Beagle's ULTIMATE Masters Xayah Guide

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Beagle's ULTIMATE Masters Xayah GuideYou should be abusing Xayah to climb!B
Beagle August 1st, 2022 ⸱ 13 min read
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Best Overall Runes
Spells
Skill Priority
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W
Q
Best Overall Build
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Hey y'all! I go by Beagle. I'm a current High Diamond ADC main.  
Xayah
 for me is one of those champs I fell in love with pretty much immediately because of her high damage output and the sheer aggressiveness her kit allows with Featherstorm
. Overall, in North America, I was RANK 13 Xayah.

 
Xayah
 as a champion is one of the most well designed champions in the game in my personal opinion. What sealed the deal for me with this champion is the absolute menace she can be in mid/late game. Doing tons of damage with  Deadly Plumage
 and setting up as many feathers as you can before finally using  Bladecaller
 for an EXTREME amount of damage. Topping that all of with her ultimate ability, Featherstorm
, she makes for one hell of a hyper-carry with self peel.

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If by any chance you guys have any questions, i'd love to answer them all and even do OP.GG reviews to help you guys out. Please, check out my STREAM! I try to be as informative as i can and I'm trying to grow and help out all of you along the way.
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Runes ExplainedGo-To Runes
Hard Scaling Runes
Lethality Build Runes
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Go-To Runes Breakdown
Hardscaling Runes Breakdown
Lethality Runes Breakdown

Lethal Tempo can be stacked quickly as 
Xayah
 using Deadly Plumage
 because of the increased Attack Speed properties of the ability. This also carries over to the mid/late-game. The reason us Xayah
  players prefer this rune the most out of the bunch, is getting out as many feathers as we can in the shortest amount of time possible to set up a MASSIVE Bladecaller
  and this rune is perfect for just that.
Presence of Mind is a great rune for 
Xayah
. Considering she's a champ who, in laning phase, is always looking to poke and farm using her abilities like Double Daggers
, Presence of Mind
 helps her do that more so by regenerating her resources when damaging the enemy laners.		
Legend: Bloodline is a fantastic mid-to-late game sustaining rune, especially for a hyper carry champion like 
Xayah
. You dont need the extra attack speed from Legend: Alacrity
 considering you already have Lethal Tempo
. So, instead, taking sustain in your runes is MUCH better. It means you dont have to spend the gold IN-GAME to itemize for life steal. Stay healthy for team fights as a hard carry champ is MANDATORY.			
Cut Down is easily one of the most valuable runes in the entire game of League of Legends. It's no different on the Rebel. She, in my personal opinion, uses this rune better than MOST champs and ADCs in the game as her ability to produce so much damage in such a short amount of time with 
Deadly Plumage
 and Bladecaller
 is insane. She SHREDS tanks, and if you combine a Lord Dominik's Regards
 with Cut Down
. You can kiss those tanks goodbye.				
Taste of Blood is honestly just an overall mediocre rune for sustain. It helps with trades yes, but for the most part, the reason we take it is because there's nothing else in that row we want. Nonetheless, still a decent rune.
Ultimate Hunter is actually one of my personal favorite runes in the entirety of the game. It works the same way as 
Treasure Hunter
, you get kills to stack it but instead, it reduces your ultimate cooldown. What makes Xayah
 such a crazy carry champ is her ability to self peel with her ultimate from pesky assassins like Rengar
 and Talon
. When your ult is up, you can play more AGGRESSIVE THAN ANY OTHER ADC IN THE GAME. Which is why you get so much value from Ultimate Hunter
.						
Lethal Tempo can be stacked quickly as Xayah﻿ using Deadly Plumage﻿ because of the increased Attack Speed properties of the ability. This also carries over to the mid/late-game. The reason us Xayah﻿  players prefer this rune the most out of the bunch, is getting out as many feathers as we can in the shortest amount of time possible to set up a MASSIVE Bladecaller﻿  and this rune is perfect for just that.
Presence of Mind is a great rune for Xayah﻿. Considering she's a champ who, in laning phase, is always looking to poke and farm using her abilities like Double Daggers﻿, Presence of Mind﻿ helps her do that more so by regenerating her resources when damaging the enemy laners.	
Legend: Bloodline is a fantastic mid-to-late game sustaining rune, especially for a hyper carry champion like Xayah﻿. You dont need the extra attack speed from Legend: Alacrity﻿ considering you already have Lethal Tempo﻿. So, instead, taking sustain in your runes is MUCH better. It means you dont have to spend the gold IN-GAME to itemize for life steal. Stay healthy for team fights as a hard carry champ is MANDATORY.
Cut Down is easily one of the most valuable runes in the entire game of League of Legends. It's no different on the Rebel. She, in my personal opinion, uses this rune better than MOST champs and ADCs in the game as her ability to produce so much damage in such a short amount of time with Deadly Plumage﻿ and Bladecaller﻿ is insane. She SHREDS tanks, and if you combine a Lord Dominik's Regards﻿ with Cut Down﻿. You can kiss those tanks goodbye.	
Remember when I said 
Xayah
 loves to throw out abilities? Matter of fact, her whole kit revolves around her abilities. Which is why them being on a lower cooldown is always better, taking Transcendence
 helps with that.		
Gathering Storm is the ULTIMATE late game scaling rune. The long the game goes on, the more adaptive stats you get. Take this rune when you know the game is gonna go to late.


