Table of Contents – Phase Rush Xerath in Botlane
Introduction
About Me	Who is Erek?
Stream?	Talk about my stream on twitch.tv
Start of the guide	Let's Begin
Pre Game
Runes	Why are we picking exactly these runes?
Summoner Spells	When to pick the right summoner spell.
Synergies	What champions goes well with Xerath?
Xerath
Abilities	Talk about Xerath's Abilities
Combos	Base understanding on how to use Xeraths spells
Items	Talk about what items to choose
Gameplay and Extras
Laning Phase	How to play botlane as Xerath
Mid/Late Game	What to do when laning phase is over.
Conclusion

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Sorcery & Domination

Sorcery

I have decided to pick Phase Rush because i have played Xerath for 4 years, and i have noticed that he lacks of mobility, and since the meta is so depended on being able to kite and have mobility, picking Phase Rush for Xerath gives him the mobility, he is lacking. Let's compare this to Arcane Comet & Summon Aery these spells gives on average about 2000-2500 extra damage I would consider survivability much more important, but that's just me

Next up is Manaflow Band Probaly one of the strongest minor runes in the game, if you look at the stats you get out of this rune. You get 250 extra Mana, and also permanently restore 1% of your Missing Mana Okay.. Look at Nullifying Orbthis is a minor scaling hex drinker shield you get which lategame will block about 220magical damage at max (if you have 1000ap), is that worth it, on a 60 seconds cooldown? Okay.. Nimbus Cloak is nice, but still compared to the long cooldown, and that were running Teleport we won't get much use of the 35% movement speed.

My favourite rune, in the whole entire game, i think Transcendence is such a valuable rune, since you get 10% CDR, who don't like to spend all that manaand cast spells constantly, we get 10% and then let go of having Absolute Focus since i'd rather cast more spells and then lack the 30Adaptive (AP) we get from that rune. Celerity <-- This rune.. No.. No.. NO! Just don't if you appreciate brain cells.

This is a tough choice between Scorch & Gathering Storm since they both work really really well on XerathSo okay, i've decided to go in-depth with these two runes. [Read below] Scorch Your next ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 15 − 35 (based on level) bonus magic damage after 1 second. Cooldown 10 seconds Gathering Storm Gain increasing Adaptive Force every 10 minutes that grants a total 0 / 4.8 / 14.4 / 28.8 / 48 / ∞ (based on minutes) bonus Attack Damage or 0 / 8 / 24 / 48 / 80 / ∞ (based on minutes) Ability Power (Adaptive).

These runes are very simple, two times in adaptive damage, and then the last i situational, since enemy can be ad heavy, or ap heavy. if so, you want to pick armour against ad heavy teams, and magic resist against ap heavy teams.I just like the extra Health it gives.

Cheap Shot Works really well with Xerath since it applies on his Eye of Destruction and Shocking Orb and keep in mind, its true damage so it gets to be a lot! Eyeball Collection We like kills, and we are going to get a lot, this is really nice, get 10 kills/assist and you have 30 permanently Ability Power

Conclusion

I would say Scorch gives more value to the game in the length if i say 15-35 is gonna be a huge number by the end of the game, and it's gonna affect the laning phase since its a little extra per spell you hit on the support or the enemy ad carry. if you hit a total of 10 spells in lane it's the same amount as a Health Potion now if you put it like that, you can see the value of this minor rune compared to Gathering Storm which first will affect you with 8ap by the 10th minute, and then 16ap at 20minute mark. I would say, Gathering Storm comes to use for good at the 30minute mark, and then beyond. Myself will be putting Scorch as a much more reliable choice of rune.

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SUMMONER SPELLS - FLASH: This is the best summoner spell in the game, almost every champion takes it and it's completely irreplaceable. It's the best defensive summoner and the best offensive summoner all at once. The fact that you see all 10 players take this in 99% of games just goes to show how strong it is. HEAL: comparing to teleport on the other hand, replaced Barrier when it got buffed in season 3 to give movement speed on the cast, which is the reason it's been standard over Barrier ever since, despite being affected by Ignite's Grievous Wounds. Aside from the small movement speed boost, which can be used both offensively and defensively, another reason why it's stronger than Barrier is it affects an ally, which is perfect for bot lane where you're laning with a support. TELEPORT: Since season 4, there are almost no summoner spells in League of Legends that have a bigger impact than Teleport. Sure, Flash is a big deal and can change a team fight, but Teleport determines everything from which objectives you can take, to whether or not you can fight, to where each individual player can and should be standing on the map. Teleport gives you this safeties so you can always insure good lane control, and when to go back, because if the enemy carry has picked up Heal you will have an advantage in terms of lane control.