Champion sheet · ADC

Xerath

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

16.3%#45 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.6%picked in 1,357 of 17,941 games
Ban: 8.7%1,473 bans over 17,013 games, against 4.2% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC51.3% between 45.9% and 56.5% over 238 gamesSoloQ 50.6%: no clear gap

Median length30.6 minsoloQ 27.2 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 337,103 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Blackfire Torch, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compLets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 95% of ADC.Lets allies carry
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.6%
SoloQ
0.7%
0.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
8.2%
SoloQ
4.2%
8.2% ban rate in amateur play over 11,141 games, against 4.2% in soloQ over 144,722 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.6 min
SoloQ
27.2 min
Median of 30.6 min in amateur play, against 27.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Blackfire Torch, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet89% · 4,571

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport94% · 4,812

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 30 games

Core (3 legendaries)28% · 756

28%of soloQ games

Blackfire Torch
Horizon Focus
Shadowflame

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Lets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 95% of ADC.

Lets allies carry killstop5%rank 95 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

What marks it

Lets allies carry

Like other ADC

Gold at 15 min
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 89 in lane, 89 in mid game and 83 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

606+81 vs 525

1,065+150 vs 915

1,541+176 vs 1,366

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

XerathADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 76% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 89 of 100 among ADC606 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 89 of 100 among ADC1,065 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 83 of 100 among ADC1,541 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 26 of 100 among ADC-198 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 25 of 100 among ADC-346 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 9 of 100 among ADC230 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 15 of 100 among ADC53% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 71 of 100 among ADC20% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 95 of 100 among ADCrank 95 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 69 of 100 among ADC0.9 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 60 of 100 among ADC24% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.