Xerath·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Xerath Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick First Strike as your keystone, followed by Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Scorch in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Luden's Companion as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Horizon Focus. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.2% winrate over 24 890 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Xerath Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Luden's Companion, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Horizon Focus as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Shadowflame. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 52.8% win rate over 14 209 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Luden's Companion as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Stormsurge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Shadowflame. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 53.9% win rate across 2 154 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Xerath Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Blackfire Torch as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Horizon Focus as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Shadowflame. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.8% win rate over 1 645 matches played.

Situational Xerath Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Xerath build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.