Xerath vs Viktor


Xerath favoured
54.4%2,550 games across 3 sites, up to 1.8 points apart
How to play it
All of Xerath’s abilities have a longer range than Viktor’s so use them to poke from a distance. He has no movement skills, making it easy to kill him after a couple of hits.
Lane tip from this patch's games, play evenAgainst your usual Xerath
Same as usual: keystone, spells, start, boots, core, max order
Full build into Viktor
Mid lane, this patch's gamesStart
53.7% win99% pick
Spells
53.3% win84% pick
Runes
54.4% win42% pick
Boots
55.6% win94% pick
Core
47.4% win20% pick
Skills
FirstQWE
MaxQWE
Xerath's easiest lanes
Xerath's win rate. Rare opponents rank lower.
Azir475 games59.0%
Syndra2,997 games54.4%
Viktor2,550 games54.4%
Sylas1,206 games53.5%
Hwei1,265 games53.4%
Xerath's hardest lanes
Xerath's win rate. Rare opponents rank lower.
Zoe566 games44.5%
Fizz1,133 games46.3%
Ekko867 games46.0%
Kassadin530 games45.9%
Yasuo1,502 games48.1%
Who beats Viktor
Their win rate into Viktor. Rare opponents rank lower.
Ekko2,104 games56.5%
Aurelion Sol894 games57.4%
Vel'Koz618 games57.5%
Xerath2,550 games54.4%
Talon580 games56.2%
Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.