Matchup

Heavy AD damageSustained DPS

Build vs Xayah

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Ravenous Hydra
1DPS
Trinity Force
2DPS
Hullbreaker
3Bruiser

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Blade of The Ruined King
5DPS

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Thornmail
5vs Hybride
Randuin's Omen
vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD
Dead Man's Plate
vs AD

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Spirit Visage
5vs AP

DPS

Blade of The Ruined King
DPS

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
TrundleTrundle
XayahXayah
Favorable
Favorable
Passive

Xayah's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Clean Cuts (P)

After using an ability, Xayah's next basic attacks will hit all targets along their path and leave a Feather.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
310s18s12s
69s18s12s2m20
98s17s12s2m20
118s16s12s2m
168s14s10s1m40
188s14s8s1m40

Playing against Xayah

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Watch for feathers on the ground: if she E's, they come back and root on the way through.

2

Her R makes her untargetable: don't waste your spells on her, wait until she comes back down.

3

Position to the side, not behind the feathers: the E roots in a straight line.

4

Engage when she has no feathers on the ground: without feathers, no E root.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026