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LoL Champion Build Guides: Xerath

Xerath The Magus Ascendant

Find the best Xerath build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 11.23. 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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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 LeagueSpy's 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 11.23. 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!

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Patch 11.23: 681004 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 2261 Games

Sorcery

Precision

Third Best

70%

Win Rate 53 Games

Inspiration

Sorcery

More Xerath Runes

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50%

Win Rate 15574 Games

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52%

Win Rate 9596 Games

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52%

Win Rate 1841 Games

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46%

Win Rate 4155 Games

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49%

Win Rate 3197 Games

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Second Best

63%

Win Rate 716 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 338 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 11.23: 681008 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 1842 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

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53%

Win Rate 1382 Games

Sorcery

Precision

More Xerath Runes

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 8504 Games

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49%

Win Rate 2589 Games

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Win Rate 2188 Games

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Win Rate 2155 Games

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Win Rate 13816 Games

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53%

Win Rate 2936 Games

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Second Best

72%

Win Rate 253 Games

Passive Ability

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72%

Win Rate 99 Games

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

Sorcery

Inspiration

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Win Rate 130 Games

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Precision

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More Xerath Runes

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52%

Win Rate 310 Games

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Win Rate 301 Games

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Win Rate 578 Games

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Win Rate 414 Games

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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.

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

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Xerath Skins

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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.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Arcana Xerath

May 11, 2021

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1350

Dark Star Xerath

March 26, 2020

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1350

Guardian of the Sands Xerath

April 27, 2015

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1350

Scorched Earth Xerath

July 13, 2012

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1350

Runeborn Xerath

October 5, 2011

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750

Classic Xerath

Original

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Battlecast Xerath

October 5, 2011

+ Wishlist

520

Xerath's Abilities

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Mana Surge Xerath's Passive

Self

Every 12 seconds, Xerath's next basic attack will restore 30 / 33 / 36 / 42 / 48 / 54 / 63 / 72 / 81 / 90 / 102 / 114 / 126 / 138 / 150 / 165 / 180 / 195 Mana. The amount of Mana restored is doubled if the attack target is a champion.

Arcanopulse Xerath's Q Ability

750

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9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5

First cast: Xerath starts charging, gradually increasing the range of Arcanopulse up to a maximum of 1400 while decreasing his movement speed by up to 50% over the next 1.5 seconds. While charging, Xerath cannot attack or use his other abilities. After 3 seconds, Arcanopulse cancels and half the mana cost is refunded.

Second cast: After a brief cast time, Xerath fires a beam of energy in a line the deals 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+85% of ability power) magic damage to all enemies hit.

Eye of Destruction Xerath's W Ability

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Xerath calls down a blast of arcane energy, which strikes after a 0.5 second delay dealing 60 / 95 / 130 / 165 / 200 (+60% of ability power) magic damage and slowing enemies in a target 200-radius area by 25% for 2.5 seconds.

Enemies hit directly take 100 / 158.4 / 216.7 / 275 / 333.3 (+100.2% of ability power) magic damage and are slowed by 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 % instead. The empowered slow decays down to 25% over the duration.

Shocking Orb Xerath's E Ability

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Xerath fires a orb of energy forward in a line that detonates on striking an enemy, dealing 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 (+45% AP) magic damage and stunning them for between 0.5 and 2 seconds. The stun duration is longer the further the Shocking Orb has travelled.

Rite of the Arcane Xerath's Ultimate (R) Ability

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130 / 115 / 100 / 100 / 100

Xerath anchors himself to his current location for up to 10 seconds. While anchored, Xerath is immune to displacement effects and gains the ability to cast Arcane Barrage up to 3 / 4 / 5 times but cannot cast his other abilities.

Rite of the Arcane can be cancelled early by moving or attacking and will automatically end once all shots have been fired. If Rite of the Arcane ends without using a single cast of Arcane Barrage, the cooldown is reduced by 50%.

Arcane Barrage: Xerath calls down a blast of arcane energy which strikes after a short delay, dealing 200 / 250 / 300 (+45% AP) magic damage to enemies within a moderate area. Arcane Barrage has a 0.8 second cooldown between casts (unaffected by cooldown reduction).

Arcane Barrage Xerath's Ultimate (R) Ability

Self

Xerath calls down a blast of arcane energy, which strikes after a 0.5 second delay dealing 200 / 240 / 280 (+43% AP) magic damage to enemies within a moderate area. May be cast up to 3 / 4 / 5 times while Rite of the Arcane is active.

Questions About Xerath

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Latest Questions

Can Kennen or Xerath jungle?

Asked on September 17, 2017

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...

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Feeling difficult to deal damage to mages who build RoA, what should I do?

Asked by kisred on May 11, 2016

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...

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Void Staff vs Abyssal Scepter

Asked by MrMad2000 on March 8, 2015

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...

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How can I go about reporting someone on here?

Asked by Nubey Tooby on November 21, 2014

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...

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How to play Xerath?

Asked on February 1, 2014

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]]...

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xerath update

Asked by asju4 on November 17, 2013

¿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.

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Next AP Mid to learn and why?

Asked by wtfproof on March 30, 2013

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...

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Look at me, I am the ADC now. Xerath Support