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Xayah Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Xayah we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Xayah, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Xayah this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.15. However, if you are a new Xayah player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Xayah!

Patch 11.20: 494917 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Domination

Second Best

57%

Win Rate 274 Games

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 857 Games

Precision

Domination

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 2362 Games

Third Best

54%

Win Rate 114 Games

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 6554 Games

Third Best

44%

Win Rate 337 Games

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! Small Sample Size Warning * There is either not a lot of games played on this champion or the builds vary greatly, we have provided the top build but it does not have a high confidence rating so use your own discretion.

Passive Ability

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 4 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

Win Rate 1 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.14: 438954 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Inspiration

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 285 Games

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 74 Games

Precision

Domination

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 480 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 92 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 143 Games

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 255 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 654 Games

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Xayah Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Xayah guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Xayah ADC in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Xayah. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Xayah Xayah ADC

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Xayah Skins

Find Xayah's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Xayah skins and chromas on Xayah's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Arcana Xayah

April 14, 2022

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Brave Phoenix Xayah Prestige Edition

Limited Edition

January 26, 2022

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Brave Phoenix Xayah

September 2, 2021

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Elderwood Xayah

December 10, 2020

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Star Guardian Xayah

Legendary

September 12, 2019

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1820

SSG Xayah

Special Events

July 20, 2018

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Sweetheart Xayah

February 12, 2018

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Cosmic Dusk Xayah

April 19, 2017

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Classic Xayah

Original

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Xayah's Abilities

Clean Cuts Xayah's Passive

1000

After using an ability, Xayah's next 3 attacks will deal 30 / 40 / 50% attack damage as physical damage to all other targets along their path and leave a Feather for 6 seconds.

Lover's Leap: Xayah and Rakan can recall together.

Double Daggers Xayah's Q Ability

1100

10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8

Xayah throws two daggers, dealing 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 / 125 (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) physical damage each and leaving two feathers. Targets hit after the first take 50% damage from each dagger.

Deadly Plumage Xayah's W Ability

Self

60 / 55 / 50 / 45 / 40

20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16

Xayah creates a storm of blades for 4 seconds that grants her 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% attack speed and cause her attacks to fire a secondary blade that deals 20% damage.

When the secondary blade hits a champion, she grants herself 30% movement speed for 1.5 seconds.

If Rakan is nearby he will also gain the effects of this ability, except he gains movement speed when Xayah strikes a target.

Bladecaller Xayah's E Ability

Self

10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8

Xayah calls all Feathers back to her, dealing 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95 (+0.6 per bonus attack damage) physical damage each. If 3 or more Feathers hit an enemy, they are rooted for 1.25 seconds.

Featherstorm Xayah's Ultimate (R) Ability

1000

100

140 / 120 / 100 / 100 / 100

Xayah leaps into the air becoming untargetable and ghosted for 1.5 seconds before raining down daggers that deal 200 / 300 / 400 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) physical damage and leave behind a line of Feathers.

Questions About Xayah

Latest Questions

What's the best build for Xayah and Rakan when playing together?

Asked by TheRighteousjuggernaut on June 8, 2021

Hi! I was wondering if anyone could tell me which builds are the best to play Xayah (ADC) and Rakan (Support) together. The builds I found were from previous seasons. I hope someone can answer me.

Domination Secondary on Xayah?

Asked by JustXayah on December 9, 2020

WIth the current state of the game where most games dont go over 30 minutes you dont get much value from Gathering Storm [29 AD at 30min]. On the other hand you can get Eyeball collection which gives less AD [18] but is also much faster to finish....

Is Galefore that good on Xayah?

Asked by Cyc1ePath on November 25, 2020

I just feel like I play better with Immortal Shieldbow instead of Galeforce. Is it mandatory to build now for the E Galeforce combo?

What do you think about hail of blades xayah?

Asked by Niczock on April 4, 2020

Is hail of blades better in early compared to lethal tempo?

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What are the best runes and items for Xayah ?

Asked by danylp88 on December 26, 2018

What is the best build for Xayah right now ?

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Unusual picks

Asked by OtakuSchwi on August 2, 2018

Hey guys, lately i have been struggling to find only two roles to focus on. Everyone i asked told me to find champions that i like and choose role based on that, but that's my main issue, because i like a lot of champions and they are all in...

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Xayah Jungle

Asked by ninja8135 on July 16, 2018

I am a huge fan of off-meta jungling and I have seen a few people play jungle Xayah and her clear speed is good. Is she a viable jungler?

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Champions for climbing

Asked by TheChampMan on June 3, 2018

I was wondering what are the best champions for climbing in low-mid ELO? I usually like to play adc or mid or even sometimes jg, but I always get bad team players and I always end up with a positive score. I get a 2 win streak then I instantly...

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How viable are these champions for climbing low elo?

Asked on June 1, 2018

Hi, sorry if this is a bad question or anything. I've just started league and I'm ok at it, not that good though. I'm close to being able to play ranked (level 28 now) and I was wondering what the best champions to climb low elo are as of right...

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Xayah or Ahri? - My next champion

Asked on September 17, 2017

I don't know who to get, Ahri, she has my play style of high mobility but I feel she might be a little too squishy and when her abilities are on cool down I'm stuck there doing nothing. Or Xayah I see some players play really well with her but...