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the Magus Ascendant

Xerath build & stats

MageSupport A 187 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
53.5%
Pick rate
10.4%
Ban rate
0.0%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
All divisions
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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
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
2,750 gold
9,450 gold
62.5% WR 16 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
52.3% 153 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
65.3% WR
49 games · 26% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
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

Exhaust Flash
84.6% 13 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 53.5% of games as any role on patch 16.18 (187 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 62% win rate over 16 games.
  • Take Dark Harvest as keystone: picked in 61% of games with a 56% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
62.5% WR
16 games · 9% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
63.6% WR
11 games · 6% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Horizon Focus
Horizon Focus
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
50.0% WR
8 games · 4% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
52.3% WR
153 games · 82% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
33.3% WR
3 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 66.7% 6% (12)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 61.1% 51% (95)
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom
 60.0% 3% (5)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 57.4% 79% (148)
Void Staff Void Staff
 56.0% 27% (50)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 54.0% 53% (100)
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 51.0% 26% (49)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 47.8% 12% (23)
Horizon Focus Horizon Focus
 44.9% 37% (69)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 39.1% 12% (23)
Malignance Malignance
 35.7% 15% (28)
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon
 25.0% 4% (8)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
65.3% WR
49 games · 26% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
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
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
43.5% WR
46 games · 25% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Coup de Grace Presence of Mind
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
47.5% WR
40 games · 21% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Coup de Grace Presence of Mind

Keystones

  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 55.7%61% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 48.4%34% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 66.7%2% pick
  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 66.7%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Clarity Flash + Clarity 56.2%48% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 33.3%13% pick
  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 50.0%12% 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.