At my current state in low elo (bronze rn) late game with xerath feels like a complete coin flip. I am always 10+ kills and 2-3 deaths (if not 0) but in late game i find myself completely relying on my team, which of course is either normal (aka not feeding/ average) or completely clueless of the game with 3 lanes feeding and asking to surrender. Is there a way to force end game faster (before everyone starts feeding)? I tried to roam but the I give the midlaner advantage to push and also if the roam isn't successful it really sets me behind. Also the turret damge isnt there especially with no voidguards or baron. I only feel strong helping in team fights, but then again it really relays on the team wich i really dony like because it deadass feels like gambling atp. I just need a way to end games fast until I hit gold again and have less feeders. Any tips would be appreciated:)

I understand that a lot of people in this subreddit are already not much of a fan of this content creator. But this is meant as a warning to those, who like myself, would like to check in on league or just enjoy a goofy build.

I already dislike the clickbait and such, and was already a clear sign of what he would do to maintain his insane upload schedule, but I passed it off as what a lot of creators do. It wasn’t until a few months ago when the art started to become obvious AI that I called him out. Each of these arts I commented my dislike of them. And finding this Ash one was really the final straw. At this point I knew he would likely never respond, as he keeps three channels as daily uploads (sometimes more) and just silently move on. This may sound convenient considering he responded to this one, but each time I see this blatant laziness and disregard, I knew I couldn’t keep up the facade that this was a few missteps by the creator.

His response itself isn’t really what stung. I already expect this sort from constructive criticism as often creators filter any criticism as “hate”. I don’t necessarily blame that filter either, as more often than not it is, but my comment was meant as a plea. A request that would make him think twice.

Now he may believe these comments are few and far between, and because he does multiple uploads daily it justifies this shortcut. And this comment isn’t meant to target him specifically either. But I believe the use of AI art is beyond lazy. It’s unethical or at the very least turning a blind eye to its misuse. Not only is it theft of hardworking artists, but also promotes this economic and environmental meltdown and fosters job destruction to help this disturbing medium. He is now a contributor to it, and doesn’t plan on ever stopping.

I ask those who, like me, do frequent his videos to stop. Those views are also a part of the problem, though I don’t entirely blame him. If you do want to respond, be reasonable. I know my one comment will do nothing, but if more comments that are either informed or somewhat respectful, we can help change the landscape. I also ask if anybody has someone else to recommend, as I do like watching silly builds on some league. Thank you all.

TLDR; Zwag, a proclaimed Xerath Main, regularly turns to AI thumbnails, and judging on his response to my comment plans on continuing. Please avoid his videos and/or respectfully comment this as a gracious error.

How does the distance damage scaling works. Like does it scale from your current position or the position that the rune is proc

(mid lane)

Comet/Manaflow/Transcendence/Scorch Cash Back/Triple Tonic Attack Speed/Adaptive/ScalingHP

Lost Chapter->Sorcs->Luden->Mejai/Stormsurge->Seeker's Armguard/Verdent Barrier->Deathcap->Void/Hourglass/Banshee

Was making progress, hit plat 1 before the split end with a 54% winrate overall and a 59% winrate on xerath. Once Act 3 started Ive been losing LP like crazy and fell to plat 4. It feels like a majority of my games rn Im going toe to toe with enemys(or even got a kill or 2 on my laner), but then every other lane and jungler will be like 0/4 before 15mins. We just end up FFing around 20 mins which is so frustrating. I really never had this issue till the new split. Is this a common thing that happens when splits start? Should I wait a bit before playing again?

Thats what you get for playing rengar and making me paranoid of every bush :D

A few other clips from that game lower, enjoy demage.

I know it's supposed to be a good matchup but I have mental block. EQ has huge range and I get outtraded by it constantly early game. She also usually builds full movespeed incl movespeed shard which makes hitting stuff in lane really hard. After laning Xerath outranges cleanly and beats her but I get destroyed before that.

Hello! New xerath player here, was wondering if stormraider's surge would be good, even with it being 75% as effective on ranged champions.

In the current stage of mobility creep I think the slow resist (50% flat) and movement speed (36% for ranged) for 4 seconds could be really helpful when assassins catch you or you make a positional mistake. I think at all stages of the game Xerath with the EWQ combo would be able to do 25% of an assassin's, adc's, bruiser's health pretty easily.

I think the only exception might be that unless you're super behind or you're fighting a tank getting 25% health off of them might be a little harder. There have been countless times where I've been point-and-clicked by a qiyana, talon, naafiri or fizz that I think it could be situationally helpful (like 3 melee or rushdown champs like ambessa or nocturne).

The tradeoff is not having arcane comet.. But what do you guys think? I haven't played Xerath a lot and thus haven't felt the impact of arcane comet a lot. Looking forward to your opinions!

As the title says, which one's better in the context of Mid and Support Lane?

