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the Magus Ascendant

Xerath Mid build & stats

MageSupport A 191 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
52.4%
Pick rate
4.6%
Ban rate
10.1%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Horizon Focus
Horizon Focus
2,700 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
9,400 gold
66.7% WR 9 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
52.5% 183 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
55.6% WR
18 games · 9% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
53.5% 144 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Xerath

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Xerath wins 52.4% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (191 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 60% win rate over 20 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 83% of games with a 53% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Viktor (75% over 8 games). Hardest: Ahri (33% over 12 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Xerath scales: 64% win rate after 35 minutes versus 48% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
60.0% WR
20 games · 10% pick
Horizon Focus
Horizon Focus
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
62.5% WR
16 games · 8% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Horizon Focus
Horizon Focus
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
66.7% WR
9 games · 5% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
52.5% WR
183 games · 96% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 66.7% 3% (6)
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon
 66.7% 2% (3)
Rylai's Crystal Scepter Rylai's Crystal Scepter
 60.0% 3% (5)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 58.8% 9% (17)
Horizon Focus Horizon Focus
 57.4% 28% (54)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 57.4% 36% (68)
Malignance Malignance
 54.5% 6% (11)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 54.1% 70% (133)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 52.2% 94% (180)
Void Staff Void Staff
 45.5% 12% (22)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 41.7% 13% (24)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
52.6% WR
57 games · 30% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
54.3% WR
35 games · 18% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Presence of Mind Coup de Grace
Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
55.6% WR
18 games · 9% pick
First Strike Magical Footwear Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight Manaflow Band Scorch

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 53.2%83% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 52.0%13% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 0.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 53.5%75% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 53.6%15% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 14.3%4% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PMana Surge

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

  • QArcanopulse

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

  • WEye 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.

  • EShocking Orb

    Deals magic damage to an enemy and stuns them.

  • RRite of the Arcane

    Xerath immobilizes himself and gains numerous long-range barrages.