Guide to playing lethality Xayah in League of Legends season 12

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Xayah is currently one of the most popular ADCs in League of Legends. Her pick-rate in both the solo queue and professional level has been quite high and is also acting as a good counter to a lot of meta picks in season 12.

This massive boost to Xayah's popularity came into being after people started building lethality items on her. It has been observed that her damage and ability to poke in lane is enhanced quite a lot with this newfound build.

In this article, a detailed guide has been presented that focuses towards all the essential aspects required to make this lethality Xayah successful.

Xayah is a marksman champion like Jinx and Caitlyn. However, she probably has the most issues when it comes to sustainability in the laning phase.

Previously, when players used to build crit into Xayah, her late game scaling was extremely scary to comprehend. The issue was that she also got bullied early in the game, which made going into the latter stages almost futile.

This new lethality build helps players to ensure that Xayah is using her Q ability to deal poke damage in the laning phase. This poke prevents her enemies from going aggressive as they now struggle to remain healthy in the lane.

Apart from that, there is always the fear of Xayah pulling her feathers back and rooting a champion under the tower. It could end up in her getting an easy kill. It is well known at this point that rushing into a Xayah is suicidal, especially if she is level 3 or above.

The rune path includes:

The idea with this rune path in League of Legends is to provide players with an option for both late-game as well as the early stages. Summon Aery and Absolute Focus help the whole idea of enhancing the poke damage that comes from Xayah's Q.

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