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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Xayah Build, Runes and Counters — Bot Lane Matchups · Patch 26.20

the Rebel

Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (2,727 games).

Xayah, the Rebel, scatters feathers on the ground and recalls them all at once to root anyone they pass through. Counted Master+ Xayahs were split between Lethal Tempo and Conqueror, and Yun Tal Wildarrows into Navori Flickerblade led the build bought most. Aphelios, Yunara and Ashe beat her most often. Zeri, Lucian and Kalista she was favored against.

Marksman

Patch 26.18 · Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 2,727 games · Preview sample

Role snapshot (Bot)

ATier
Win Rate
51.5%
Pick Rate
4.2%
Ban Rate
0.5%

2,727

Games

High

Confidence

Most common path

467 games

59.3%Win Rate

Start
FlashBarrier

Other first item

270 games

55.2%Win Rate

Start
FlashExhaust

Runes

Patch 26.18

This exact page: taken in 8.5% of games·50.4% win rate over 232 games.

Primary

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Presence of Mind

Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.

Legend: Bloodline

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.

Cut Down

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Secondary

Inspiration

Cash Back

Get some gold back when you purchase Legendary Items.

Triple Tonic

Upon reaching level 3, gain an Elixir of Avarice. Upon reaching level 6, gain an Elixir of Force. Upon reaching level 9, gain an Elixir of Skill.

Shards

  • Attack Speed
  • Adaptive Force
  • Health

Other keystones taken

  • Conqueror37.0% taken · 53.7% win1,008 games
  • Press the Attack0.4% taken · 33.3% win12 games
  • Hail of Blades0.2% taken · 50.0% win6 games

Tree pairs

  • Precision + Inspiration92.4% taken · 51.4% win2,520 games
  • Precision + Domination4.4% taken · 54.2% win120 games
  • Precision + Sorcery2.0% taken · 51.9% win54 games

Skill Order

Which ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Xayah's most common path.

Q

Double Daggers

Xayah throws two damaging daggers that also drop Feathers she can recall.

Cooldown 10/9.5/9/8.5/8s · 35 Mana
W

Deadly Plumage

Xayah creates a storm of blades that increase her Attack Speed and damage while also granting her Move Speed if she attacks a champion.

Cooldown 18/17/16/15/14s · 60/55/50/45/40 Mana
E

Bladecaller

Xayah calls back all her dropped Feathers dealing damage and rooting enemies.

Cooldown 12/11/10/9/8s · 20 Mana
R

Featherstorm

Xayah leaps into the air becoming untargetable and throwing out a fan of daggers, dropping Feathers she can recall.

Cooldown 140/120/100s · 100 Mana

Max Order

EWQ

Max E first, then W, then Q. Take R whenever available (6 / 12 / 16).

Level-up Order

  • Q
  • W
  • E
  • R
Ability123456789101112131415161718
QDouble DaggersQQQQQ
WDeadly PlumageWWWWW
EBladecallerEEEEE
RFeatherstormRRR

Matchup map (Bot)

How Xayah performs against enemy bot laners

Levels 1 – 18 · Master+40%60%Xayah's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard

Conditional build matrix

Recommended items by enemy team composition

Master+ · Patch 26.18
Mythic / CoreFirst major item
Core 2Second item
Core 3Third item
BootsBoot slot
SituationalPick as needed

Scaling — minute 10–30

XayahBot average

Gold

102030

Damage to champions

102030

CS

102030

Counter plan — how to beat Xayah

  • Close the gap early — it wins at range and at three items — neither before ten minutes

  • Punish the cooldown — Xayah is exposed while its rotation is down

  • Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one

  • Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 5/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

  • Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody

Ability details

  • P

    Clean Cuts

    After using an ability, Xayah's next basic attacks will hit all targets along their path and leave a Feather.

    Passive — never cast

  • Q

    Double Daggers

    Xayah throws two damaging daggers that also drop Feathers she can recall.

    Cost 35 ManaCooldown 10/9.5/9/8.5/8sRange 400

  • W

    Deadly Plumage

    Xayah creates a storm of blades that increase her Attack Speed and damage while also granting her Move Speed if she attacks a champion.

    Cost 60/55/50/45/40 ManaCooldown 18/17/16/15/14sRange 1000

  • E

    Bladecaller

    Xayah calls back all her dropped Feathers dealing damage and rooting enemies.

