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
  クリーンカット

  スキル使用後、次に行う数回の通常攻撃が軌道上のすべての敵にダメージを与え、「羽根」を落とすようになる。

• Q
  ダブルダガー

  2枚の羽根の刃を投げてダメージを与え、呼び戻すことができる「羽根」を落とす。

• W
  デッドリープルーム

  羽根の刃の嵐を作り出し、攻撃速度とダメージを増加させる。敵チャンピオンを攻撃した場合は移動速度も増加する。

• E
  ブレードコーラー

  落とした「羽根」をすべて呼び戻し、敵ユニットにダメージとスネア効果を与える。

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

• R
  フェザーストーム

  空中に飛んでしばらく対象指定されなくなり、複数の羽根の刃を投げ、呼び戻すことができる「羽根」を落とす。

  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.