# Xerath Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Xerath: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/xerath · Patch: 26.22 · Mid lane

## Xerath — the Magus Ascendant

- Tier: S (#12 of 122 in Mid lane)
- Win rate: 50.9%
- Pick: 4.1%
- Ban: 8.4%
- Games: 17,044

## Runes

- **Sorcery**: Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch
- **Precision**: Presence of Mind, Coup de Grace
- Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health scaling with level

## Summoner spells

Flash, Teleport

## Items

- Starting items: Doran's Ring, Health Potion, Health Potion
- **Ability Power** (Win rate: 52.5% · Games: 7,380): Luden's Echo → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap → (Void Staff / Rabadon's Deathcap) → (Void Staff / Rabadon's Deathcap / Zhonya's Hourglass)
- Boots: Sorcerer's Shoes

## Skill order

Q > W > E

## Struggles against

- Nunu & Willump: -16.7 pp win rate difference (24 games)
- Singed: -16.7 pp win rate difference (21 games)
- Yorick: -13.6 pp win rate difference (11 games)
- Kennen: -10.9 pp win rate difference (23 games)
- Tryndamere: -10.6 pp win rate difference (33 games)

## Strong against

- Volibear: +25.0 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Aatrox: +22.7 pp win rate difference (11 games)
- Ezreal: +20.6 pp win rate difference (34 games)
- Mel: +14.7 pp win rate difference (167 games)
- Heimerdinger: +13.6 pp win rate difference (22 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

- [OTPs](https://gamerone.org/en/champion/xerath/otp)
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- [Tier List & Builds](https://gamerone.org/en/tier-list)