    Cost 20 ManaCooldown 12/11/10/9/8sRange 2000

  • R

    Featherstorm

    Xayah leaps into the air becoming untargetable and throwing out a fan of daggers, dropping Feathers she can recall.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 140/120/100sRange 450

Xayah balance history

Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Xayah in 3 patches. The latest is patch 26.4, published 2026-02-18.

  1. Patch 26.42026-02-18

    QDouble Daggers

    • Mana Cost50to35

    WDeadly Plumage

    • Cooldown20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16to18 / 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 seconds

    EBladecaller

    • Mana Cost30to20
    Why, in Riot's words

    Xayah appears statistically balanced, but players feel like she lacks agency. We're looking to make her base spells more available, giving more access to her spellweaving fantasy and more juicy W-auto uptime. These changes will also help her spread her wings and not be as reliant on Essence Reaver.

  2. Patch 26.12026-01-07

    EBladecaller

    • Damage55/65/75/85/95 (+ 60% bonus AD)to50/65/80/95/110 (+ 40% bonus AD)
    • Crit ScalingUp to 75%toUp to 50% of bonus crit damage: 1.5/1.65x
    Why, in Riot's words

    We're updating Xayah's E to care about crit damage and adjusting her E's overall damage profile to be more reliable and less snowbally.

  3. Patch 25.232025-11-18

    PClean Cuts

    • Damage30 / 40 / 50% ADto35 / 45 / 55% AD to secondary targets
    Why, in Riot's words

    While Rakan's been making waves, Xayah's been sitting on the sidelines for quite some time. We're looking to bring up her feather damage to help her cut through her opponents.

Xayah skins (13)

Riot's data lists 13 looks for Xayah with their own art, the base skin included and 52 chroma variants.

ARAM performance

EstimateA
Win Rate
50.7%
▼ 0.1%
Pick Rate
7.8%
▼ 2.2%
Ban Rate
7.9%
▲ 1.0%
Damage dealt
99.5%
Damage taken
97.3%
Healing
104.2%
Shielding
92.6%
Ability Haste
+13

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.1949.1% over 757 games · small sample-0.9
  2. 26.1852.2% over 1,539 games-0.2
  3. 26.1753.2% over 419 games · small sample—

Xayah's base stats against all 173 champions

  • Xayah's attack speed per level of 3.9% is the 7th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20.
StatXayahRankMedian
Base health630=61st620
Health per level107=61st104
Base armor25=121st30
Armor per level4.2=122nd4.6
Base magic resist33=4th32
Magic resist per level1.1=145th1.55
Base attack damage60=72nd59
Base attack speed0.658=54th0.656
Attack speed per level3.9%7th2.5%
Move speed330=117th335
Attack range525=46th175

Xayah at level 1 and level 18

  • Xayah reaches 2449 health at level 18 — 630 at level 1 plus 17 × 107, the 56th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20.
  • Xayah reaches 1020 mana at level 18 — 340 at level 1 plus 17 × 40, the 58th-lowest of 145 mana users on patch 26.20.
  • Xayah reaches 96.4 armor at level 18 — 25 at level 1 plus 17 × 4.2, the 21st-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 3.
  • Xayah reaches 51.7 magic resist at level 18 — 33 at level 1 plus 17 × 1.1, the 6th-lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20, shared with 27.
StatLevel 1Per levelLevel 18Rank at 18
Health630+107244956th of 173
Mana340+40102088th of 145
Armor25+4.296.4=150th of 173
Magic resist33+1.151.7=141st of 173

Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.

Riot's tips for Xayah

Playing Xayah

  • Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
  • Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Playing against Xayah

  • Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
  • Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
  • Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Quick answers about Xayah

