Champion sheet · Mid

Xerath

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.3%#66 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.7%picked in 420 of 7,402 games
Ban: 5.6%194 bans over 3,491 games, against 1.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid46.7% between 42.6% and 50.8% over 392 gamesSoloQ 50.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.4 minsoloQ 28.6 min

Amateur: 7,832 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 261,868 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, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 99% of mid laners.DamagePoke
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 Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.7%
SoloQ
1.6%
2.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.2%
SoloQ
1.3%
4.2% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 1.3% in soloQ over 182,390 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.4 min
SoloQ
28.6 min
Median of 29.4 min in amateur play, against 28.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet75% · 9,384

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport73% · 9,073

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 87 games

Core (3 legendaries)36% · 2,336

36%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

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?

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?

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ornn50.0% · expected 48.0% · 36 g+2.0 ptSoloQ +0.9

Junglegap to expected

Wukong47.8% · expected 46.7% · 46 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -1.0

Midgap to expected

Viktor52.7% · expected 46.2% · 55 g+6.5 ptSoloQ -0.4

Syndra45.8% · expected 45.1% · 72 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +1.8

ADCgap to expected

Yunara45.2% · expected 44.1% · 42 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +3.7

Supportgap to expected

Lulu50.0% · expected 48.8% · 40 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

Braum50.0% · expected 48.7% · 32 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +3.2

With

Topgap to expected

Sion73.5% · expected 47.2% · 34 g+26.4 ptSoloQ -1.7

Ornn51.1% · expected 45.4% · 45 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -0.9

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao60.0% · expected 46.3% · 30 g+13.7 ptSoloQ +8.5

ADCgap to expected

Yunara56.7% · expected 49.3% · 30 g+7.3 ptSoloQ +0.4

Caitlyn50.0% · expected 49.1% · 40 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.2

Jinx45.5% · expected 44.5% · 33 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.7

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

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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