Xerath, the Magus Ascendant, is a ranged mage and support champion. In fights Xerath is a fragile champion who deals magic damage from long range poke. Here are the augments Xerath players take most, the Prismatic items worth grabbing and the core build on patch 26.20.
When you damage a champion from far away, fire a Trueshot Barrage at them.
Arcanopulse (Q) and Rite of the Arcane (R) hit from very long range, so your poke regularly triggers extra Trueshot Barrages on enemy champions.
Your Abilities can Critically Strike. Gain Crit Chance.
Rite of the Arcane (R) fires several artillery shots, and each one can now crit, which raises the damage of your long-range barrage.
Hitting an enemy with a non-Ultimate Ability at far range drastically reduces its Cooldown.
Landing Arcanopulse (Q) or Shocking Orb (E) from far away cuts their cooldowns, so you can poke and stun enemies much more often.
In game, Hexgate puts a badge under every augment card you are offered, with how often Xerath players take it.
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Based on 13,390 Xerath games in Arena on patch 26.20. Augments and items are ordered by how often Xerath players take them; the bars compare each one with the most taken.
Augment offers come in Silver, Gold and Prismatic. These are the cards Xerath players take most at each rarity, most taken first.
Trueshot Prodigy
Jeweled Gauntlet
Spellwake
Eureka
Skilled Sniper
Magic Missile
Big Brain
Phenomenal Evil
ADAPt
Witchful ThinkingThe Prismatic items Xerath players pick most often from the offer, most picked first.
Detonation Orb
Runecarver
Night Harvester
Everfrost
Diamond-Tipped Spear
Crown of the Shattered QueenBoots to start, then the items Xerath players build most often in Arena, most built first. Adapt the order to the lobby: every other team is an opponent.
Sorcerer's Shoes
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Rabadon's Deathcap
Luden's Echo
Shadowflame
Void Staff
Seraph's Embrace
Liandry's TormentThe order Xerath players level their abilities in most often: max Arcanopulse (Q) first, then Eye of Destruction (W), and take Rite of the Arcane (R) whenever you can.
QArcanopulse
WEye of Destruction
EShocking Orb| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||
| W | W | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||
| E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| R | R | R |
On patch 26.20 Xerath players take Trueshot Prodigy, Jeweled Gauntlet and Skilled Sniper most often.
The Prismatic items Xerath players pick most are Detonation Orb, Runecarver and Night Harvester.
Start with Sorcerer's Shoes, then the items Xerath players build most: Rabadon's Deathcap, Luden's Echo and Shadowflame. Adapt the rest to the lobby.
Max Arcanopulse (Q) first, then Eye of Destruction (W), and level Rite of the Arcane (R) whenever you can.
On patch 26.20 Xerath is A tier in the Arena tier list: strong, reliable picks.
Arena tier list for all champions · Xerath in ARAM Mayhem
Champion names, art, items and abilities: Riot Games Data Dragon. Augment names, art and text: the game files. Hexgate is not endorsed by Riot Games.
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