Xerath vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Xerath
based on 5,193 Xerath vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Xerath vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Xerath against Leona matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Leona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Xerath often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Leona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Leona
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Who is Better, Xerath or Leona?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a bad counter for Leona.
While Xerath does have a lower win rate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Leonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Leona. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
Additional Information for Xerath Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath to counter Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically accumulates much more CS compared to Leona. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Xerath versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Leona than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Leona as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xerath vs Leona clashes, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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