Champion Team PlaybookMid

Xerath

Arrive first and force enemies through poke before objectives.

5v5 winrate

51.4%

2,432 games · High confidence

Role rank

#26 / 84

Top 7% DPM

KDA / DPM

4.67 · 1,008

PokeWaveclearBurst

Best style

Poke Siege

Draft fit score 60/100 · Theoretical fit

5v5 vs SoloQ

-0.7 pts vs SoloQ

Priority ban

Naafiri

Updated Jul 18, 2026

What Xerath gives your team

Poke

5.0

Waveclear

5.0

Burst

4.0

Scaling

4.0

Vulnerable to dive

0.0

Hard to execute

1.0

Win condition

Arrive first and force enemies through poke before objectives.

Needs

Needs frontline.

Avoid

Avoid hard engage.

Coordinated 5v5 vs Solo Queue

5v5 WR

51.4%

SoloQ WR

52.1%

-0.7 pts

Similar performance in both environments

SoloQ context: S · 141,789 games · 11.1% banrate

Power curve

Early

Use lane priority to place vision before objective spawns.

Mid

Hold mid wave, set traps around river, and force enemies to walk through skillshots.

Late

Do not start short-range 5v5 fights before landing poke.

Role ranking

Among 84 comparable Mid champions.

Winrate

#26 / 84

KDA

#3 / 84

DPM

#7 / 84

Damage share

#5 / 84

CS/min

#41 / 84

Build a team around Xerath

Three bounded line-ups: the champion is locked, alternatives stay compact, and the score is draft fit, not win probability.

Best statistical fit

Poke Siege

60/100

Draft fit score

Top

Maokai

Alt: Poppy · Tahm Kench

Jungle

Nunu & Willump

Alt: Maokai · Morgana

Mid

Xerath

Locked

Bot

Jhin

Alt: Varus · Ziggs

Support

Morgana

Alt: Maokai · Zyra

Medium execution

Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes

Poke Siege shapePokeWaveclear

Weak if missing long range damage.

early

Use lane priority to place vision before objective spawns.

mid

Hold mid wave, set traps around river, and force enemies to walk through skillshots.

late

Do not start short-range 5v5 fights before landing poke.

Safer execution

Scaling Teamfight

59/100

Draft fit score

Top

Maokai

Alt: Ornn · Sion

Jungle

Nunu & Willump

Alt: Maokai · Poppy

Mid

Xerath

Locked

Bot

Swain

Alt: Jhin · Jinx

Support

Taric

Alt: Braum · Poppy

Medium execution

Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes

Scaling Teamfight shapePokeWaveclear

Weak if missing scaling damage.

early

Preserve health, waves, and summoners instead of chasing low-value fights.

mid

Group for necessary objectives only when item spikes are available.

late

Force decisive 5v5s around soul, Baron, and Elder with item advantages.

Alternative game plan

Pick Comp

60/100

Draft fit score

Top

Maokai

Alt: Gragas · Skarner

Jungle

Gragas

Alt: Maokai · Zac

Mid

Xerath

Locked

Bot

Jhin

Alt: Ashe · Ziggs

Support

Blitzcrank

Alt: Maokai · Gragas

Medium execution

Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes

Pick Comp shapePokeWaveclear

Weak if missing vision control.

early

Use pushing lanes to unlock support and jungle movement.

mid

Deny vision, hold control wards, and threaten catches before objectives.

late

Avoid fair 5v5s unless a key target is already chunked or caught.

Best bans

Lane, composition and blind-draft bans use separate reasons.

Naafiri

Lane ban

100

Naafiri is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Xerath.

External SoloQ · High confidence

Gwen

Composition ban

100

Gwen is useful to remove when you need a stable blind draft around Xerath.

External meta context · High confidence

Riven

Blind-draft ban

100

Riven is useful to remove when you need a stable blind draft around Xerath.

External meta context · High confidence

Other viable roles

Only roles with enough analyzed games are shown here. Tiny samples are hidden from the public page.

Mid

Main role

2,432 games · High confidence

51.4%

KDA

4.67

DPM

1,008

49.6%

Bot

Viable

620 games · High confidence

51.6%

KDA

4.52

DPM

1,010

51.5%

Support

Viable

584 games · High confidence

43.6%

KDA

3.36

DPM

787

52.2%

Dataset and methodology

These pages summarize high-elo coordinated 5v5 games. Public scouting sections use raw game counts for readability; weighted games remain in the methodology because lower-confidence sources count less.

Games

2,432

1,656 weighted games

Confidence

High confidence

Weighted WR 51.4%

Updated

Jul 18, 2026

Latest refresh

Source tiers

Ranked 5v5 and Flex 5 samples

Lower-confidence sources count less.

Ranked 5v5 is treated as the highest-confidence coordinated 5-player source.

Flex 5 confirmed means the same five-player group was detected across multiple games.

Flex 5 candidate is useful high-elo Flex signal, weighted lower until confirmed.

Role rankings require at least 100 raw games and 75 weighted games for each comparable champion. Secondary roles require at least 100 raw games and 50 weighted games.

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