How to beat Xayah

Common role: ADC

A feather-flinging marksman who roots you and goes untargetable to dodge your engage.

What makes Xayah dangerous

Xayah drops feathers with her attacks and abilities, then recalls them with her E to deal damage and root anyone caught by three or more. Her ultimate makes her briefly untargetable while firing a volley — dodging burst and engage. She sets up her own root and punishes teams that dive her.

How to play against Xayah

• 1Watch her feathers — when three+ line up on you, her E roots you. Move so you're not aligned with her scattered feathers.
• 2Time your engage around her ult — she goes untargetable during it, dodging your burst. Wait it out or commit before she can cast it.
• 3She's a stationary carry with no dash — hard CC and gap-closers reach her. Punish before she sets up her feather root.
• 4Punish her weak early game before her items and feather setup come online.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓No dash — divable once her ult is down.
• ✓Root needs three aligned feathers — move to avoid it.
• ✓Ult untargetability is a timing window to play around.
• ✓Squishy; hard CC punishes her.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Xayah's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Messerscharfe Federn

  Nachdem Xayah eine Fähigkeit eingesetzt hat, treffen ihre nächsten normalen Angriffe alle Ziele auf ihrem Weg und lassen eine Feder zurück.

• Q
  Zwillingsfedern

  Xayah wirft 2 Dolche, die Schaden verursachen und zudem Federn hinterlassen, die sie zu sich zurückrufen kann.

• W
  Federwirbel

  Xayah erzeugt einen Klingenwirbel, der ihr Angriffstempo und den verursachten Schaden erhöht und ihr außerdem bei Angriffen gegen Champions Lauftempo gewährt.

• E
  Klingenrufer

  Xayah ruft alle fallengelassenen Federn zu sich zurück, fügt ihren Gegnern dabei Schaden zu und hält sie fest.

  Strong: recalls her feathers to root anyone caught by three or more. Weak: move so you're not aligned with her scattered feathers.

• R
  Tosende Federn

  Xayah springt in die Luft und kann nicht anvisiert werden. Dann lässt sie es Dolche regnen, die Federn hinterlassen, welche sie wieder zu sich zurückrufen kann.

  Strong: she goes untargetable while firing a volley — dodging burst and engage. Weak: time your dive around it — wait it out or commit before she casts it.

Itemization

Xayah is a crit marksman with a self-setup root. Avoid aligning with her feathers, time your dive around her ult untargetability, and hard CC her (no dash). Punish her early game.

This guide covers Xayah's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.