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Big Plays: Xerath saves the day

RiotPreeti··48 votes·104,157 views

Welcome to the Big Plays Spotlight! In this feature, we highlight the most epic plays, from meticulously-coordinated early tower dives to mind-blowing cross-map jukes.

With his teammates dead and four members of the enemy team staggering across the finish line, maineimeizNeyuba—a Plat IV player on Xerath—Homeguards into action.

In a tactical misplay, the blue team ignores Xerath, rushing to end the game in one final push. After an easy first kill, Xerath forces Vi and Jinx to the left side of the nexus, where he safely unleashes tons of damage upon them. A scorching Arcanopulse ends Jinx’s nexus assault in a flash, crushing the blue team’s hopes for victory.

Whether you’re a team on the cusp of victory or the Emperor of Shurima, one truth remains constant: don’t ever underestimate Xerath.

We’d love to feature your biggest plays, so post a link in the comments below or submit your clip here!

58 Comments

SummonerRP27 votes
KOKOKOKOKOKOKOKO6 votes

MVP MVP MVP MVP item 3060

DarkR3volt7 votes

minion, you da real mvp

InsaneSamurai10 votes

Teamwork guys, not solo glory :(

Xenohaz9 votes

Yeah, show some videos of teamwork op-ness. It's what you guys are always talking about.

Night and Arrows5 votes

Exactly something that show great collaboration or team fight tactics.

Azir Of Sands4 votes

Last time they did that it was Nami making a play in a teamfight with the help of a Jarvan, and everyone complained for weeks about how "Oh anyone can do that" So they instead started doing things like Cheese Pentakills by Katarinas because people like that more for some reason. Cause Solo glory makes people feel good.

D O N K 0 6 6 6 1 votes

Watch high elo korean teams

Runic Legends9 votes

Report minions for penta ks.

Luckychu1 votes

Report minions for penta ks.

well it wouldnt really be a ks if you were the last one to hit the person

SoryInAdvance1 votes

@IJellyH, think about what you just said.

Memejerdomo7 votes

Report Xerath for KSing minions.

GetToTheLantern8 votes

I'm sorry but I don't see the play here they didn't even bother Xerath and they were just focusing the nexus which allowed him to take them down with his range the only person who even hit him was a no damage tank Thresh no offense I <3 thresh favorite support who was the only one left and by the time they got to the nexus most was half health sorry riot but maybe you should go out and find plays sometimes if your not getting much good ones sent in.

RealCubans8 votes

This will surely get downvoted for being a hater but...I actually totally agree with you. It was a nice play, but Jinx didn't eve try to dodge!

Navy Blue Fire 23 votes

I agree with everything you said except about riot going out and finding plays. Riot can't actually find plays because they're busy designing champions, making the servers better, etc. If they went out to find plays, everything would just be slowed down. I'd rather have new champions and alot of other stuff rather than seeing a big play.

GetToTheLantern2 votes

The only reason why I put that part in was cause I was basing It off what someone said from the last "big play" that people send in plays and they might not get good ones. As for anyone wondering why I don't like these recent "big plays" is cause I wanna see a full out brawl with just having one person come out alive and actually do some cool moves you know, show me something neat like the leona under her tower landing that last ult so nicely was cool. I wanna see more of that. Sorry if I offended anyone. Only luv <3

RatsInYourMilk1 votes

designing champions like making Soraka a shitty parasitic clone .... yeah they are working REALLY hard, on fucking it up

Solarìa7 votes

It's a "BIG PLAY" because Xerath , whether he meant to or not, so seamlessly used his abilities to force the enemy team away from the Nexus, staggering the amount of damage they could do as they moved away from his assaults and allowing for time to set up the plays that unfolded.

Tewan8 votes

I'm not the best in the world, but I think my save was a bit better... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiqigR6uHpQ

Ethicus2 votes

Such trash talk after that, oh god that was great.

