Xayah Build 26.22

When Is Xayah Strongest?

The win rate climbs the longer the game runs, peaking in the late game, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Xayah's win condition is a clean back-line position where she can build feathers and unleash a multi-target root at the perfect moment. Farm safely to her power spike, then let one big recall swing the teamfight and carry the mid game.

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end27:48

Ambush zone5:24–6:54 Power spike 22:34

~5:2311:0518:0722:34

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Play from 12:00

At 12:00

Power 65/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~6k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Navori Flickerblade · 18:07

Xayah Item Build

Xayah is a feather-placing marksman who covers the ground in blades and then snaps them back for a game-ending root. The build stacks attack speed and crit so her attacks pass through waves, her feathers pile up fast, and one recall locks down a whole clustered team.

Starting items 500g Doran's Bow×1Health Potion×2Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe Yun Tal Wildarrows54.1% WR3,000g @ 11:05›Navori Flickerblade55.4% WR2,650g @ 18:07›Infinity Edge59.6% WR3,500g @ 22:34› Boots Berserker's Greaves70% · 52.8%Gluttonous Greaves30% · 58.3%

Yun Tal WildarrowsB. F. Sword1300g+Scout's Slingshot600g+Long Sword350g=750g to combine · 3,000g total

vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.MMaw of Malmortius12964.3%MMercurial Scimitar31259.3%

vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.GGuardian Angel85266.8%

vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.LLord Dominik's Regards3.1k59.8%MMortal Reminder88357.1%TThe Collector66351.7%

vision controlbuy this gameFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.FFarsight Alteration6.8k55.2%SStealth Ward1.7k45.9%OOracle Lens6543.1%

Best Xayah Runes

Lethal Tempo is the standard call, and it rewards the way she fights, chaining autos and abilities to keep the feathers flowing. The more she is attacking, the more her passive procs and the sooner the next root is ready. Back it with attack speed so the whole engine spins faster. Simple page, since the feathers are the real payload.

The pre-game page Lethal Tempo · Precision + Inspiration · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary Lethal TempoAttacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. Presence of Mind75% · 52.8%Legend: Bloodline90% · 53.4%Coup de Grace49% · 52.7% Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Inspiration, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Inspiration Secondary Biscuit Delivery42% · 54.1%Magical Footwear41% · 53.3%

Stat shards OffenseAttack Speed+10% Attack SpeedFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Xayah Skill Order

Level 1 opens with Double Daggers and then it is ignored for thirteen levels while Bladecaller climbs to max by 9. That is the spike: a fully ranked feather recall before Deadly Plumage has even finished, which lands at 13.

PriorityRR›EE›WW›QQ›Max E first; W at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q11415max 15

W38101213max 13

E24579max 9

R611max 11

Xayah Abilities

One piece the feather talk skips is Deadly Plumage, a blade storm that ramps her attack speed and damage, then layers on move speed once she strikes a champion to chase or reposition. Even Featherstorm rains recallable feathers, so her leap feeds the pile rather than pausing it.

Clean CutsPassivePDouble DaggersMax lastQDeadly PlumageMax 2ndWBladecallerMax 1stEFeatherstormUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

BladecallerPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+15 per ranklv 250lv 465lv 580lv 795lv 9110Cooldown-1 per ranklv 212slv 411slv 510slv 79slv 98sConstant at every rankCost20same at all ranks

Xayah Base Stats

Xayah Matchups

Xayah relies on her untargetable window to survive dives, so relentless engage and hard crowd control that catches her before the leap give her the roughest time. Lanes that cannot close distance let her farm feathers freely and set up the root that turns every fight in her favor.