia 67% · 3

Tristana 100% · 3

Xerath vs Viktor · 17 games · Early read

Xerath does better than expected here

53%winsexpected 50%

+164gold at 15′average −123

−5.0minions at 10′ahead or behind

12%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.06 a game

Gold lead against Viktor Xerath's average lead

Against Viktor, Xerath is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 59% of games and wins 80% of those. When behind, Xerath wins 14%.

Ahead at 15′80% wins10 games

Behind at 15′14% wins7 games

Full Xerath vs Viktor 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

Yunara60% · exp. 46% +1415 games

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, but more of it is ganks

Before 14 minutes Xerath dies 1.7 times a game (average 2.2). 52% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 49% for the average mid laner. 29% are fair 1-v-1s.

1.7deaths per game before 14′less than average (2.2)

52%involve the enemy junglermore than average (49%)

71%outnumbered (2+ enemies)more than average (66%)

63%with no teammate nearabout 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: 43% in your half of mid. Collapses: 53% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 63% 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 52% (avg 49%)Collapse 19% (avg 18%)1-v-1 29% (avg 34%)

Who gets the kill

Xerath Average

Bot laner 4% (avg 7%)Jungler 30% (avg 27%)Support 4% (avg 7%)Mid laner 57% (avg 54%)Top laner 4% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00 and 5:00–7:00, then every minute

Xerath Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 5:00. 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: 10.4 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.3 in your half of mid. Overall 1.2 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.3 K/D 41 / 158

Their half of mid 3.4 K/D 88 / 26

Your jungle 0.8 K/D 39 / 52

The bot-side river 1.5 K/D 43 / 29

Their half of bot lane 10.4 K/D 52 / 5

Your half of bot lane 2.6 K/D 36 / 14

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 dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 31% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 29%). The team wins 72% when Xerath is there and 75% when not.

Xerath

What most Xerath players run

Wins early, fades from 25 minutes

Good into Syndra, Ahri

First Baron: 80% against 28%

Fewer multikills, fewer solo kills

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, Ahri

Ahead at 15 against 2 of 3, wins 2 of them

Xerath does better than expected here

Xerath does better than expected here

Xerath does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Xerath's games

Dies less than most mid laners, but more of it is ganks

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Xerath

Ganks come at 3:00 and 5:00–7:00, 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

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