Tewan2 votes

Gotta love randoms, heh.

Luckychu2 votes

that was actually really awesome sauce

My Remedy6 votes

This, Gnar's play and Yasuo's. "Welcome to the Big Plays Spotlight! In this feature, we highlight the most epic plays, from meticulously-coordinated early tower dives to mind-blowing cross-map jukes." I just don't feel these plays are so amazing that they need to be featured on the website. My opinion whether you agree or disagree

Drasamo6 votes

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Old Man Teeto4 votes

Amen. Very few impressive plays, more of a culmination of why you don't do certain things.

The Leona tower dive however, where she keeps perfect placement, auto levels and uses her ultimate perfectly and has the wisdom to go for the kill onto the Thresh in the first place to get that experience to be able to level.

That is a play, I want to desperately see more of. A mix of strategic precision combined with mechanical forte, all from a vulnerable position.

SoldierOfDarknes4 votes

They still lost.

You could say he only saved the day. Diana

Resourceful Rat6 votes

No they won. i looked it up

The Ladder3 votes

Xerath Nice@@@@@@@@@@@@

Dragon Fang Shot3 votes

I used to play Xerath mid a lot. He was by far my best mid champ, but damn, this guy puts me to shame.

Turtlerocket3 votes

Orianna saves lives ayyy

Jazzy Jesus3 votes

Even though this was cool, she did not once save a single one of her teammates' lives. In fact, she ran off as they began to die, letting the enemy feed and then chase after her, which led to her taking all the glory of killing the enemy team instead of doing it as a full team. This could get featured as a big plays spotlight, but not under the guise of her "saving lives"...

Turtlerocket1 votes

Would it have been a better choice to run in and die for nothing, instead? No, the clear option here was to let dead teammates die and salvage the game by systematically dismantling the enemy team afterwards, by playing off of their greed. So, yes, the Orianna did save lives, because that would've been an easy 1v4 push to nexus.

General Keith2 votes

All of the sudden, I want to play Xerath

Kamatra2 votes

I mean, that was kinda cool and all, but he really just looked hella fed.

Lordemort2 votes

Why didnt the Jinx just attack and move, attack and move,

Slashdamon2 votes

Thresh FEEL THE WRATH OF MY AUTOS XERATH!!!

TfwPeepo1 votes

I did that in a provisional once but I don't think it counts cuz it was a provisional and people in my range usually suck.

abdi op1 votes

Xerath needs a buff his to hard ohhh

Fìòra1 votes

all thresh really had to do was land one hook and jinx would of finished or jinx could of orbwalked a bit, either way nice quad.

Wind Whistler1 votes

I think he was trying to, but the minions who just spawned blocked the path of the hook, so he couldn't do it. It looked to me like he was trying to find a gap in between them, but by the time he could he was the last person on the team left.

theGREATEARL1 votes

whoa o_o

Mattsumune1 votes

Again, another great demonstration of skill, ability and keeping a cool head in an awful situation. STILL not what big plays are about, TEAMWORK is a PLAY, this is just Xerath getting a quadra. It seems like in the same way that Rito just makes updates that favor competition and "viability of champions" in competitions, that is also their stance in what a PLAY is, just one persons glory not a TEAM working as a whole.

Doomlyon1 votes

How does it end!?!?!

RatsInYourMilk1 votes

REWATCH THIS! Jinx doesn't even try to dodge the skill shots she just takes it to the face like a LOSER ... big plays more like big throws

LithiumWednesday1 votes

Another astonishing point-and-click adventure by Riot Games

Flucker1 votes

Not one Thresh Hook was thrown that day

reiniat1 votes

Reminds me of the last of my 10 ranked matches in LAN, when my team had 3 afks and i hold 35 minutes with Xerath being supported by Soraka, until we finally lose :P

Aszelia1 votes

Stahp wasting my time riot.

LeeGodSin1 votes

OMGBraum item 3301

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The ass is inevitable

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