Xerath vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Xerath
based on 1,059 Xerath vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Elise
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Win Against Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Xerath vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some valuable Xerath versus Elise matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Elise..
Xerath normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Elise. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Elise
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Who is Better, Xerath or Elise?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Elise, with a 57.8% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a fantastic counter for Elise.
While Xerath does have a much higher win rate than Elise, when facing one another, Xerath also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Xerath into Eliseas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Elise. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Elise matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Xerath is a great counter to Elise. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Elise.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Elise during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically picks up much more CS relative to Elise. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Elise build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Elise than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 57.8% battling Elise with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Elise as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Xerath vs Elise LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 57.8% win rate overall.
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