Champion sheet · Support

Xerath

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

14.7%#53 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.8%picked in 1,956 of 28,662 games
Ban: 7.9%1,853 bans over 23,381 games, against 2.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Support45.9% between 40.3% and 51.6% over 207 gamesSoloQ 46.4%: no clear gap

Median length30.3 minsoloQ 28.2 min

Amateur: 28,694 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 870,647 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 Support.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 100% of supports.DuelistDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.3%
SoloQ
0.8%
0.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
7.2%
SoloQ
2.9%
7.2% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 2.9% in soloQ over 338,064 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.3 min
SoloQ
28.2 min
Median of 30.3 min in amateur play, against 28.2 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 Comet77% · 11,353

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal83% · 12,170

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 81 games

Core (3 legendaries)14% · 369

14%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
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?

Team damage first: more damage than 100% of supports.

Team damagetop1%18% · supports: 9%
Takes its kills in duelstop19%23% · supports: 17%

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

What marks it

Duelist
Damage
Poke

Like other supports

Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Little map pressure
Few teamfights

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 96 in lane, 99 in mid game and 99 in late game, out of 100 supports.

478+190 vs 288

804+462 vs 342

921+533 vs 388

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

Xerathsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 81% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 96 of 100 among supports478 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 99 of 100 among supports804 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 99 of 100 among supports921 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 83 of 100 among supports+341 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 81 of 100 among supports+494 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 15 of 100 among supports4.9 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 7 of 100 among supports200 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 17 of 100 among supports48% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 81 of 100 among supports23% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 29 of 100 among supportsrank 29 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 41 of 100 among supports1 · median 1
Team damage · rank 100 of 100 among supports18% · median 9%

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.