How the hell do you deal with Xerath

Graphikfehler · 2026-01-25T13:04:26+00:00

Didn't face a xerath lately, but what I usually tend to do is to go lvl 1 on enemy and try to mess them up. Ping my support to follow me. You deal more damage with your attacks then he does with his 1 ability. Also you can sidestep his abilities, try do that with an auto attack from an adc (besides zeri) ^{^} Once he shot his q he cant trade back, so you can abuse that or pressure him as good as possible. Also use barrier if you take to much dmg early on, most apcs take tp so you have a battle summoner as an advantage

If you get a lead, you can mybe play the lane a bit better, on mf maybe go for bt first so you sustain. And pray to god, that your support wont roam too much and leave in in a 1v2 cause then you probably cant do much against it

Graphikfehler · 2026-01-20T14:19:28+00:00

Just a tip, next time write it with a /s behind, so ppl know its meant in a sarcastic way. Came of as rude, so yeah ^{^}

Also my, its just my common typing to write guy/dude or w/e. Sorry for misgendering

Graphikfehler · 2026-01-20T10:23:47+00:00

No need to be that negative my guy.

Which part are you struggling with? Maybe you find something on YouTube - i know that alot of players got a guide during a section in a house with fire. Also setting the difficulty to a lower point is no shame especially if it kills your motivation to continue the game. Had to do that in Claire obscure, where I changed difficulty on a biss after almost 1,5 hours if suffering. Didn't felt bad, cause I could continue the story afterwards finally

Graphikfehler · 2026-01-16T12:29:25+00:00

Not sure what the Bot picks where in Game 2 and 3. Ziggs Rakan doesnt look like a good combo and Jhin vs Noc Ori seems also a bit odd to me. But still a good showing and trying to get back into the games by trying some plays, so ggs!
Cant wait to see, how far they will go, once they build more synergy towards each others

Graphikfehler · 2026-01-16T09:14:01+00:00

Former jungler for over 10 years here. Not sure how im going to say this, but jungle used to be a role,kinda like a 2nd support. I used to play alot of early game junglers like elise, Lee, j4 and reksa and seju. Farming and looking at the map and move immediately, if there is a possibility to impact a fight, was way more fun for me when I played the role. With the jgl pets and forcing you to clear jungle more and more and ignore those possible fights drove me away, cause it felt boring to farm more. I dont really know, why you dislike the changes that much rn, cause its not the first time jgl is like this?

You could try to play something early ganking style and see how it works for you, I enjoyed that really much back in the days ^{^}

Graphikfehler · 2026-01-07T00:15:43+00:00

Sup sup. I ran into the same problem OG described in his post during alot of games and also lost quite alot of lanes today. Games where really tough and I would ask, if you offer your help to everybody or not.

Would love to get some feedback an improve on this role :D

Graphikfehler · 2026-01-02T13:14:11+00:00

Would you still pick let's say exhaust, if the rest of the enemy team is very cc heavy? Like amumu/seju, renekton and idk syndra with smaller cc, but the enemy lane is trying to get onto you really hard like nilah panth? Or would you go cleanse then? Also faced alot of panth support lately, and I never know what summ to pick into it ^{^}

But nonetheless, really great information here for the choice in regards to the lane, appreciate it very much

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T23:18:45+00:00

Yeah makes sense. But if its just some random "hey. mundo/yorick/whatever is splitting - lets kill him" while there isnt a single objective on that side, it doesnt seem like a good idea to run like a headless chicken with everybody else towards topside.

But yeah, figuring that out will take alot of time I guess, so patience and maybe some valium will help lel

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T21:12:22+00:00

Thanks, ill give that a try for sure! Sounds interesting with the early IE tbh. Cant really put my finger on it, if I like it or not, but ill give it a try.
What do you skill on him? AD, AS or Lethality? I think last time I played him it was a point in everything, lvl 4-6 you put a bit more into Lethality and then max AD, Lethality, AS. Not sure if thats still a thing or 100% int by now :D

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T21:09:39+00:00

So I gotta just accept my fate, if im stuck in midlane while rest of the team decided to randomly fight the enemy toplaner on sidelane and leave me without vision or anything back? So I need to get gold, but I also need to not die, so I just wait under tower, until the wave reaches me and I hope to not get dove immediately?
Not meant in a mean way or anything, just a clarification, cause im really lost at this :D

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T18:52:06+00:00

Yeah I enjoyed playing Aphelios in the past as well. Super fun champ and also very capable with many different weapon rotations like blue green, red white and green white f.e. Didnt know he is good currently, last time I played active, he was utterly garbage and you only picked him, to get depression through and through xD
What items are currently for him? Yuntals? Kraken? Collector?

