Xerath Build Guides, Runes and Items
Xerath The Magus Ascendant
Find the best Xerath build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.15. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Xerath build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Xerath's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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[12.14] Climb responsibly with Xerath, Social Distance Mage
[12.14] Climb responsibly with Xerath, Social Distance Mage
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[Season 12.15] HotEboyXerath's GrandMaster Up to Date Meta Xerath Build
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[12.14] Dark Harvest Xerath Build - Massive poke
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Support Xerath S12 PORADNIK [PL] [12.15]
Support Xerath S12 PORADNIK [PL] [12.15]
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[12.15] [Master] Free Elo Xerath Guide
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Xerath - The Magus poke king
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Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! (WIP)
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[12.15] Xerath Support long long range
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[12.15] Super Ability Haste Xerath Support
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Booyarr123 Xerath mid 12.14
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[12.1] Top 100 Xerath Supp Guide
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[12.08] Bbenciak guide for Xerath (mid/sup)
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Xerath MID - [Analysing enemies]
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Look at me, I am the ADC now. **Xerath Support**
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[12.12] Xerath Mid OTPs guide to climb
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Ultimate Xerath Guide | ONE SHOT EVERYONE AND THEIR MOM
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Xerath Support - polish language
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Midlane - Killtresholds for lvl 6, 9 and 11
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[S12] Xerath MID
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ULTIMATE XERATH SUPPORT GUIDE pt-br
Xerath Build & Runes
If you're looking for the best rune build for Xerath we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Xerath, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Xerath this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.15. However, if you are a new Xerath player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Xerath!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Xerath's Runes
51%
Win Rate 6523 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
63%
Win Rate 54 Games
Third Best
63%
Win Rate 51 Games
Xerath's Summoner Spells
50%
Win Rate 8974 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Xerath's Starters
51%
Win Rate 25115 Games
Trinket
51%
Win Rate 21278 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
47%
Win Rate 2120 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
50%
Win Rate 1514 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Xerath's Core Items
Boots
Xerath's Luxury Items
Xerath's Ability Order
68%
Win Rate 413 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Mana Surge (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
63%
Win Rate 397 Games
Mana Surge (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
63%
Win Rate 146 Games
Mana Surge (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Xerath's Runes
51%
Win Rate 2357 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
67%
Win Rate 63 Games
Third Best
62%
Win Rate 60 Games
Xerath's Summoner Spells
51%
Win Rate 6961 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Xerath's Starters
51%
Win Rate 12203 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Trinket
52%
Win Rate 7591 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
49%
Win Rate 7364 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
52%
Win Rate 1525 Games
Oracle Lens
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Xerath's Core Items
Boots
Xerath's Luxury Items
Xerath's Ability Order
64%
Win Rate 1423 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Mana Surge (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
66%
Win Rate 529 Games
Mana Surge (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
58%
Win Rate 144 Games
Mana Surge (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Xerath 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 Xerath guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!
This counter data is for Xerath Support in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Xerath. 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.
Best Against Xerath
Worst Against Xerath
Xerath Skins
Find Xerath'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 Xerath skins and chromas on Xerath's skins page.
Dark Star Xerath
March 26, 2020
Wishlist
Scorched Earth Xerath
July 13, 2012
Wishlist
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Xerath's Abilities
Release: Xerath fires the beam, dealing 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+85% of ability power) magic damage. The range increases with time charged.
Recast: Xerath launches a magical artillery, dealing 200 / 250 / 300 (+45% of ability power) magic damage.
Questions About Xerath
Latest Questions
Can Kennen or Xerath jungle?
When going through the champs I like to use, I look at Kennen and Xerath's kits and think, "You know, would these guys do well as junglers? I mean, Ezreal and Twitch both jungle." I just want to know if it's possible before I go testing...
Feeling difficult to deal damage to mages who build RoA, what should I do?
Situation: In the early-mid game, I built Morellonomicon, opponent built RoA. Problem: Feeling difficult to deal damage to opponents who build RoA. As they have higher effective health after building RoA, I feel like 'my abilities do not...
Void Staff vs Abyssal Scepter
This might sound like a stupid question. On ap carries such as [[leblanc]] or [[viktor]] for example, when would it be better to build a [[void staff]] over an > [[abyssal scepter]] and vice versa? Both are relatively cheap and give a...
How can I go about reporting someone on here?
I made a guide for Xerath and it has been top guide for 3-4 months and some random guy completely copied it. Really, word for word in some parts with hardly changing pretty much anything. Like he took way that I talk with no credit onto me. It is...
How to play Xerath?
Hey everyone! I've started playing [[Xerath]] but I have no idea how to play him. I've read guides etc. but they seem to be outdated to just plain wrong. This is how I build: [[Doran's Ring]] > [[Haunting Guise]] > [[Sorcerer's Shoes]]...
xerath update
¿you gonna wait until de launch of you gonna actualize xerath now??? is my favorite champ so i´ll like to see guides of he with his new changes and all that stuff.
Next AP Mid to learn and why?
Hey, so I can't really decide which champion to learn next after I have finished with Evelynn. I play AP Mid in a fixed 5vs5 team so I need champions who are valuable in organised competitive play. Champions I currently am able to play on a decent...
