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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00

Xerath

the Magus Ascendant

MageSupport

League of LegendsPatch 26.16MidRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA21,518 gamesSample data

Role snapshot (Mid)

BTier
55.2%
Win Rate
4.2%
Pick Rate
3.3%
Ban Rate

21,518

Games

Moderate

Confidence

Matchup map (Mid) — level 1–18

40%60%
≥ 60%
55 – 60%
50 – 55%
45 – 50%
40 – 45%
< 40%
Nobody in this lane sits here.

Conditional build matrix

vs AP Burstvs AD Assassinsvs Tanksvs Sustain
Mythic / Core
Core 2
Core 3
Boots
Situational

Popular build

9,898 games

55.6%Win Rate

FlashIgnite

Reliable build

7,101 games

54.3%Win Rate

FlashTeleport

High observed win rate

2,582 games

57.7%Win Rate

FlashExhaust

Runes

Primary: Domination

  • Electrocute
  • Cheap Shot
  • Deep Ward
  • Ultimate Hunter

Secondary: Inspiration

  • Hextech Flashtraption
  • Biscuit Delivery

Shards

+9 Adaptive Force

+9 Adaptive Force

+10-180 Health (based on level)

Skill order

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Ability details

  • Mana Surge

    Xerath's basic attacks periodically restore Mana. Whenever Xerath kills a unit, this cooldown is reduced.

    Passive — never cast

  • Arcanopulse

    Fires a long-range beam of energy, dealing magic damage to all targets hit.

    Cost 80/90/100/110/120 ManaCooldown 9/8/7/6/5sRange 750

  • Eye of Destruction

    Calls down a barrage of arcane energy, slowing and dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. Targets in the middle receive additional damage and a stronger slow.

    Cost 80/90/100/110/120 ManaCooldown 14/13/12/11/10sRange 1000

  • Shocking Orb

    Deals magic damage to an enemy and stuns them.

    Cost 60/65/70/75/80 ManaCooldown 13/12.5/12/11.5/11sRange 1050

  • Rite of the Arcane

    Xerath immobilizes himself and gains numerous long-range barrages.

    Cost 100 ManaCooldown 130/115/100sRange 5000

Scaling — level 1–18

XerathMid average

Win Rate

1918

Damage / Min

1918

Gold / Min

1918

Counter plan — how to beat Xerath

  • Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip

  • Track the roam — it is strongest where the enemy jungler already is

  • Punish the cooldown — Xerath 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 8/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average

ARAM performance

A
53.3%
Win Rate
▼ 0.6%
1.7%
Pick Rate
▼ 0.9%
4.9%
Ban Rate
▼ 0.5%
Damage dealt
93.7%
Damage taken
101.5%
Healing
96.4%
Shielding
101.6%
Ability Haste
+21

Best ARAM build

Patch timeline

Riot’s notes

We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.

  1. 26.16Live now-0.3
  2. 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.5
  3. 26.11Sample win rate across this patch-0.3
  4. 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.7
  5. 26.05Sample win rate across this patch+0.0

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Methodology

Data window
512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
Rank aggregation
Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
Role assignment
A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
Counters
A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
Minimum sample
The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
Why a build is not a cause
The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
Where the numbers come from
Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.