Taric vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Taric
based on 633 Taric vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Xayah
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Advice to Win 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.
Taric vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Taric in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Taric vs. Xayah matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Taric normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xayah. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Xayah
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Who is Better, Taric or Xayah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 53.6% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a great counter to Xayah.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Xayah.
Furthermore, Taric also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Xayah matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Taric is a great counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric often picks up a lot less CS relative to Xayah. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Taric versus Xayah build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Xayah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 53.6% battling Xayah with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Xayah as Taric, Taric players should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Taric vs Xayah battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.6% winrate overall.
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