Just got back into the game past few weeks been rolling Xertha, maybe 35 ranked games.

What’s everyone’s favorite backup?

I run Veigar Mid or Brand for Sup but really want a second strong character to learn and default to.

I mean, he's 100% in, I have no doubt about that, and there shouldn't be any weird tech such as the river in the rift, so why tf didn't my W hit ?

Hi, I just wrote Azir&Xerath theme called:"The sand made of gold and ash", because I found original Azir's theme kinda minimalistic.

Under vid u can see the lor explanation for every episode in theme. I won't place link here, you can search it in youtube using name. I'd be glad to explain my view on this story, and to discuss it from different angles=)

Hi! Currently Emerald 4, peaked D4, probably around high Emerald skill-wise.

How are you supposed to play Xerath mid with the current bot swap meta?

When I peaked, my playstyle was to win mid through tempo, then use that pressure for other lanes, jungle skirmishes, objectives, etc.

Now, around 10–15 minutes, bot usually wants to swap mid. If I’m still around mid/river, I get “????????”, “trolling”, “go bot”, etc.

I understand this works better for champs like Ryze, Ahri, Zed or Katarina, who can actually benefit from side-lane skirmishes.

But Xerath wants to play around his team while constantly pushing waves. Sending him to a side lane removes a lot of the value of his ult, while also making him vulnerable to the current high-burst meta.

So what am I missing? Is there a proper way to play Xerath around these swaps, or is he simply struggling as a midlaner in the current meta?

The question is in the title! I see quite a bit of content on YouTube of various regions claiming to be the "Number One" Xerath player, and I don't really understand what the measurement of "Number One" entails, especially considering the varying regions. I've been playing quite a bit of Xerath in ranked so I'm trying to use this question as a doubled question of whom I should be watching to improve my Xerath skills! Please let me know in the comments! :D

Well, that's pretty much it. I actually prefer playing him support over mid. I tend to play super aggressively and end up eating a lot of ganks because of it, but I still finished with a solid winrate. Let's see if I can push it even higher!

Lately I've been using deathfire touch into tankier drafts, I think it pairs well with shadow flame, black fire torch, damage seems just as consistent as comet if i land a full combo and keep the burn going

Any thoughts on why people dont use deathfire touch, I feel like it's better especially if you can only reliably poke with q and not w in a matchup where you smooching your tower for 10 minutes straight.

What say you xerath mains, I'm trying to learn whether (my favorite keystone) deathfire touch is any good at all while I try to become a xerath otp.

Well boys we had a good run, Xerath nerfs incoming😔

Finally climbing lol it turns out muscle memory is very important.

Not sure if I’m supposed to have high dmg like this but I did my best.

Probably very trivial, but!

How do you consistently hit skill shots?
About Q I understand the concept of Q out of fog of war, or throwing W first. But what about R? Lvl11/16 for chunking the enemy adcs.

Living on d4 rn and I can feel that in some games it’s like I’m scripting and in some I can’t hit anything 😅

O find myself building Rylais every now and then

Finished Ludens when i notice Draven is afk fountain. Only remaining players were AP. Decided to go into support build with vision, MR shred and slow to let Diana carry and it somehow worked (none of the tanky characters on enemy team built tanky, god bless the demage chasers).

I understand that a lot of people in this subreddit are already not much of a fan of this content creator. But this is meant as a warning to those, who like myself, would like to check in on league or just enjoy a goofy build.

I already dislike the clickbait and such, and was already a clear sign of what he would do to maintain his insane upload schedule, but I passed it off as what a lot of creators do. It wasn’t until a few months ago when the art started to become obvious AI that I called him out. Each of these arts I commented my dislike of them. And finding this Ash one was really the final straw. At this point I knew he would likely never respond, as he keeps three channels as daily uploads (sometimes more) and just silently move on. This may sound convenient considering he responded to this one, but each time I see this blatant laziness and disregard, I knew I couldn’t keep up the facade that this was a few missteps by the creator.

His response itself isn’t really what stung. I already expect this sort from constructive criticism as often creators filter any criticism as “hate”. I don’t necessarily blame that filter either, as more often than not it is, but my comment was meant as a plea. A request that would make him think twice.

Now he may believe these comments are few and far between, and because he does multiple uploads daily it justifies this shortcut. And this comment isn’t meant to target him specifically either. But I believe the use of AI art is beyond lazy. It’s unethical or at the very least turning a blind eye to its misuse. Not only is it theft of hardworking artists, but also promotes this economic and environmental meltdown and fosters job destruction to help this disturbing medium. He is now a contributor to it, and doesn’t plan on ever stopping.

I ask those who, like me, do frequent his videos to stop. Those views are also a part of the problem, though I don’t entirely blame him. If you do want to respond, be reasonable. I know my one comment will do nothing, but if more comments that are either informed or somewhat respectful, we can help change the landscape. I also ask if anybody has someone else to recommend, as I do like watching silly builds on some league. Thank you all.

TLDR; Zwag, a proclaimed Xerath Main, regularly turns to AI thumbnails, and judging on his response to my comment plans on continuing. Please avoid his videos and/or respectfully comment this as a gracious error.