Xerath vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Xerath
based on 2,217 Xerath vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Xerath vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some influential Xerath vs. Sivir counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir..
Xerath normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Sivir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Sivir
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Who is Better, Xerath or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Sivir, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter to Sivir.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Sivir, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Siviras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Sivir matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Sivir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Sivir.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath in order to counter Sivir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average racks up less CS as Sivir. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Xerath versus Sivir build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Sivir than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Sivir with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Sivir as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xerath vs Sivir matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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