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Katarina is a very tough matchup as she has so much mobility. You need to poke as much as you can early without depleting your mana and also avoiding the daggers are she will delete you if you go anywhere near them.
Kassadin
You need to make sure that you are poking them out early as well as pushing the wave so that Kassadin struggles with farming, call for early ganks if you can because you cannot let Kassadin scale. Once he hits 6 you need to make sure that you are not within range of his first Riftwalk as he will be able to combo you for a lot of your health. If he jumps on you when not in range you can combo with E-W-Q and walk away.
Fizz
Fizz is a very hard matchup: Try to poke him out and scale and do not get close to him as from level 3 on he can do about 60% of your HP with one combo. You need to have great positioning to win this lane as once you hit 6 you need to be a long way from him to be safe. You always have to dodge his Ultimate somehow or he will just oneshot you everytime.
Sylas
If you can dodge his second e, you're definetly likely to win. Stun him when he pauses to throw the chains.
Zed
Zed is another hard matchup, especially when he hits Level 6 he will always try to all in you, rushing zhonyas is the only way to stop him oneshotting you, mind aswell take exhaust in this matchup.
Talon
You have to play passive when he hits his lane powerspike (level 2). You have to play around it and not walk up close to him except you have the potential to kill him. Always play range since your range is way bigger than his.
Annie
Annie is a rough matchup for Xerath when Annie hits Level 6. Before that Xerath can dominate the laning phase but as soon Annie hits level 6 you will have to play long range and always have your flash ready.
Anivia
The good anivias that know how to use wall properly can burst you quite alarmingly, but with any decent frontline you can just sit back and do your thing.
Akali
Similar to most assassins, play safely and be aware of her kill potential, which is usually high, and extremely so post-6.
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