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
  Plumes perçantes

  Après avoir utilisé une compétence, les prochaines attaques de base de Xayah frapperont toutes les cibles sur leur passage et laisseront une plume.

• Q
  Dagues jumelles

  Xayah jette deux dagues qui infligent des dégâts et qui laissent des plumes qu'elle peut rappeler.

• W
  Plumage mortel

  Xayah crée une tempête de lames qui augmente sa vitesse d'attaque et ses dégâts, tout en augmentant sa vitesse de déplacement si elle attaque un champion.

• E
  Appel des lames

  Xayah rappelle toutes les plumes qu'elle a posées, infligeant des dégâts et immobilisant les ennemis.

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

• R
  Rafale de plumes

  Xayah bondit dans les airs, devenant impossible à cibler et lançant des dagues qui laissent des plumes qu'elle peut rappeler.

  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.