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Xayah Guide

the Rebel

Marksman

Tier B ADC

Xayah, the Rebel, is a marksman champion of medium difficulty. Across our 554 analysed ranked games, Xayah is mostly played as ADC (100% of its games), with a 53.1% win rate in that role: tier B among ADC champions (#18 of 36, ranked by win rate). Xayah's damage is mostly physical (98%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 56.4% in short games (under 25 min, 179 games) versus 51.1% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.21

Averages measured over 554 ADC games played with Xayah, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Xayah is a feather marksman: her abilities leave feathers, and Bladecaller recalls them to deal damage and root. After an ability, her next attacks hit every target in their path and leave a feather. Featherstorm makes her untargetable.

The root

Q › AA AA › AA AA › E

When: An enemy is within range.

Double Daggers leave feathers, your attacks leave some too, Bladecaller recalls all the feathers to damage and root.

The team fight

W › AA AA › AA AA

When: A fight begins.

Deadly Plumage raises your attack speed and damage, and your movement speed if you attack a champion.

See all 3 Xayah combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Chain ability then attack so your attacks hit everything in their path. Place feathers on the enemies for your root.

Common mistakes

• Recalling your feathers with no enemies to root.
• Using the ultimate without checking where you will land.
• Neglecting the range of your attacks: they hit everything in their path.

Riot's official tips for playing Xayah

• Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
• Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Infinity Edge, Yun Tal Wildarrows, and Navori Flickerblade (196 games, 57.6% win rate).

Infinity Edge+Yun Tal Wildarrows+Navori Flickerblade

196 games · 57.6%

Infinity Edge+Lord Dominik's Regards+Navori Flickerblade

130 games · 57.7%

Infinity Edge+Essence Reaver+Navori Flickerblade

100 games · 59.0%

Skill order

Max order : E > W > Q54.5% · 66 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●													●	●
W			●					●		●		●	●
E		●		●	●		●		●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 88 games).

Starting items

Doran's BowHealth PotionHealth Potion48.5% · 66 games

Doran's BladeHealth Potion56.2% · 16 games

First completed items, in order

Yun Tal Wildarrows›Navori Flickerblade›Infinity Edge

17 games · 58.8%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3810 gold, 74 CS, 3467 XP. At 15 min: 6404 gold, 117 CS, 5776 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier53.4% · 384 games

Exhaust + Flash52.2% · 90 games

Flash + Ghost60.0% · 40 games

Cleanse + Flash42.9% · 35 games

Most-played runes

Lethal Tempo + Inspiration

52.2% · 393 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind81%

Legend: Bloodline86%

Coup de Grace57%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Magical Footwear55%

Biscuit Delivery55%

Shards

Attack speed98%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling58%

Conqueror + Inspiration

56.2% · 121 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind78%

Legend: Bloodline84%

Cut Down85%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back74%

Cosmic Insight53%

Shards

Attack speed95%

Adaptive force100%

Health77%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Xayah's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team54.8% · 146 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Navori Flickerblade 58.9%

Infinity Edge 55.8%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 54.3%

Essence Reaver 56.4%

Lord Dominik's Regards 47.5% ▼

Mortal Reminder 58.1%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team51.4% · 175 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Navori Flickerblade 55.2%

Infinity Edge 56.2%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 51.7%

Lord Dominik's Regards 54.2%

Essence Reaver 52.9%

Stormrazor 50.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team53.2% · 233 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Navori Flickerblade 55.1%

Infinity Edge 59.8%

Yun Tal Wildarrows 51.2%

Essence Reaver 52.0%

Lord Dominik's Regards 58.9% ▲

Mortal Reminder 57.1%

The item that stands out most is Lord Dominik's Regards: 58.9% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Xayah as ADC

Tristana Xayah: 33.3%27 games

Tristana has the edge in 67% of the 27 ADC duels against Xayah. See the Tristana guide.

Yunara Xayah: 33.3%24 games

Yunara has the edge in 67% of the 24 ADC duels against Xayah. See the Yunara guide.

Ezreal Xayah: 40.9%22 games

Ezreal has the edge in 59% of the 22 ADC duels against Xayah. See the Ezreal guide.

Miss Fortune Xayah: 41.2%17 games

Miss Fortune has the edge in 59% of the 17 ADC duels against Xayah. See the Miss Fortune guide.

Caitlyn Xayah: 43.8%16 games

Caitlyn has the edge in 56% of the 16 ADC duels against Xayah. See the Caitlyn guide.

Who Xayah is strong against

Lucian60.0% · 15 games

Kai'Sa59.6% · 47 games

Jinx59.1% · 22 games

Jhin53.8% · 26 games

Zeri46.7% · 15 games

How to play against Xayah

• Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
• Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
• Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Xayah's matchups.

Xayah ADC: what our games say

Laning phase against the ADC average

Measured over 88 Xayah games with a timeline; the average covers 49 champions played ADC in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

PassiveClean Cuts

After using an ability, Xayah's next basic attacks will hit all targets along their path and leave a Feather.

QDouble Daggers

Xayah throws two damaging daggers that also drop Feathers she can recall.

WDeadly Plumage

Xayah creates a storm of blades that increase her Attack Speed and damage while also granting her Move Speed if she attacks a champion.

EBladecaller

Xayah calls back all her dropped Feathers dealing damage and rooting enemies.

RFeatherstorm

Xayah leaps into the air becoming untargetable and throwing out a fan of daggers, dropping Feathers she can recall.

Other ADC champions to know

Most played

Jhin48.5 %Yunara52.4 %Kai'Sa49.9 %Ezreal45.2 %Caitlyn50.3 %Jinx51.0 %Tristana50.0 %Lucian48.9 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Brand57.7 %Syndra56.7 %Aurelion Sol56.7 %Kog'Maw55.3 %Senna55.3 %Mel54.9 %Vel'Koz53.8 %Swain52.9 %

Frequently asked questions

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