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
  Cortes Certeiros

  Depois de usar uma habilidade, os próximos ataques básicos de Xayah acertam todos os alvos pelo caminho e deixam uma Pluma.

• Q
  Punhais Duplos

  Xayah arremessa dois punhais que causam dano e deixam cair Plumas que podem retornar para ela.

• W
  Plumagem Mortífera

  Xayah cria uma tempestade de lâminas que aumenta seu dano e sua Velocidade de Ataque, além de conceder Velocidade de Movimento ao atacar um Campeão.

• E
  Invocadora das Lâminas

  Xayah recolhe todas as Plumas que caíram, causando dano e enraizando os inimigos.

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

• R
  Tempestade de Plumas

  Xayah salta pelo ar, ficando inalvejável e arremessando um leque de punhais, além de deixar cair Plumas que podem voltar para ela.

  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.