This is a guide I decided to make as I continue to play Xayah on my brand new account: Proud Xayah Main and as I learn more about her. Last season I was Gold but don't really have much time to play league anymore due to work and college. As Xayah is a new champion I don't know everything about her but I hope to learn and share that information with whoever would like to know and help you pick up Xayah and play her to her full potential as I play nothing but her on this account. Hopefully you will learn something from this and I'm happy to have you join me through My Journey With Xayah: The Rebel. I will continually update this guide as I learn more.

Pros + Ranged Champion + Decent Crowd Control With Bladecaller + Extremely Powerful Late Game + Invincibility Frames With Featherstorm + Smooth Auto Attacks + Good Kiting Potential With Deadly Plumage

Cons - Squishy - Needs Items To Be Useful - Hard To master - Takes Some Time To Learn - No Real Mobility

I will update this part of the guide once I actually get to be able to play ranked on my account. Currently Level 13.

With Xayah I only really go 2 different ways with my Mastery Tree. We want 18 / 12 / 0, I usually go with Fervor of Battle but if you are in an oppressive lane you can substitute it with Warlord's Bloodlust so you can sustain until you get your life steal items.

• Greater Quintessence of Attack Speed: With these, Xayah has much more attack speed than she would without them as Blade of the Ruined King and boots are your only attack speed items. These can help with last hitting as well as just getting out more damage in general.
  
• Greater Mark of Lethality: I am one that prefers armor pen marks over flat ad marks. These help transition you into the late game and will give you flat armor pen over a measly 9 extra ad.
  
• Greater Glyph of Magic Resist: Simple magic resist runes for mid to late game and can help take less damage from certain supports.
  
• Greater Seal of Armor: Simple armor runes that will help you take less damage from the enemy adc and will help a bit in the mid to late game.

Flash: I'm pretty sure this doesn't need an explanation. Very useful considering your no true escapes.

Heal: Another pretty obvious choice for ADC. Can heal you and your support for a decent amount of health. Best used when the enemy over commits and you can capitalize on their misplacement since you suddenly have more health to work with.

Barrier: I've actually seen an enemy Xayah use this before and I must admit I was baited into diving her just for her to pop it. Can be useful but I still prefer heal.

I very much prefer these boots as it will be the only other attack speed item you will have other than BoRK. You can substitute for other boots but I prefer the attack speed as it will allow you to pump out more damage.

This item is pretty much god tier on every ADC right now. Picking it up as a first item is just way too valuable. It gives you everything you need as an adc. Don't forget to use the active to pick up those low health enemies. You can also use the active to catch up to enemies or run away.

I know everyone loves to build Xayah crit but I much rather prefer just the hard hitting utility autos. Black cleaver will give you movement speed on autos because of phage which will help you kite even harder with Deadly Plumage. The armor shred will also go very well with your runes and allow you to dish out a lot of damage vs tanks.

I've always been very skeptic of this item but the buff they have given makes me feel as if it's a must have. Life-steal, Lowers blunt damage taken, CDR, and tons of damage. A very good item for Xayah.

You definitely want to pick up a last whisper item. Though Lord Dominik's Regards is good I don't feel like you will be getting all of it's potential since you have some more health from Black Cleaver. Since life steal is becoming much more popular on ad champions, getting a Mortal Reminder will really help you in teamfights.

This last item slot is completely situational but GA is a very safe option. If the game goes on long enough and your GA has already been popped you can sell it for something else until it comes off cooldown. Also gives a good amount of AD.

Xayah doesn't really have too many combos that you can utilize but you will definitely want to have the knowledge of them so you can use them whenever the time is right.
This combo is one that I have found myself using extremely often. You use your Double Daggers to get a quick 2 feathers on the ground. Then you want to use your auto and with your passive you'll have a quick 3 feathers on the ground. Then you use your E for a very quick snare. This combo can be done almost instantly without much time for the enemy to react. You can use this pick up quick kills or to start off your onslaught.

This is your "Be All, End All" combo as it places the max amount of feathers on the ground before they start to disappear. Using this combo in a teamfight and managing to hit some squishy targets with it will almost kill them instantly. This combo can be very hard to pull off though because smart opponents won't willingly stand in front of your feathers. Be smart and use this combo when it is very hard to keep track of your feathers.

This is your average trading combo that you can use when just having a skirmish in bot or any other small fights. This gets a very nice amount of daggers on the ground that you can use with Bladecaller.

So I've learned a little bit about Xayah's early game while playing her on my new account. Xayah has a very weird early game as it can be very strong or very good depending on the match up. There have been times where I have gotten an easy double kill because poor Kog'Maw and his support walked too close at level 3, and there have been times when Lucian and his support hit level 3 and Oh, how the tables turned. I think your best bet it to just spend your early game farming up to your Blade of the Ruined King. Until you are comfortable with your early game damage I don't recommend trying to go for kills. The sooner you get your first item the sooner you can go for aggressive plays.

Now is a pretty good power spike for you, especially over champions that don't build BoRK. Depending on your support you will most likely be able to make favorable trades in lane but don't forget about farming! We want to get you on that Death's Dance ASAP. As you are poking and whittling down your enemy lane (Please no Soraka) you will most likely push lane. Make sure you have your gank paths warded. BUY PINKS! They truly can save your life. During this phase of laning you really want to focus on denying cs from your enemy while you get as much as you can as well as continuing to make favorable trades.

So by mid game a couple of towers have gone down and you are probably starting to group in a lane to get an advantage. You definitely want to make sure that you have a few dragons so make good calls on when to get them. (Right after you kill the enemy bot lane is always a good idea...sometimes) So what is your role in a teamfight? TO SAFELY DEAL CONSISTENT DAMAGE! That's pretty much it. It is hardly ever worth to put yourself in danger to kill an enemy. Right now you just want to collect farm when you can and stay safe in fights. Xayah doesn't have to rely on her team for safety as much as some other adc's but it is always a good idea to stand near someone that can peel for you. Use the general rule of just attacking what ever champion is closest to you unless you are able to safely hit the priority target. 99% of the time your death is not worth getting 3 autos onto the enemy adc or mid. Now with Xayah in teamfights you always want to make sure you are using your abilities whenever you can. This build will eventually give you 30-40% cdr so make that useful and get those feathers on the ground. If you are running away, 95% of the time people will forget about your feathers and run straight at you. Use this to get a good 6 or 7 feathers behind them then use Bladecaller to root them and possibly turn on them for the kill. Don't forget about your ult!

Now you do a metric **** ton of damage with your autos without crit and they provide you with utility to keep yourself safe and dish out more damage. The same teamfighting rules apply here except you can not afford to die. Keep yourself safe under any means. Do not forget your abilities! With this build you will have 30% CDR and with a change of situational items you can easily have 40%. You can not afford to not get out as many feathers as you can and using Bladecaller to it's full potential. Your positioning can win or lose you a game. Stay safe and dish out damage. Taking objectives is very important. Don't forget about Baron and Dragons. Your main goal is to do whatever you can to win the teamfights and eventually the game.

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-5/16/17- Added "Combos" Chapter and fixed small mistakes.
-5/15/17- Added "Early Game, Early to Mid, Mid Game/Teamfighting/ Late Game" Chapters. Fixed "Core Items" list. Changed Guide Title.
-5/14/17- Guide Published