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
  锐切

  在使用一次技能后，霞的下几次普攻将命中沿途的所有敌人，并各落下一根羽毛。

• Q
  双刃

  霞扔出两把具有伤害的匕首，并掉落可供她召回的羽毛。

• W
  致死羽衣

  霞创造一道刀刃风暴，来提升她的攻击速度和伤害，并且如果她的攻击命中了敌人，还会提升她的移动速度。

• E
  倒钩

  霞唤回她之前掉落的所有羽毛，对敌人造成伤害和禁锢效果。

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

• R
  暴风羽刃

  霞跳向空中，变为不可被选取状态，然后扔出一排匕首，同时掉落可供她召回的羽毛。

  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.