Xerath

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Comp identity — Mid / Bot / Support

Leans Siege — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Siegenatural · 90%
Catchworkable · 40%
Attackforced · 10%
Xerath chokes a siege with waveclear and zone control — nothing crosses the line for free. Enough Catch sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Q (Arcanopulse) is a charge-up beam whose range extends from 700 up to 1450 the longer it channels, rewarding safe long-range poke.

Kit quirks

Q (Arcanopulse) is a charge-up beam whose range extends from 700 up to 1450 the longer it channels, rewarding safe long-range poke
E's stun duration scales with travel distance (0.75-2.25s), so max-range hits lock down targets far longer than point-blank ones
R channels to fire 4-6 missiles with stacking bonus damage per hit on the same target, making it a strong finishing tool on already-damaged/immobile targets

How Xerath actually performs in ranked solo queue · 79 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Mid48% WR · 38.0 games
Bot51% WR · 25.8 games
Support50% WR · 15.0 games
Top50% WR · 0.6 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Xerath — The Magus Ascendant

Class: Artillery
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle, Support
Released: 2011-10-05 (V1.0.0.126)
Last changed: V26.17
Price: 675 BE · 585 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	575	+106	2377
Health regen (per 5s)	5.5	+0.55	14.85
Mana	400	+22	774
Mana regen (per 5s)	6.85	+0.8	20.45
Armor	22	+4.7	101.9
Magic resist	30	+1.3	52.1
Attack damage	55	+3	106
Attack speed	0.658	+1.36%	0.802
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	525
Movement speed	340

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 302.7778
Selection radius: 120
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.1
Basic attack missile speed: 2000

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.93 · damage taken ×1.05

One for All: damage dealt ×1.03

Abilities

Passive

Mana Surge

Static cooldown: 16

Innate: Periodically, Xerath empowers his next basic attack on-hit to restore 30 – 225 (based on level) mana, doubled to 60 – 450 (based on level) against enemy champions.

Mana Surge's cooldown is reduced by 3.5 seconds whenever Xerath kills an enemy.

Mana Surge does not trigger if Xerath would restore above his maximum mana.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: SelfParries: Missing

Notes (3)

Mana Surge will trigger even if the attack is blocked, but not if it misses due to blind.
The empowered attack will trigger against structures.
PENDING FOR TEST:: Mana Surge's interactions with dodging effects.

Map-specific differences (1)

Passive damage to plants changed to 2.

Arcanopulse

Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 manaCooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5Cast time: noneRange: 700 – 1450 (based on channel time)Width: 145

Active: Xerath charges while being slowed by 0% – 40% (based on channel time) for up to 3 seconds to increase Arcanopulse's range over the first 1.5 to 1.75 seconds of the channel.

Arcanopulse can be recast within the duration. If the charge is interrupted or completes without reactivation, Arcanopulse is cancelled and refunds half the mana cost.

Mana Refunded: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60

Recast: Xerath becomes unable to act for 0.528 seconds and afterwards fires a beam of energy in a line in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit.

Magic Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 90% AP)

Targeting input: Auto / DirectionAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Not BlockedDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (8)

The onset of Arcanopulse's self- slow and first range increase is at a random interval of 0 to 0.25 seconds. The real time to maximum self-slow and range is thus 1.5 to 1.75 seconds.
The rectangle hitbox's minimum range is 0, right through Xerath's center.
Arcanopulse will not fire and deal damage if Xerath dies during the 0.528 seconds recast delay.(bug)
The following table refers for interactions while Xerath is channeling:
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects
The following table refers for interactions while Xerath is locked out during the 0.528 seconds recast delay:
Death

Map-specific differences (1)

Base damage changed to 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260.

Eye of Destruction

Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 manaCooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10Cast time: 0.25Target range: 1000Effect radius: 275 • 125 • 250

Active: Xerath casts down a blast of arcane energy that strikes the target location after 0.528 seconds, briefly granting sight of the area and dealing magic damage to enemies hit and slowing them by 25% for 2.5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 65% AP)

Enemies in the epicenter take 66.7% increased damage and are slowed by a greater amount, decaying to 25% over the duration.

Increased Damage: 83.35 / 141.695 / 200.04 / 258.385 / 316.73 (+ 108.355% AP)
Increased Slow: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80%

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target location to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (3)

Xerath's location gets revealed to the enemy (400 radius for 4.5 seconds) if Eye of Destruction's cast location is within 100 units of a valid enemy at the start of the cast time due to something related to targeting types.(bug)
Eye of Destruction's targeting indicator appears on the player's minimap, despite the ability not having the longer range of others with this quality.
Eye of Destruction will not fire and deal damage if Xerath dies during the 0.25s cast time.(unexpected)

Map-specific differences (3)

Base damage changed to 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230.
Base slow changed to 40%. Enhanced slow is unchanged.
Cooldown changed to 10 seconds at all ranks.

