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 Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Coup de Grace and Presence of Mind 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 Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 51.5% winrate over 11 851 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 First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch 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 Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.4% win rate over 3 328 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Dark Harvest as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch 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 Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Stormsurge. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.6% win rate across 575 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 Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Archangel's Staff as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Luden's Companion as third item. The last 3 options are Horizon Focus, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 46.6% win rate over 358 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.