Xayah
Computed from 176,979 ranked Solo/Duo games collected through the Riot API · patch 26.21.
| Role | Win Rate | Pick Rate |
|---|---|---|
| ADC | 51.6% | 6.8% |
Xayah is banned in about 2.2% of games at this tier, one figure for the whole champion since bans happen before roles are picked. What ban rate measures.
Xayah's ADC win rate is 1.6 percentage points above an even 50% — Should I Dodge's win-probability model varies by about 4.8 percentage points of standard deviation from lobby to lobby across all ranks, purely from which champions get drawn, so this gap is smaller than that noise, not solid evidence the champion is unusually strong or weak right now.
Xayah is tracked in exactly one role at this tier scope, ADC — so there's no ambiguity below about which lane the rest of this page's per-tier, threat, and counters reporting describes.
Xayah's ADC Build
In Emerald+ games on patch 26.21, Xayah's most common ADC setup runs Exhaust and Flash with Conqueror, maxes E first, and builds Yun Tal Wildarrows, Infinity Edge, and Navori Flickerblade — 52.0% win rate over 71,005 games.
- Summoner spells
Exhaust + Flash
52.9%17,573 games - Runes
Conqueror + Inspiration
54.3%4,459 games - Skill priority E > W > Q 52.7%67,409 games
- Starter
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
52.1%5,249 games - Boots
Plated Steelcaps
55.5%2,446 games - First three items
Yun Tal Wildarrows → Infinity Edge → Navori Flickerblade
60.0%6,277 games
Xayah's ADC Win Rate By Tier
| Tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Games | Edge (noise-widths) | Clears 0.5σ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 50.2% | 4.7% | 10,843 | 0.02σ | No |
| Bronze | 50.8% | 5.2% | 15,078 | 0.14σ | No |
| Silver | 51.2% | 5.9% | 20,714 | 0.21σ | No |
| Gold | 51.8% | 6.7% | 26,487 | 0.32σ | No |
| Platinum | 52.0% | 7.8% | 32,507 | 0.41σ | No |
| Emerald | 51.9% | 8.7% | 28,863 | 0.43σ | No |
| Diamond | 52.1% | 9.2% | 28,043 | 0.47σ | No |
| Master | 52.2% | 8.6% | 13,144 | 0.45σ | No |
| Grandmaster | 50.0% | 8.1% | 780 | 0.00σ | No |
Xayah's ADC win rate ranges from 50.0% at Grandmaster to 52.2% at Master across the 9 of 10 ranked tiers with at least 200 games in this role — a 2.1-point spread. Measured against each tier's own noise floor, that's 0.45σ at Master and 0.00σ at Grandmaster, with neither clearing the 0.5σ bar Should I Dodge itself requires before calling a reading anything but Neutral. 1 tier under 200 games not shown.
- Power curve
- No strong lean
- Threats
- Sustained auto-attack damage
Curated reads, not measured: how we judge these
Who Counters Xayah in ADC?
Champions That Counter Xayah
| Champion | Win Rate vs Xayah | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Swain |
55.3% | 1.12σ |
Hwei |
55.1% | 1.07σ |
Rengar |
54.3% | 0.91σ |
Fiora |
53.8% | 0.80σ |
Vel'Koz |
53.5% | 0.72σ |
Champions Xayah Counters
| Champion | Win Rate vs Xayah | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Pantheon |
37.9% | 2.53σ |
Akali |
39.8% | 2.14σ |
Cho'Gath |
42.2% | 1.62σ |
Twisted Fate |
42.3% | 1.60σ |
Sylas |
42.4% | 1.59σ |
At most five champions are listed in each direction for Xayah: the 5 that counter it here lean poke-heavy, with a tight, 2-point spread — none of them stand out much from the others among them, while 5 favourable matchups round out the picture — most matchups you could actually face simply aren't covered.
Our Read on Xayah
Reading the Numbers
Xayah's pick and ban rates both stay low compared to other marksmen because her kit asks for real feather management: recalling her thrown daggers for a root at exactly the right moment takes practice most players haven't put in. She rewards someone who's already invested that time, not a player picking her up for the first time in ranked, which is also why she rarely swings a draft by herself -- she's a specialist's pick rather than a lane bully who dominates by default.
When a Teammate Locks Xayah
Track the feathers a Xayah teammate leaves behind on the ground from her own attacks: pulling three or more back through an enemy roots them in place, a strong setup tool for whoever can follow it up. She has real self-peel through Featherstorm, her airborne leap, so she doesn't need constant babysitting -- she just wants a lane that lets her land attacks consistently enough to keep feathers on the field.
When the Enemy Has Xayah
Watch the terrain around an enemy Xayah, not just her position -- once enough feathers are on the ground for a root to reach you, she becomes a real threat. Her untargetable leap makes her hard to punish directly during an engage, so pressure her before she jumps or well after she's landed, not during the brief moment she's in the air.
Last reviewed 13 October 2026