Shocking Orb

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 manaCooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11Cast time: 0.25Range: 1125Width: 120Speed: 1400

Active: Xerath fires an orb of energy in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy hit and stuns them for 0.75 – 2.25 (based on orb travel distance) seconds.

Magic Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+ 45% AP)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (1)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Map-specific differences (3)

Minimum stun duration changed to 1.25 seconds.
Maximum stun duration changed to 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown changed to 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9 seconds.

Rite of the Arcane

Cost: 100 manaCooldown: 130 / 115 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 5000Effect radius: 200

Active: Xerath channels for up to 10 seconds, gaining the ability to recast Rite of the Arcane multiple times after 0.5 seconds within the duration. If Rite of the Arcane ends without any of the recasts being used, half of its cooldown is refunded.

Number of Recasts: 4 / 5 / 6

Recast - Arcane Barrage: Xerath catapults an arcane missile that strikes the target location after a 0.627 seconds delay, briefly granting sight of the area and dealing magic damage to enemies hit. Each cast has a static cooldown of 0.627 seconds. After catapulting the first missile, Xerath will reveal himself while there are enemy champions within Rite of the Arcane's range.

Magic Damage: 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 45% AP)
Total Magic Damage: 680 / 1100 / 1620 (+ 180 / 225 / 270% AP)

Hitting at least one enemy champion grants a stack of Arcane Perfection during the channel, stacking up to a maximum amount. Each stack increases Arcane Barrage's damage.

Maximum Stacks: 3 / 4 / 5
Increased Damage per Stack: 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 5% AP)

When there are no enemy champions nearby, Xerath will reveal himself for a couple of seconds if a missile strikes within a distance of an enemy unit.

Impact Distance to Reveal: 175 / 200 / 225

Targeting input: Auto / LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (recast clamped)Affects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Not BlockedDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (14)

Each cast counts as an ability activation for the purposes of on-cast effects such as Spellblade and triggering Force Pulse's passive.
Arcane Barrage will not apply its increased damage per stack to the cast that granted the stack.
Only successive casts of the ability will benefit from the damage increase.
A circular indicator will be displayed at the target location to signify that the area will be blasted.
The circle indicating the ability's range expands rapidly from near Xerath up to the maximum range over 1 second during the channel.
The maximum-range indicator is visible to both allies and enemies and is color coded for friendly (blue) or hostile (red).
Rite of the Arcane uses a barrage system so that it can be recast multiple times within a given period at no additional cost.
Xerath will turn to face toward the direction of the target location after using a recast.
Xerath gains a wider field of view during Rite of the Arcane.
Xerath can use Dark Passage while channeling.
The following table refers for interactions while Xerath is channeling:
Teleport and Recall are disabled for the first 1.25 seconds and otherwise interrupt the channel if they are used.
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects

Map-specific differences (4)

Base damage changed to 85 / 120 / 155.
Total base damage changed to 340 / 600 / 930.
Bonus damage per stack changed to 30 / 35 / 40.
Cooldown changed to 50 seconds at all ranks.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Siegenatural · 90%

Catchworkable · 40%

Attackforced · 10%

Xerath chokes a siege with waveclear and zone control — nothing crosses the line for free. Enough Catch sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Q (Arcanopulse) is a charge-up beam whose range extends from 700 up to 1450 the longer it channels, rewarding safe long-range poke.

Kit quirks

Q (Arcanopulse) is a charge-up beam whose range extends from 700 up to 1450 the longer it channels, rewarding safe long-range poke

E's stun duration scales with travel distance (0.75-2.25s), so max-range hits lock down targets far longer than point-blank ones

R channels to fire 4-6 missiles with stacking bonus damage per hit on the same target, making it a strong finishing tool on already-damaged/immobile targets

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Xerath — The Magus Ascendant

Class: Artillery
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle, Support
Released: 2011-10-05 (V1.0.0.126)
Last changed: V26.17
Price: 675 BE · 585 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	575	+106	2377
Health regen (per 5s)	5.5	+0.55	14.85
Mana	400	+22	774
Mana regen (per 5s)	6.85	+0.8	20.45
Armor	22	+4.7	101.9
Magic resist	30	+1.3	52.1
Attack damage	55	+3	106
Attack speed	0.658	+1.36%	0.802
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	525
Movement speed	340

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 302.7778
Selection radius: 120
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.1
Basic attack missile speed: 2000

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.93 · damage taken ×1.05

One for All: damage dealt ×1.03

Abilities

Passive

Mana Surge

Static cooldown: 16

Innate: Periodically, Xerath empowers his next basic attack on-hit to restore 30 – 225 (based on level) mana, doubled to 60 – 450 (based on level) against enemy champions.

Mana Surge's cooldown is reduced by 3.5 seconds whenever Xerath kills an enemy.

Mana Surge does not trigger if Xerath would restore above his maximum mana.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: SelfParries: Missing

Notes (3)

Mana Surge will trigger even if the attack is blocked, but not if it misses due to blind.
The empowered attack will trigger against structures.
PENDING FOR TEST:: Mana Surge's interactions with dodging effects.