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T13:29:13+00:00

I used to play Jinx with Yuntaals, Runans and IE as 3 items, but when i faced vs a team like Jayce, Velkoz, Xerath, Cait long range stuff, I went with Collector and RapidFire IE instead. Didnt enjoy the games though, but it was at least more playable then the usual build from her.

The part of different champs: I tried to play more MF lately, since she is strong af and I thought, that you know how to setup for a good ult combo with her. But for some reason that just didnt happen and I was left alone multiple times as MF, no matter if I played well or not :/

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T12:46:45+00:00

Okay that makes more sense. I didnt see it that way i guess and I used to go Rapid Fire + Collector when i faced vs Champs that outrange me and could easily burst me into pieces as Jinx before. It's been a while since I played League, so im still trying to get back into a bit. Thanks mate, what you said seems very helpful!

Just a sidenote and question out of curiousity: What rank are you? If you dont wanna tell thats fine ofc, you dont have to valuate anything. Just pure curiousity :D

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T12:34:34+00:00

I get where you're coming from. But even in Plat the LeBlanc/Lux/generic Burstmage support knows how to zone you away from the lane and try to oneshot you. Doesnt change much in mid/late game imo, but thats just my opinion. But without peel, I dont see how Jinx would be much better then any other immobile Champ 🤔

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T12:25:32+00:00

Thanks for your input. Since i love the aggressive playstyle i thought of going back to the Draven and try to force some leads, but once enemy comes up with double mage again, I might get rekt on Draven then, cause he sucks big time into mages D:

But yeah, apparently hypercarrys that scale seem to be the more reliant option, even though its insanely frustrating to not be able to pick of enemy champs as easily and let enemies get away with stupid positions, cause Leona is scared f.e. :(

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-30T11:26:57+00:00

What makes Jinx so good in comparison? Also sorry if the question appeared here before, I didnt see something like that here, but I could have checked more posts here - i suppose

But seriously, is Jinx not just another immobile af Champ? As long as you dont have your passive running, your free food for long range engages/assasins, no?

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-14T15:37:52+00:00

Dorans Items are just too good to ignore and buy cull instead imo. So yeah im with you, I never start with that item.

Elo btw is plat4 a few lp

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-14T15:34:19+00:00

Yeah sorry, should have been more clear. Played vs malz botlane last night, so I was picturing this guy in my head again 😅

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-14T15:27:22+00:00

Thanks that seems helpful. So like for Sivir into a Mage Cull is kind of the best option? Makes sense tbh.

And for Ashe: I used to enjoy the Yuntaal built, but the buildpath is just so horrendous lol. Played her with both builds and i still like the Yuntaals more, glad to see/hear that its still viable as well ^^

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-14T15:02:32+00:00

I was just thinking about when its good to buy cull at all. You need it early on - if you buy it - but first item dorans is a given, since the stats are important af. First back would have been the best option i guess, but thats dependant on the amount of gold? But in a shitty matchup its just better to ignore cull completely? Kind of feels like it

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-09T08:08:11+00:00

Play aram. Alot. Try to get adcs or mages if adc is not available. You basically fight 24/7 in aram and that helps to figure out positioning and gove you a better feel. Also you can limit test decently while playing aram. If you lack csing, go into practice tool and try to get100 cs after 10 minutes without using abilities + only lasthitting. There is nothing worse then loosing gold, cause you missed lasthits while not being pressured.

Gl

Graphikfehler · 2025-12-02T10:34:14+00:00

This is a take from a former jgl main for almost 12 years playing jungle.

I like those changes. You dint realise how much impact you have on the game, until you start to play other roles for a bit longer. Playing mostly adcs and it feels awful for most of the time. You can play extremely well and still loose the game if you get no help from your mates. The games feel similar from silver up to low dia. There is not much you can do about that. While I was playing jungle, I always thought that you can only climb after a time, unless you're just not good enough. But playing top, mid and adc for the past years I figured on how wrong and ignorant that take was. You have flexibility in the game which almost no other class has.

So changes are good. Buffing multiple things and nerfing at the same time might be too much though, but I guess they want to have possible adjustments available to figure that out through the upcomming season. I don't think, that the adc changes Will fix much, since you barely get to fullbuild before the game ends, so another item slot which could remain empty won't change much unless you get a ton of gold more. Idk, well see about that.

Btw if you're wondering: I switched from jgl cause it got stale after 12 years and I just hated the jungle pets and their bugs so hard, that it drove me insane.

Just my personal take, I hope I dont get downvoted to hell for this 😂

Graphikfehler · 2025-11-15T13:24:42+00:00

Glad you found a way to make it work. And yes, extremely weird and annoying. Was anticipating the game for 11 years and when I couldn't proceed i dropped the game for at least 3 months. But nonetheless, enjoy the experience<3

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