# Xayah Counters Who counters Xayah? Best and worst picks against Xayah by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Xayah in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) ## Page Content [Xayah guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) [Play against Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/how-to-play-against/) [Xayah counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/counters/) Best and worst picks against Xayah in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Senna, Smolder and Jinx beat Xayah most often. Draven, Samira and Jhin win the laning phase against Xayah by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Xayah Highest win rate versus Xayah in Bot. - 1 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 717 games 53.0% - 2 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 967 games 52.2% - 3 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 2,701 games 51.6% - 4 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 765 games 51.4% ## Worst picks against Xayah Lowest win rate versus Xayah in Bot. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 129 games 42.6% - 2 [Nilah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/) 201 games 43.3% - 3 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 529 games 45.0% - 4 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 4,913 games 46.0% - 5 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 622 games 46.5% - 6 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 156 games 46.8% - 7 [Aphelios](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/) 1,241 games 47.2% - 8 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 164 games 47.6% - 9 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 1,346 games 47.8% - 10 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 2,287 games 47.8% - 11 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 821 games 48.0% - 12 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 1,631 games 48.2% - 13 [Yunara](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yunara/) 1,697 games 48.2% - 14 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 597 games 48.4% - 15 [Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) 316 games 48.4% ## Best lane counters vs Xayah Largest gold lead over Xayah at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 110 games +935 - 2 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 294 games +281 - 3 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 643 games +240 - 4 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 680 games +218 - 5 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 762 games +192 - 6 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 347 games +89 - 7 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 621 games +63 - 8 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 263 games +54 - 9 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 159 games +28 ## How to play against Xayah Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Trade from angles that do not line up with returning feathers, then step aside after she uses E. - Punish her before W gives sustained damage, especially when the wave is not stacked for her. - Avoid chasing through narrow corridors where her feathers are already placed. - Force R defensively before objectives, then re-engage while she lacks her self-peel. - Hold burst and crowd control until after R unless you can lock her before she casts it. ## Where Xayah is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Xayah's strongest damage depends on feather lines, so angled pressure makes her choose between kiting and rooting. - Xayah has limited forward mobility, making her much easier to collapse on once her safety tool is forced. ## Xayah counters: questions ### Who counters Xayah in Bot? At Gold+, Senna (53.0%), Smolder (52.2%) and Jinx (51.6%) have the highest win rates against Xayah. ### Who does Xayah counter? Xayah wins most often against Mel (42.6%), Nilah (43.3%) and Kalista (45.0%). ### Who wins lane against Xayah? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Draven (+935), Samira (+281) and Jhin (+240) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Xayah. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Draven counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/counters/) - [Samira counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)