ADC build for counter-entry and line control: Xayah wins when the enemy steps exactly where her feathers make the terrain wrong. The build must therefore protect sustained DPS, reversal windows, and the quality of her defensive punishment.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,100 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,900 total cost -200gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
14,800 total cost -300g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Xayah relies on feather placement and timing. The build maximizes attack frequency and burst value.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Stacked attack speed drops feathers faster — more autos, more blades down, more E roots.
Strengthens trades early before his feathers are deployed in nombre suffisant.
Your feather recall sweeps the full-HP frontline — the healthy-target bonus inflates every E.
Attack speed to embed more feathers W quickly and maximize the E.
Reduces incoming damage during his phases of deployment of feathers close-range.
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