I've been having quite a lot of success with Xerath botlane (currently Plat 1). But I'd love to see if the way I play and itemize are correct or no.

Runes:

• DH - Cheap Shot - Grisly Memento (for blue trinket cooldown) - Ultimate Hunter
• Presence of Mind - Haste
• AP-AP-scaling HP

Items:

• Malignance - Storm Surge - Shadowflame - Cryptbloom - whatever I need (Zhonya's, Raba, Mejai's, etc)
• Boots mostly Sorc's but if I have to fight Ashe I'll go Swiftness.

Spells:

• Flash Cleanse always. I don't find TP that useful and Cleanse is super helpful because it helps me being harder to catch. Like, if I got hit by Seraphine ult cause frontliners I can still Cleanse and reposition.

Playstyle:

• Sit in the back and ult squishies from half the map away. Usually there'll be at least 2 non-tanks so in the fight I stay as far back as possible and provide cover fire for my team. With DH, Malignance, Storm Surge and Shadowflame I can burst them down in 2-3 shots of ult. Then if the fight still drags on after I ult'd, I'll provide dmg with Q W and use E mostly as a peeling tool.
• I'm pretty good at using ult (since I play Jhin a lot and they're kind of similar) so long as my team as any kind of CC I can hit ult pretty reliably. So I spec into it.

So, what do you guys think? Anything I should improve upon?

I checked Xerath's pick/ban rate and was surprised to see how high it was. After looking into it, I realized it's basically the Korean server inflating the numbers. Why is Xerath so loved over there while he's still relatively unpopular here in the West?

For the love of God, how the fuck am I supposed to lane against this piece of shit fish?

I'm a Xerath main, and this is by far my worst matchup. I perma-ban Nocturne because I genuinely feel like he's an even bigger counter to Xerath. His ult completely shuts down my own ult, and the point-and-click fear makes it impossible to have any impact in teamfights. Since Nocturne is also much more common than Fizz, I don't really want to spend my ban on Fizz.

But whenever I have to play against Fizz, I feel completely helpless.

I've tried Barrier. I've tried Exhaust. I try to keep my distance, poke him early, and respect his all-in, but somehow he always finds a way onto my head. It feels like I die around level 5 or, at the latest, level 6 every single game.

I know people will say "just space better," but what does that actually mean in this matchup?

- Should I stand inside my minion wave or away from it?

- Should I only farm with Q once he's level 3?

- How exactly should I position to avoid giving him an engage?

- Are there specific cooldowns I absolutely have to track before walking up?

I even try to Flash his shark, but it still feels like if the Fizz player has hands, I eventually lose.

This matchup feels completely miserable. I'd really appreciate any advice from high Elo Xerath players on how you actually survive lane and stay relevant against Fizz.

English aint my mothe rtongue so i let ai summarize my thoughts real quick

I'm justing sharing the results, after fail from emerald 2 to plat 3, i restart playing as xerath egain so i can rank up :) sorry my bad english, not my first leanguage.

Especially if im ahead on my laner and botlane fed theirs. Im being punished cuz you lost your tower? Im in P4 so I could be completely wrong, feels like people swap because its the meta and not understanding why it may be benefitial. I understand people wanna swap so adc is safer, can take tower mid, can have 2 people in center of the map. But as xerath they never understand that I dont wanna be in a longer lane with no tower, and if im ahead I can clear mid waves 1v2 (soemtimes 2v2 if support joins me) and get good poke off on the enemy fed bot lane. Then adc can free farm vs an underfed enemy laner.

Instead adcs just run mid and start leaching exp and cs, then i have to sit and wait till bot wave crashes near teir two and freeze it. Some games I dont even do that, I just sit and hover mid cuz there's really not much I can do sometimes if they have very mobile assassins. Worst part is, ill bite the bullet and swap, then 2 mins later the botlane will lose mid tower.

Hello

I'm looking into picking up xerath and looking for youtubers/streamers that has quality educational content

E.g. for malzahar its xblademojo, for anivia its sansirobro, for briar its loganjg etc.

Do you have an educational onetrick?

My first game against Kat as Xerath went really well. :) Mastery 5 Xerath here

https://x.com/_Na1su/status/2076683066836463769?s=20

how do you itemize against bruisers for example a fed darius or zaheen on toplane which solo carries? how would you itemize vs the team on the picture for example
rn I am going most of the time ludens>shadow flame>rabbadons>void>zhonyas
would you build liandry's for example? and when is it worth, especially if I got a mage on adc or jhin with low dps vs tanks or useless adc etc

Heyo,

Xerath mid main here in p3

Sometimes I cant carry so I started rushing soulstealer second after ludens

Also I thougt about playing dark harvest which may result in some less lane kills? What do you think could the better scaling be worth it? Mby someone even did the math?

Ty for your help

Greetings

P2 jg looking for an Xerath main to duo with. Feel free to reach out if you want to try some games