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Summon Aery
 is a bread and butter rune when it comes to the Lethality Xayah
 build. Whenever you use Double Daggers
 to poke, Aery follows and does more damage.		
Considering you're always poking and using 
Double Daggers
, its really simple to stack Manaflow Band
! Not to mention, Manaflow makes your Manamune
 stack faster!			
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Transcendence
 is agreat rune for champs who love to use a lot of spells. Poke Xayah
's whole kit revolves around her Double Daggers
 poke. This reduces the cooldown!			
Similar to 
Summon Aery
, this rune adds some more flair to your poke and the cooldown is low, sitting at 10 seconds.	
The boots in this build are cheap, why not take 
Magical Footwear
 to make it even cheaper? Being able to rush boots directly after your mythic item in this build is key!
You're always using mana when laning, to sustain those resources, we take biscuits!
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ALL Xayah Build Paths for Season 12	Optimal Go-To Galeforce Build
This is definitely the most optimal build for 
Xayah
 when it comes to sheer carry potential in Season 12! This build has every thing the Rebel wants. The dash from Galeforce
, the sheen damage from Essence Reaver
, the big damage from the Infinity Edge
 & Lord Dominik's Regards
 duo and finally, the cleanse from Mercurial Scimitar
 so you can get rid of that pesky CC to use your Featherstorm
.
Check out the video below to see the absolute INSANE CARRY POTENTIAL this build has in Diamond 2 Elo.							
Full Tank Shredding Build
Beefy and extremely big boy tanks on the enemy team like: 
Ornn
, Amumu
 or Zac
? Not to worry, not only is Kraken Slayer
 absolutely insane DPS when paired with Xayah
's Deadly Plumage
, but Xayah
 herself is one of the best tank shredding champ in the game. Period. 
The amount of sheer damage she gets out in such a short span of time with 
Lethal Tempo
, Kraken Slayer
, Deadly Plumage
 and Bladecaller
 is actually insane. This build is truly top of the line damage against everyone in the game when you hit that big Infinity Edge
 spike. 		
There's no 
Lord Dominik's Regards
 in the video below because it wasn't necessary, but watch me completely put my feeding team on my back in this nail biter of a game.											
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Anti-Assassin Build
Now, i know this one may seem a bit out there but trust me when i say this. If you are against 
Zed
, Talon
, Kha'Zix
 or any of the 2 or more champs, this build will WIN YOU GAMES. Don't get me wrong, your damage is absolutely lacking until you hit that Infinity Edge
 purchase, but your sheer survivability is really what's insane. Pairing the shield from Immortal Shieldbow
 with the tankiness from Death's Dance
 as well as to top it all off, your Featherstorm
 ultimate. Those assassins truly will be tilted from trying to kill an invincible ADC. Again, the damage is lacking in this build for quite sometime, but its clutch when its needed to be built.
Korean Lethality Poke Build
This build took the world by storm a few months ago. 
Xayah
 was suddenly meta with this crazy new Korean lethality poke build! And man, even if i wasnt the biggest fan of this build path. It hits HARD. This build is all about poke, using Q > E to literally chunk someone down to 20%-30% of their HP bar and then doing it all over again 3-4 seconds later is what this build is all about.
Keeping track of your cooldowns with this build is most important and maximizing your poke damage before a fight is also necessary. Unlike the crit builds above, this one is all about ability damage, your autos dont do nearly as much as the traditional crit build, so make sure you're hitting your Q > E combos!
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Xayah's Matchups	WORST MATHCUPSBreakdown
I dont typically perma ban 
Draven
 as Xayah
 cause im typically picking her for a safe hyper-carry anyway. Nonetheless, avoid this guy at all costs and if you have a lot of trouble against him, i highly recommend perma banning him in all of your games.
Like Draven, he has great trading potential and is a major threat damage wise. Also, if he's smart, he'll save his dash for your 
Bladecaller
, dodging your huge damage ability. Be careful for this guy as well.
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Vayne
 being a bad matchup is self explanatory. She can easily dodge your Bladecaller
 with Tumble
. Her invisibility from Final Hour
 is a great repositioning tool as well, tread carefully.				
When it comes to the Bandle Gunner, you really have to be aware of your positioning in lane at all times. Pay attention to where you support is at and DO NOT walk up to the wave alone against her. When she jumps in instantly 
Exhaust
 and recall your feathers with Bladecaller
.		
HARD MATCHUPSBreakdown
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Kalista
  is very good against Xayah. She can dodge your feathers ALL OF THE TIME with her passive. She's awlways moving around and her all in potential is insane, especially at 6. Save your ult for her ult engage.
A seasoned 
Xayah
 player like myself doesnt stuggle TOO much against Cait. But she is a pain in the butt regardless. She outranges you, can shove you in and is great set up	with her support. Try not to get poked out too much until you get Galeforce
, then you can finally deal with her pesky range.	
Pretty self explanatory here. She pokes, she heals your poke, she outscales and outranges you. The only downside to her is that her health pool is so low in lane phase and she has little mobility to get away from your feather set ups. Dont let her fam up and try to shut her down in lane.