Map-specific differences (1)

Passive damage to plants changed to 2.

Arcanopulse

Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 manaCooldown: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5Cast time: noneRange: 700 – 1450 (based on channel time)Width: 145

Active: Xerath charges while being slowed by 0% – 40% (based on channel time) for up to 3 seconds to increase Arcanopulse's range over the first 1.5 to 1.75 seconds of the channel.

Arcanopulse can be recast within the duration. If the charge is interrupted or completes without reactivation, Arcanopulse is cancelled and refunds half the mana cost.

Mana Refunded: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60

Recast: Xerath becomes unable to act for 0.528 seconds and afterwards fires a beam of energy in a line in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit.

Magic Damage: 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 90% AP)

Targeting input: Auto / DirectionAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Not BlockedDisruption: Interrupted

Notes (8)

The onset of Arcanopulse's self- slow and first range increase is at a random interval of 0 to 0.25 seconds. The real time to maximum self-slow and range is thus 1.5 to 1.75 seconds.
The rectangle hitbox's minimum range is 0, right through Xerath's center.
Arcanopulse will not fire and deal damage if Xerath dies during the 0.528 seconds recast delay.(bug)
The following table refers for interactions while Xerath is channeling:
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects
The following table refers for interactions while Xerath is locked out during the 0.528 seconds recast delay:
Death

Map-specific differences (1)

Base damage changed to 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 / 260.

Eye of Destruction

Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 manaCooldown: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10Cast time: 0.25Target range: 1000Effect radius: 275 • 125 • 250

Magic Damage: 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 65% AP)

Enemies in the epicenter take 66.7% increased damage and are slowed by a greater amount, decaying to 25% over the duration.

Increased Damage: 83.35 / 141.695 / 200.04 / 258.385 / 316.73 (+ 108.355% AP)
Increased Slow: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80%

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target location to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (3)

Xerath's location gets revealed to the enemy (400 radius for 4.5 seconds) if Eye of Destruction's cast location is within 100 units of a valid enemy at the start of the cast time due to something related to targeting types.(bug)
Eye of Destruction's targeting indicator appears on the player's minimap, despite the ability not having the longer range of others with this quality.
Eye of Destruction will not fire and deal damage if Xerath dies during the 0.25s cast time.(unexpected)

Map-specific differences (3)

Base damage changed to 90 / 125 / 160 / 195 / 230.
Base slow changed to 40%. Enhanced slow is unchanged.
Cooldown changed to 10 seconds at all ranks.

Shocking Orb

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 manaCooldown: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11Cast time: 0.25Range: 1125Width: 120Speed: 1400

Active: Xerath fires an orb of energy in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy hit and stuns them for 0.75 – 2.25 (based on orb travel distance) seconds.

Magic Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+ 45% AP)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (1)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Map-specific differences (3)

Minimum stun duration changed to 1.25 seconds.
Maximum stun duration changed to 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown changed to 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9 seconds.

Rite of the Arcane

Cost: 100 manaCooldown: 130 / 115 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 5000Effect radius: 200

Number of Recasts: 4 / 5 / 6

Magic Damage: 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 45% AP)
Total Magic Damage: 680 / 1100 / 1620 (+ 180 / 225 / 270% AP)

Hitting at least one enemy champion grants a stack of Arcane Perfection during the channel, stacking up to a maximum amount. Each stack increases Arcane Barrage's damage.

Maximum Stacks: 3 / 4 / 5
Increased Damage per Stack: 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 5% AP)

When there are no enemy champions nearby, Xerath will reveal himself for a couple of seconds if a missile strikes within a distance of an enemy unit.

Impact Distance to Reveal: 175 / 200 / 225

Notes (14)

Each cast counts as an ability activation for the purposes of on-cast effects such as Spellblade and triggering Force Pulse's passive.
Arcane Barrage will not apply its increased damage per stack to the cast that granted the stack.
Only successive casts of the ability will benefit from the damage increase.
A circular indicator will be displayed at the target location to signify that the area will be blasted.
The circle indicating the ability's range expands rapidly from near Xerath up to the maximum range over 1 second during the channel.
The maximum-range indicator is visible to both allies and enemies and is color coded for friendly (blue) or hostile (red).
Rite of the Arcane uses a barrage system so that it can be recast multiple times within a given period at no additional cost.
Xerath will turn to face toward the direction of the target location after using a recast.
Xerath gains a wider field of view during Rite of the Arcane.
Xerath can use Dark Passage while channeling.
The following table refers for interactions while Xerath is channeling:
Teleport and Recall are disabled for the first 1.25 seconds and otherwise interrupt the channel if they are used.
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects

Map-specific differences (4)

Base damage changed to 85 / 120 / 155.
Total base damage changed to 340 / 600 / 930.
Bonus damage per stack changed to 30 / 35 / 40.
Cooldown changed to 50 seconds at all ranks.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.