League of Legends (LoL) Question: How to play Xerath?
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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 but they seem to be outdated to just plain wrong.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 > Athene's Unholy Grail > Rabadon's Deathcap/ Void Staff > Zhonya's Hourglass or Banner of Command
I run 21/9/0 masteries usually and go with Barrier and Flash most of my games. Ignite doesn't seem to be that good on him.
I run MPen marks, armor/mana reg seals, ap seals, ms/ap/mpen quints.
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 but they seem to be outdated to just plain wrong.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 > Athene's Unholy Grail > Rabadon's Deathcap/ Void Staff > Zhonya's Hourglass or Banner of Command
I run 21/9/0 masteries usually and go with Barrier and Flash most of my games. Ignite doesn't seem to be that good on him.
I run MPen marks, armor/mana reg seals, ap seals, ms/ap/mpen quints.
Masteries: 21/0/9 opting for Spell Weaving , Arcane Blade and Runic Affinity .
Runes: 9x , 9x , 9x , 3x (Run Mres in glyphs against LeBlanc or Kassadin. I like AP quints better than Mpen due to the increased wave clear early-game and I think it's overkill.
Build path: 2x -> -> -> ->
Exchange Cap with Hourglass when necessary. For example against Zed.
Continue with Liandry's Torment and Athene's Unholy Grail. To be completed in whatever order you require. If you have access to every blue then you can probably delay Grail. Finish the build with either Zhonya or Deathcap depending on what you built first.
Barrier and Flash are my most chosen summoner's. Alternatives to Barrier are Cleanse and Teleport.
against AP: doran--Chalice +2nd doran--Unholy Grail--Deathcap--hourglass
taking a hard lead: doran--2nd doran + Morellonomicon ASAP--Deathcap--- ask your support to buy MR aura for you
against ad: doran--seeker--2nd doran+ chalice(maybe hourglass depending on the match-up, like against Zed)--Grail--Deathcap...
Also, healing is very good for Xerath under current patch. I tried ghost but when you get ganked heal saves you much more than ghost. Heal will also help your jungler when he comes to gank/anti-gank
I max q>e>w
Magic pen is spectacular on Xerath since on top of the w you can shred through just about any amount of mr.
locus of power read dat magic pen
his ult cd is actually fairly short and he is super long range with the w, just remember you can't move. follow up the e with either a q or an ult for the stun. the ult can be cast 3 times and Xerath in general has some good siege potential.
Xerathanyone?Aphromoo got it on his support Annie, probably means the item has a 100% win rate. but i don't know if it was used in other games
Don't shoot it down yet, guys.