How to play Xerath
Xerath – the Magus Ascendant – is based on our LoL Mid Tier List on patch 15.12 a S-Tier 
Mid champion. Based on ranked matches from summoners with a PLATINUM+ tier, Xerath has a win rate of 51.3%, a pick rate of 4.4%, a ban rate of 7.1% and an average KDA Ratio of 0.0, which shows that the 
Mage is in an excellent spot in the current meta of season 15. If you want to learn how to play Xerath on your matches, keep in mind that this champion is mechanically advanced to play in LoL. This Xerath guide will give you also an understanding on how to beat Xerath. The upcoming LoL Xerath Mid Build is the most popular build picked by many Pros.
Pregame Build
In champion select you need to choose your Xerath runes and summoner spells. The best Xerath Mid Runes 15.12 are 
Sorcery as the primary path and 
Precision as the secondary path. The most supportive Xerath keystone rune is 
First Strike. 
Flash and 
Teleport are the summoner spells, which fits this LoL Xerath Build the most.
Item Build on Xerath
The starter items for the best Xerath Build on patch 15.12 are 
Doran's Ring, 
Health Potion, Health Potion, and a 
Stealth Ward as the trinket. As the game progresses, the most popular Xerath items are 
Luden's Companion and 
Rabadon's Deathcap. 
Sorcerer's Shoes are the most bought Xerath boots by Pros. This Xerath Build will immensely increase your chances to gain LP and to climb the leaderboard in LoL.
Xerath Abilities
At the beginning of a match start to skill the ability 
Eye of Destruction on Xerath. As the match progresses, it is best to maximise 
Arcanopulse into Eye of Destruction and at last 
Shocking Orb. Arcanopulse is a very strong ability of Xerath in order to build up a lead and dominate your opponents. The passive is called 
Mana Surge and there is no need to set it manually on a Xerath Build.
Xerath's basic attacks periodically restore Mana. Whenever Xerath kills a unit, this cooldown is reduced.
Biography
Read Xerath's bioXerath is an Ascended Magus of ancient Shurima, a being of arcane energy writhing in the broken shards of a magical sarcophagus. For millennia, he was trapped beneath the desert sands, but the rise of Shurima freed him from his ancient prison. Driven insane with power, he now seeks to take what he believes is rightfully his and replace the upstart civilizations of the world with one fashioned in his image.
Available Xerath Skins
Besides the Xerath build you can select a skin for Xerath. The best Xerath skins you can find below.
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- Short Story: Unbound None
This was the moment. - Short Story: Bloodline by Graham McNeill
Taliyah had almost forgotten how much she’d missed the furnace heat of Shurima – the sweat and crush of hundreds of people pushing, cursing, haggling and speaking with such passion and speed that outsiders often thought they were fighting.