LoL Champion Build Guides: Xayah

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Season 11 Builds // Patch 11.19 & Patch 11.18

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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 LeagueSpy's 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 11.19. 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 11.19: 22334 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Precision

Domination

Second Best

64%

Win Rate 58 Games

Precision

Sorcery

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 1384 Games

Precision

Domination

More Xayah Runes

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 2956 Games

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 749 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 1082 Games

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 8811 Games

Third Best

42%

Win Rate 461 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

62%

Win Rate 136 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

61%

Win Rate 142 Games

Passive Ability

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

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

After casting an ability, Xayah's next 3 basic attacks strike all enemies along their path, dealing 100% damage to her main target and 30 / 40 / 50% pass-through damage to other enemies (at levels 1 / 7 / 13. At her maximum attack range, a Feather will be left in the ground for 6 seconds. Xayah can store up to 5 empowered attacks.

Lover's Leap: If either Xayah or Rakan is recalling, the other may move nearby and activate their own recall to join them. Both reach base at the time of which the initiator's recall ends.

Double Daggers Xayah's Q Ability

ACTIVE: Xayah throws two feather-blades from her left and right in the target direction in quick succession, dealing 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+0.5 bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies within their path and each leaving a Feather on the ground.

Targets hit after the first take 50% damage.

10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6

Deadly Plumage Xayah's W Ability

Xayah surrounds herself with a storm of feather-blades for 4 seconds, granting her 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55% bonus attack speed, 20% increased damage on her attacks, and 30% bonus movement speed for 1.5 seconds whenever she attacks a champion.

If Rakan is nearby, he will also gain Deadly Plumage.

60 / 55 / 50 / 45 / 40

20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16

Bladecaller Xayah's E Ability

Xayah recalls all her Feathers, dealing 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 95 (+0.6 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to enemies they strike on their way toward her, increasing by 0-50% for every 1% of Xayah's Critical Strike Chance. Minions take 50% damage.

Enemies take 100−55% damage from a feather (depending on feathers hit) going to a maximum of 9 feathers and capped at 55% damage. Enemies struck by at least 3 Feathers are rooted for 1.25 seconds.

10 / 9.5 / 9 / 8.5 / 8

Featherstorm Xayah's Ultimate (R) Ability

80 / 90 / 100 / 100 / 100

160 / 145 / 130 / 130 / 130

Xayah leaps into the air, becoming briefly untargetable but still able to move.

After a short delay, she unleashes a volley of feather-blades forward in a cone, dealing 200 / 300 / 400 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) physical damage to all enemies struck and leaving a line of 5 Feathers at the end of Featherstorm's maximum range.

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...