Hello everyone,

I am Kraut and I am playing this game since late season 4 (when Gnar came out) and have since then played about 2.5k hours on this game. Right now I am playing in mid gold to low plat elo (Peaked at Gold 1 at ~50 LP).

Within this guide I'd like to teach some player howto play Xayah the Rebel. I do NOT claim that this is a perfect guide on how to play her, but it works well for me. This guide will evolve as I evolve playing her.

This is my first guide so please be gentle.

I hope you have as much fun as me while playing her!

These are pretty standard runes. Just like on your typical ADC

1. Tier:
   • Ferocity: I take Fury because it gives me more Attackspeed, but I guess you could get Sorcery also to work. If you are new to ADC just take Fury .
   • Resolve: Here I decided to take Recovery because Health Regen is quite good and Unyielding is pretty useless on ADC.
2. Tier:
   • Ferocity: Feast or Fresh Blood : you decide. I'd take Feast against hard lanes, when you need sustain.
   • Resolve: Tough Skin or Siegemaster : this one is based upon the matchup and your preference.
3. Tier:
   • Ferocity: Take Vampirism or don't I'm a guide not the law. 'But xy said Natural Talent is better qq'. The reason you take Natural Talent on some other ADCs is, that some of them have some AP Scalings. The AD gain through Natural Talent can boost you abilities, too, but You are reading this probably because you want to learn Xayah from scratch. And let me tell you Vampirism is for novices always better. Once you are advanced or you main an other ADC and you know about scalings etc. Take 2 in Vampirism and 3 in Natural Talent . This is optimal.
   • Resolve: Here we could hold the same talk as about Vampirism vs Natural Talent . Optimal is 1 in Runic Armor and 4 in Veteran's Scars , but you could also do something else.
4. Tier:
   • Ferocity: Take Bounty Hunter , because it provides most dmg and it's quite easy to buff. Double Edge Sword is also possible, but I personally dislike it.
   • Resolve: Decide on something on yourself. My rule of thumb is this:
     • Enemy has burst lane? -> Fearless
     • Enemy has poke lane? -> Perseverance
     • Insight whenever I feel like it.
5. Obvious Bulletpoint for tier 5. But here you take Battering Blows for obvious reason.
   
6. Keystone:
   As Keystone Mastery you could take Fervor of Battle as well as Warlord's Bloodlust . You should base your decision upon following questions:
   • Do I need more Heal in lane/in teamfights?
   • Do i need more movementspeed for kiting?
   • Will I build high damage or more of an on-hit build?

After my testings i think there are 2 main builds you want to go on her and a hybrid version.

The first I will Explain looks like this:
Essence Reaver > Phantom Dancer > Infinity Edge > Bloodthirster > Guardian Angel +

Burst damage + good synergy with Bladecaller + good 1v1


The second is this one:
Blade of the Ruined King > Runaan's Hurricane > Phantom Dancer > Last Whisper > Guardian Angel +

Consistent damage + good synergy with Deadly Plumage + good teamfighting

The Hybrid:
Blade of the Ruined King > Phantom Dancer > Essence Reaver > Infinity Edge > Last Whisper +

Good 1v1 + very good vs tanks