Xerath ARAM Mayhem Build

The Magus Ascendant. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #93 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MageSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 49.3%
Pick rate: 7.6%
Rank: #93 of 173
Games: 1,772,164
Patch: 26.21

How to play Xerath in ARAM Mayhem

Xerath is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #93 of 173 champions, with a 49.3% win rate over 1,772,164 games. Riot rates it 8/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.

94% of Xerath's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down. It dies only 8.3 times per game on average, fewer than most.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame, with a 47.9% win rate over 1,231,654 games. On this build 46% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Xerath are BEES!!!, Weapon of Destiny and Homeguard. Cards built around ability power fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Can't Touch This and Master of Duality when you can: they do worst on Xerath. A pair to look for: Omni Soul with Weapon of Destiny.

Take Flash and Ghost (61% of players). Max Q (Arcanopulse) first, then W, then E.

Xerath ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Xerath game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

47.9% win rate · 84% of Xerath games · 1,231,654 games

Start

Refillable Potion
Lost Chapter

Core items, in buying order

Luden's Echo
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame

Boots on the AP build for Xerath, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	4%
No boots	46%
Sorcerer's Shoes	46%

Situational, after the core

Stormsurge17% buy it
Horizon Focus24% buy it
Banshee's Veil5% buy it
Void Staff45% buy it
Archangel's Staff11% buy it
Malignance6% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame76% of games
Luden's Echo66% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap63% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes44% of games
Horizon Focus37% of games
Void Staff33% of games
Blackfire Torch24% of games
Liandry's Torment20% of games
Stormsurge20% of games
Archangel's Staff16% of games

Best augments for Xerath

Every card with enough Xerath games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Xerath's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

1GoldrendTier S
2Giant SlayerTier A
3Mad ScientistTier A

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Xerath

4 S tier and 24 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Xerath in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Homeguard	Silver	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier S	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
From Downtown	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Snipe 15 enemy champions with abilities. Snipe - Damage enemies over 600 distance away. REWARD: A meteor flies at enemy champions you…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Recoil	Gold	Tier A	selected ability deals 25% increased damage and knocks you backward.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Magic Missile	Gold	Tier A	Dealing Ability damage fires 3 missiles at each enemy hit, each dealing up to 1% max Health true damage based on distance traveled.
Jeweled Gauntlet	Prismatic	Tier A	Your Abilities can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance (25%+4.5% Ability Power) Crit Chance.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Hextech Soul	Silver	Tier A	Periodically your next damaging Ability or Attack triggers a lightning blast, chaining through enemies to deal damage and Slow.

Average on Xerath
37 cards, best first

Below average on Xerath
30 cards, best first

Weakest on Xerath
7 cards, best first

Best first augment for Xerath

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Xerath's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, BEES!!!, Homeguard and Weapon of Destiny come out on top.

The best augments for Xerath in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	BEES!!!Tier S	BEES!!!Tier S	Hand of BaronTier S	HomeguardTier S
2	HomeguardTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	BEES!!!Tier S	BEES!!!Tier S
3	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Giant SlayerTier S	HomeguardTier S	Omni SoulTier S
4	GoldrendTier S	HomeguardTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Upgrade StormsurgeTier S
5	From DowntownTier A	Weapon of DestinyTier A	Upgrade StormsurgeTier S	With HasteTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Xerath, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost61% of players · 49.9% win rate
Flash + Clarity7% of players · 49.6% win rate
Flash + Barrier3% of players · 49.4% win rate

Skill order

QArcanopulse
WEye of Destruction
EShocking Orb

Max Q first. 80% of players use this order (49.7% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Xerath in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.0 / 8.3 / 29.5
KDA: 5.64
Damage to champions: 38,111
Damage taken: 21,670
Self-mitigated: 10,213
Healing on allies: 19
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 33 s
Kill participation: 69%
Game length: 17:07

Damage type

Physical 1%Magic 94%True 5%

Questions and answers

What is the best Xerath build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Xerath: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Xerath in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Xerath, best first: BEES!!!, Weapon of Destiny, Homeguard and Goldrend. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Xerath good in ARAM Mayhem?

Xerath is tier B on patch 26.21, #93 of 173 champions, with a 49.3% win rate over 1.8 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Xerath in ARAM Mayhem?

For Xerath's first pick on patch 26.21: BEES!!!, Homeguard, Weapon of Destiny, Goldrend and From Downtown, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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Get Xerath's build and card tiers in your game

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Xerath counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.