Opinion on Xayah So Far

SpongebobIsLife··1 votes·1,927 views

Kit feels pretty good altogether, e feels very satisfying to use, q not so much as it's pretty much there to just help set up feathers. The one thing I don't like, is how pengionholed (lol) I am into rushing ER on her. CDR is absolutely necessary on her as you want your e, w, and ult to have as low a cd as possible just because of how necessary they are for kiting and you gotta keep in mind that this is an immobile adc with only 525 aa range so. She doesn't have the ad ratios to back up going for a cdr pen build, so you have to go for an ER rush. The problem with this is that ER is a very unsnowbally item, which is why champions who would generally build it, forego it. Not to mention that you have to sacrifice either IE, LW, BT (or some other lifesteal item), or a defensive item like ga or bv. As a champ, Xayah feels really good, I just don't like her itemization choices. Oh and speaking of itemization choices, there was a quite a bit of items left out of her recommended list.

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ProfDrDeath1 votes

One thing I'm majorly put off with in regard to Xayah is her overall low base stats, not just her low movement speed.

Her base AD is the fourth lowest of all ADCs - and the ones below her have mechanics to make up for that lack of AD, instead of relying on AD for most of their damage (MF has her passive, Vayne has Silver Bolts and Kindred has her passive, as well).

Her base AS is low, both on the base value (0.625) and on the scaling (only 2.06/lvl, 35% at 18). That's really bad for an ADC that is based around auto-attacking a lot while casting spells.

Her Movement Speed is too low, given that most of her damage tools are close-ranged/auto-attack based. In fact, the only other ADC with that low a range and 325 speed is Kindred, who has a spammable repositioning tool.

I'd like to be pleasantly surprised by the opposite thing happening, but as it is, I can't see her become really strong without some adjustments to at least her MS, possibly also base AS.

SpongebobIsLife1 votes

I think they allowed it to stay as is, because of her w and the amount of cdr that you get. Once you get ionian boots and your rfc/pd,runaans, the downtime on it is really really low. Theoretically her w counters all of those things as you get a second aa with reduced damage, as well as up to 50 percent attack speed and movespeed increase (i think those are the numbers).

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