How does Xayah do against Aphelios?
Xayah won 43.5% of 69 counted Master+ games against Aphelios. Aphelios is one of the opponents that beat Xayah. A small sample — read it as a lean, not a rule.
How does Xayah do against Yunara?
Xayah won 46.0% of 302 counted Master+ games against Yunara. Yunara is one of the opponents that beat Xayah.
How does Xayah do against Ashe?
Xayah won 40.5% of 42 counted Master+ games against Ashe. Ashe is one of the opponents that beat Xayah. A small sample — read it as a lean, not a rule.
How does Xayah do against Draven?
Xayah won 44.4% of 45 counted Master+ games against Draven. Draven is one of the opponents that beat Xayah. A small sample — read it as a lean, not a rule.
How does Xayah do against Zeri?
Xayah won 57.3% of 96 counted Master+ games against Zeri. It is a matchup Xayah wins more often than not.
How does Xayah do against Lucian?
Xayah won 56.0% of 125 counted Master+ games against Lucian. It is a matchup Xayah wins more often than not.
How does Xayah do against Kalista?
Xayah won 55.9% of 102 counted Master+ games against Kalista. It is a matchup Xayah wins more often than not.
How does Xayah do against Kai'Sa?
Xayah won 52.8% of 527 counted Master+ games against Kai'Sa. It is close to even.
What class is Xayah?
Riot classes Xayah as Marksman. This site files the champion under Bot.
How hard is Xayah to play?
Riot rates Xayah's difficulty 5 out of 10.
What resource does Xayah use?
Xayah's abilities spend Mana.
What is Xayah's attack range?
525 units — the 46th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 17 others).
What are Xayah's abilities?
Passive — Clean Cuts, Q — Double Daggers, W — Deadly Plumage, E — Bladecaller and R — Featherstorm.
How many skins does Xayah have?
Riot's data lists 13 skins with their own art, the base look included, plus 52 chroma variants.
How much health does Xayah have at level 18?
2449 — 630 at level 1 plus 17 × 107 per level, Riot's own values, before items and runes.
What is Xayah's ultimate cooldown?
Featherstorm (R): 140/120/100 seconds by rank, before ability haste, in Riot's Data Dragon 16.20.1.
When did Riot last change Xayah?
Patch 26.4, published 18 February 2026 — the latest of 3 patches that change Xayah in Riot's notes from 25.S1.1 to 26.20.

Xayah at a glance

Xayah, the Rebel, is a Marksman champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 5/10 for difficulty, 10/10 for attack, 6/10 for defense and 1/10 for magic. Xayah spends Mana and has 13 skins with their own art. Xayah's attack speed per level of 3.9% is the 7th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20.

Attack10/10
Defense6/10
Magic1/10
Difficulty5/10

Xayah's story

Deadly and precise, Xayah is a vastayan revolutionary waging a personal war to save her people. She uses her speed, guile, and razor-sharp feather blades to cut down anyone who stands in her way. Xayah fights alongside her partner and lover, Rakan, to protect their dwindling tribe, and restore their race to her vision of its former glory.
— Riot Games, Data Dragon 16.20.1. League of Legends Universe

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Methodology

Data window
Preview sample — a one-time snapshot of 65,406 ranked games (Master+, EUW/KR/NA, patch 26.18), counted by GamGem while our Riot production key is under review. Figures will update daily once it is approved. Counted 26–27 Sept 2026; patches 26.18 (35,477) · 26.19 (18,580) · 26.17 (11,048) · 26.16 (293) · 26.15 (8); by server EUW 22,382 · KR 21,922 · NA 21,065 · EUNE 20 · TR 17. 642 games without a result — remakes ended by vote in their first minutes, and games recorded with no winner — were not counted.
Rank aggregation
Master, Grandmaster and Challenger, pooled — the three ladders the count read its players from. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under every lane that holds at least a tenth of its counted games — the position the match itself reports, not the champion’s class. Its headline win rate is across all of them; each lane’s own win rate and games are counted too, and a lane’s tier list ranks by them.
Counters
The two champions in the same position on opposite teams, over that pairing’s own counted games — ranked on the edge pulled toward zero by its sample size, printed raw.
Minimum sample
None — no figure is hidden for being thin. Every rate prints its games, and the confidence band is its 95% margin: Very High within ±1.5 points, High ±2.5, Moderate ±3.1 (1,000 games), Low wider.
Why a build is not a cause
An item is counted when the match ENDS with it, so late items show long games and an item bought when already ahead shows games that were being won. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying the item caused the win.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates, builds, keystones, spells and matchups are counted by GamGem from Riot's ranked match records. An estimate, not a count: this panel is not in the preview sample, and is labelled so.

Xayah on video

Published by League of Legends on YouTube, 17 April 2017.

9 years old. League of Legends has been patched since, so watch it for how the kit plays, not for numbers — the rest of this page is written for the current patch.

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