Xerath with Blitzcrank
How to Synergize Xerath and Blitzcrank
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Xerath Blitzcrank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Blitzcrank
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 Understand How Blitzcrank Will Play
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Xerath Blitzcrank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Blitzcrank as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Blitzcrank. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Blitzcrank helps Xerath perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Blitzcrank, he observes a clear improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Blitzcrank supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Blitzcrank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Blitzcrank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Blitzcrank.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Blitzcrank on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Blitzcrank does a decent job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Blitzcrank
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Blitzcrank?
There is no top ally for Xerath that will always be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Blitzcrank is a decent ally for Xerath. By being on the same team as Xerath, he increases their win rate by 1.1% to 51.7%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Xerath and Blitzcrank that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Blitzcrank has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Blitzcrank allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xerath and Blitzcrank together, you will not be giving your side a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Blitzcrank ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to synergize with Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Xerath and Blitzcrank synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Blitzcrank than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 51.7% helping carry Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Xerath and Blitzcrank pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.7% win rate overall.
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