Varus is really similar to 
Caitlyn
 in the sense that he pokes you and loves to keep you in lane as long as possible by shoving waves. Try not to get hit by his Q and E all the time or else this guy will really destroy you. Also, bringing Cleanse
 is a viable option for his ult if you dont trust yourself to use Featherstorm
 to dodge it.			
EVEN MATCHUPSBreakdown
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Samira
 really is only a big threat to you with a hard engage support to set her up like Rell
 . She has a solid early game and a fantastic mid game. Play to her weaknesses and abuse her 500 range, pking with your Q and E combo a lot. Make sure not to use Bladecaller
 when she uses her W.			
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Jhin
 isnt too bad, i promise. Although he has 25 more range than you, he can never physically walk up to you and auto you when you have Deadly Plumage
 up, you always beat him in sheer dps so he has to play his card very correctly. One wrong move is game over for him. Only reason he's even is because of how good he is in the meta currently! A good Jhin
 can still be hell.		
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Jinx
 is easily the best ADC in the game at the moment. Let this champ get going and you're in for a real nightmare. Xayah
 can definitely hold her own against this champ though. You beat her in raw early game DPS as long as Deadly Plumage
 is up and you hit your E root. You can also match her poke with Q/E combo.	
Koggy is one of the most immobile champs in the game so he's easy to cc with 
Bladecaller
 but just like your W, his W is a damage and attack speed buff, be careful when its up. He also scales GREAT.	
EASY MATCHUPSBreakdown
This lane is simple, he wants to farm, for the most part, so do you. Avoid his poke and outscale him.
This matchup REALLY sucks for Kai'Sa. Run the Lethality buiild into this champ and she literally cannot play the game. Kai'Sa REALLY struggles against poke. Use the Q/E combo a lot against her early game and line up your E for an easy root, she has no way to dodge it till level 6.
This matchup is down her because MOST Aphelios players dont know t heir champ well enough to pose a threat. The main way you lose this matchup is fighting him when he has Red and White gun duo. Avoid that and dont get poked out level 1 and 2 and this matchup is easy.
With 
Ashe
 how she is right now, this champ is not threat at all. You can easily R her Enchanted Crystal Arrow
 if you arent bad and she can never outrade you. Just play behind minions and dont get poked out by her W.
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Xayah's Support Synergy Chart
Instead of giving a short description for each support duo, I'm instead using a chart this time unlike my Kai'Sa guide. There are just so many champs that can play support (ex. Ashe, Neeko, Shaco) that dont traditionally play the role, so instead, use this list to see the synergy level with each support that 
Xayah
 possesses.
Most likely, sometime down the road, i'll add a small description section for each support. But for now, please use this chart!
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Final TipsTry not to be afraid to use Q > E a lot to poke even when building a crit build!
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You can Q then instantly R afterwards to cancel the animation of your Q .
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You can Galeforce
 to reposition yourself to an angle where you Bladecaller
 will hit the enemy player attempting to dodge it.
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﻿Xayah
's big in-lane power spike is Level 3, thats when she unlocks her fast combo with W > Q > E.
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ConclusionAt the end of the day, 
Xayah
 remains one of my all time favorite champions in the game and I think she genuinely is one of the best champs to actually climb with. She has everything you want in a hyper-carry: Damage, Survivability and decent mobility. I think she excels in lower elos all the time, not just when she's meta. So get out there and play some Xayah!
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If you have any questions regarding Xayah or any other ADCS. Please stop by Stream! I'd love to answer them all.
Last but not least, please check out my YOUTUBE channel. I upload on it frequently and while it may be mainly Kai'Sa content, i have some older Xayah videos and plan to upload more in the future.
I peaked Rank 13 Xayah NA and Masters 20 LP for some credibility. Thank you guys for reading <3

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Table of Contents

Beagle's ULTIMATE Masters Xayah Guide

You should be abusing Xayah to climb!

Beagle

Runes Explained

Lethal Tempo

Presence of Mind

Legend: Bloodline

Cut Down

Taste of Blood

Ultimate Hunter

Lethal Tempo

Presence of Mind

Legend: Bloodline

Cut Down

Transcendence

Gathering Storm

Summon Aery

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Scorch

Magical Footwear

Biscuit Delivery

ALL Xayah Build Paths for Season 12

Optimal Go-To Galeforce Build

Full Tank Shredding Build

Anti-Assassin Build

Korean Lethality Poke Build

Xayah's Matchups

WORST MATHCUPS

Draven

Lucian

Vayne

Tristana

HARD MATCHUPS

Kalista

Caitlyn

Senna

Varus

EVEN MATCHUPS

Samira

Jhin

Jinx

Kog'Maw

EASY MATCHUPS

Ezreal

Kai'Sa

Aphelios

Ashe

Xayah's Support Synergy Chart

Final Tips

Conclusion

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