Champion sheet · Mid

Xerath

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

16.3%#45 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.6%picked in 1,375 of 18,207 games
Ban: 8.7%1,494 bans over 17,266 games, against 4.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid51.4% between 48.8% and 54.1% over 953 gamesSoloQ 48.7%: no clear gap

Median length30 minsoloQ 27.1 min

Amateur: 18,453 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 Mid.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 99% of mid laners.DamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Zeri in amateur play: +18.8 pts over 30 games, range above zero.+18.8 pt30 games
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 Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.7%
SoloQ
1.5%
2.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.5% 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 min
SoloQ
27.1 min
Median of 30 min in amateur play, against 27.1 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet82% · 8,734

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport80% · 8,472

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 153 games

Core (3 legendaries)16% · 638

16%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
Horizon Focus
Shadowflame

Amateur: Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap (24%), gap not settled

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

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 99% of mid laners.

Team damagetop1%27% · mid laners: 21%

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

What marks it

Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 83 in lane, 98 in mid game and 98 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

580+53 vs 528

1,066+166 vs 899

1,547+369 vs 1,179

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

Xerathmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 66% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 83 of 100 among mid laners580 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners1,066 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners1,547 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 41 of 100 among mid laners-50 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 34 of 100 among mid laners-144 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 66 of 100 among mid laners3.9 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 3 of 100 among mid laners244 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 34 of 100 among mid laners20% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 58 of 100 among mid lanersrank 58 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 63 of 100 among mid laners0.8 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 99 of 100 among mid laners27% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Zeri in amateur play: +18.8 pts over 30 games, range above zero.

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Sion57.5% · expected 51.7% · 40 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -3.2

Ornn54.5% · expected 49.5% · 44 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -0.6

Ambessa52.3% · expected 52.0% · 44 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -5.5

Renekton51.5% · expected 51.0% · 33 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -0.4

Yone51.6% · expected 51.5% · 31 g+0.1 ptSoloQ -1.3

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV62.7% · expected 53.4% · 59 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +1.6

Lee Sin57.0% · expected 52.7% · 107 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +0.8

Nocturne63.3% · expected 53.6% · 30 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -14.1

Sylas57.1% · expected 50.8% · 49 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -0.7

Qiyana60.0% · expected 52.6% · 35 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -3.2

Midgap to expected

Hwei57.8% · expected 50.0% · 64 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +7.5

Viktor54.4% · expected 51.1% · 125 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +1.7

Syndra51.4% · expected 51.1% · 74 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +0.1

Mel59.1% · expected 58.2% · 44 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +2.5

ADCgap to expected

Zeri66.7% · expected 47.8% · 30 g+18.8 ptSoloQ -2.9

Tristana64.9% · expected 52.7% · 37 g+12.2 ptSoloQ -0.2

Sivir61.1% · expected 51.3% · 36 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

Aphelios59.0% · expected 55.8% · 39 g+3.2 ptSoloQ +3.1

Miss Fortune53.7% · expected 51.1% · 41 g+2.6 ptSoloQ +1.8

Supportgap to expected

Blitzcrank64.8% · expected 50.8% · 54 g+14.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Nautilus59.0% · expected 52.8% · 100 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -0.8

Braum52.3% · expected 48.8% · 65 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -1.9

Yuumi54.8% · expected 49.9% · 31 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -5.2

Lulu54.0% · expected 53.8% · 63 g+0.2 ptSoloQ 0.0

With

Topgap to expected

Ambessa57.5% · expected 50.8% · 40 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.4

Yone58.1% · expected 51.3% · 31 g+6.7 ptSoloQ -1.6

Renekton55.8% · expected 51.8% · 43 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -0.3

Ornn54.5% · expected 53.4% · 44 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -7.4

Junglegap to expected

Vi59.5% · expected 51.7% · 74 g+7.7 ptSoloQ -3.2

Wukong60.0% · expected 55.8% · 75 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +0.8

Viego60.0% · expected 51.2% · 30 g+8.8 ptSoloQ -2.1

Nocturne55.3% · expected 49.3% · 38 g+6.0 ptSoloQ +6.6

Lee Sin51.1% · expected 50.2% · 90 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +1.5

ADCgap to expected

Sivir64.7% · expected 51.5% · 34 g+13.2 ptSoloQ +0.2

Caitlyn59.5% · expected 53.6% · 74 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -1.2

Ezreal52.6% · expected 46.9% · 76 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +2.3

Aphelios54.5% · expected 47.0% · 44 g+7.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Yunara57.4% · expected 53.6% · 68 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -2.9

Supportgap to expected

Rell70.5% · expected 55.6% · 44 g+14.8 ptSoloQ -3.1

Thresh60.0% · expected 53.0% · 65 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +1.5

Leona58.1% · expected 52.2% · 74 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -1.6

Lulu52.9% · expected 49.1% · 70 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -2.3

Karma54.3% · expected 49.4% · 35 g+4.9 ptSoloQ 0.0

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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