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
  관통상

  스킬 사용 후 다음 기본 공격이 경로에 있는 적을 모두 관통하고 깃털을 남깁니다.

• Q
  깃털 연타

  자야가 일렬로 두 개의 깃털을 던집니다. 깃털은 마지막에 땅에 떨어지며 나중에 다시 불러들일 수 있습니다.

• W
  죽음의 깃

  자야가 깃털 칼날 폭풍을 일으켜 기본 공격의 피해량과 공격 속도가 상승합니다. 적 챔피언을 공격하면 이동 속도도 증가합니다.

• E
  깃부르미

  모든 깃털을 자신에게로 불러들여 경로에 있는 적에게 피해를 입히고 속박시킵니다.

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

• R
  저항의 비상

  자야가 공중으로 도약해 잠시 동안 대상으로 지정할 수 없게 되고, 잠시 후 원뿔 모양으로 깃털을 발사합니다. 깃털은 마지막에 땅에 떨어지며 나중에 다시 불러들일 수 있습니다.

  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.