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Xerath

Mage / Support

League of Legends (PC)

Xerath Win Rate

WR50.7%PR3.5%BR3.3%Diamond+ Mid

Xerath Current Status

Xerath was last buffed in Patch 25.8 (). Across 42 patches, Xerath has received 14 buffs, 3 nerfs, 24 adjustments since release in Patch 1.0.0.126.

Abilities
Mana SurgePC
Passive - Mana Surge

Innate: Periodically, Xerath empowers his next basic attack on-hit to restore 30 - 36 (based on level) / then +6 - 18 (based on level) / then +9 - 36 (based on level) / then +12 - 60 (based on level) / then +15 - 75 (based on level) mana, doubled to 60 - 72 (based on level) / then +12 - 36 (based on level) / then +18 - 72 (based on level) / then +24 - 120 (based on level) / then +30 - 150 (based on level) against enemy champions.

Mana Surge's cooldown is reduced by 3.5 seconds whenever Xerath kills an enemy.

Mana Surge does not trigger if Xerath would restore above his maximum mana.

ArcanopulsePC
Q - Arcanopulse
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 mana
CD: 9 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 5
Cast Time: None
Range: 700 - 1450 (based on level)

Active: Xerath channel while being slow by 0 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% for up to 3 seconds to increase Arcanopulse's range over the first 1.5 to 1.75 seconds of the channel.

Mana Refunded: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
Magic Damage: 75 / 115 / 155 / 195 / 235 (+ 90% AP)

Arcanopulse can be recast within the duration. If the charge is interrupt or completes without reactivation, Arcanopulse is cancelled and refunds half the mana cost.

Recast: Xerath becomes lockout for 0.5 and afterwards fires a beam of energy in a line in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit.

Eye of DestructionPC
W - Eye of Destruction
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 mana
CD: 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10
Cast Time: 0.25
Range: 1000
Effect Radius: 275

Active: Xerath casts down a blast of arcane energy that strikes the target location after 0.5, briefly granting sight of the area and dealing magic damage to enemies hit and slow them by 25% for 2.5 seconds.

Magic Damage: 50 / 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 65% AP)
Increased Damage: 83.35 / 141.69 / 200.04 / 258.38 / 316.73 (+ 108.36% AP)
Increased Slow: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80%

Enemies in the epicenter take 66.7% increased damage and are slow by a greater amount, decaying to 25% over the duration.

Shocking OrbPC
E - Shocking Orb
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 mana
CD: 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11
Cast Time: 0.25
Range: 1125

Active: Xerath fires an orb of energy in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy hit and stuns them for 0.75 - 2.25 (based on level) seconds.

Magic Damage: 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 (+ 45% AP)
Rite of the ArcanePC
R - Rite of the Arcane
Cost: 100 mana
CD: 130 / 115 / 100
Cast Time: None
Range: 5000
Effect Radius: 200

Active: Xerath channel for up to 10 seconds, gaining the ability to recast Rite of the Arcane multiple times after 0.5 seconds within the duration. If Rite of the Arcane ends without any of the recasts being used, half of its cooldown is refunded.

Number of Recasts: 4 / 5 / 6
Magic Damage: 170 / 220 / 270 (+ 45% AP)
Total Magic Damage: 680 (+ 180 / 225 / 270% AP)
Maximum Stacks: 3 / 4 / 5
Increased Damage per Stack: 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 5% AP)

Recast - Arcane Barrage: Xerath catapults an arcane missile that strikes the target location after a 0.6 delay, briefly granting sight of the area and dealing magic damage to enemies hit. Each cast has a static cooldown of 0.6 . After catapulting the first missile, Xerath will sight himself while there are enemy champions within Rite of the Arcane's range.

Hitting at least one enemy champion grants a stack of Arcane Perfection during the channel, stacking up to a maximum amount. Each stack increases Arcane Barrage's damage.

When there are no enemy champions nearby, Xerath will sight himself for a couple of seconds if a missile strikes within a distance of an enemy unit.

Base Stats

Health: 596
Health Per Level: 106
Mana: 400
Mana Per Level: 22
Attack Damage: 55
AD Per Level: 3
Attack Speed: 0.658
AS Per Level: 1.36
Armor: 22
Armor Per Level: 4.7
Magic Resist: 30
MR Per Level: 1.3
Movement Speed: 340
Range: 525
Health Regen: 5.5
HP Regen Per Level: 0.55
Mana Regen: 6.85
Mana Regen Per Level: 0.8

Xerath Changes

Patch 25.8

buff

Passive cooldown refund increased. Q damage increased.

Mana Surge

  • Cooldown reduction per kill increased to 3.5 seconds from 2.5.

Arcanopulse

  • Base damage increased to 75/115/155/195/235 from 70/110/150/190/230.

Patch 25.7

change

Q damage increased. W damage adjusted. E damage decreased. R damage adjusted.

Arcanopulse

  • AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 85% AP.

Eye of Destruction

  • Base damage reduced to 50/85/120/155/190 from 60/95/130/165/200.
  • Center base damage reduced to 83.35/141.695/200.04/258.385/316.73 from 100.02/158.365/216.71/275.055/333.4.
  • AP ratio increased to 65% AP from 60% AP.
  • Center AP ratio increased to 108.355% AP from 100.02% AP.

Shocking Orb

  • Base damage reduced to 70/100/130/160/190 from 80/110/140/170/200.

Rite of the Arcane

  • Base damage reduced to 170/220/270 from 180/230/280.
  • AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 40% AP.

Patch 14.19

change

Crystalis Indomitus

  • Bug Fix: Resolved VO audio being too low in certain languages due to the audio filter.

Patch 14.9

buff

Stats

  • Selection radius increased to 120 units from 88.8889007568359.

Arcanopulse , Eye of Destruction, Shocking Orb

  • Bug Fix: No longer reference to his long-deprecated ammo system.

Eye of Destruction

  • Bug Fix: Vision bubble is no longer inconsistent inside terrain, causing some targets to remain undetected in its radius.

Patch 13.22

buff

Basic attack windup and speed increased. Basic attack animation pattern changed.

General

  • The two basic attack animations now have a 50% chance to play instead of 75% for the first and 25% for the second.

Stats

  • Base attack speed increased to 0.658 from 0.625.
  • Attack windup reduced to 20% from 25.074%.

Patch 13.17

change

Base mana regeneration decreased. Passive cooldown refunded on unit kill increased. W mana cost increased.

Stats

  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 6.85 from 8.

Mana Surge

  • Cooldown refund increased to 2.5 seconds from 2.

Eye of Destruction

  • Mana cost increased to 80/90/100/110/120 from 70/80/90/100/110.

Patch 13.15

change

Rite of the Arcane

  • Bug Fix: Stacking damage buff is now properly applied to the last recast.

Patch 13.14

change

Base mana decreased. Passive cooldown increased, now reduced cooldown upon killing a unit, now procs with turrets. R number of casts increased, damage decreased, now deals additional damage with successive bolts upon hitting a champion.

Stats

  • Base mana reduced to 400 from 459.

Mana Surge

  • Cooldown increased to 16 seconds from 12.
  • New Effect: Cooldown is now reduced by 2 seconds per unit killed.
  • New Effect: Now triggers against structures.

Rite of the Arcane

  • Number of recasts increased to 4/5/6 from 3/4/5.
  • Base damage reduced to 180/230/280 from 200/250/300.
  • AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 45% AP.
  • New Effect: Hitting at least one enemy champion grants a stack of Arcane Perfection during the channel, stacking up to 4/5/6 times. Each stack increases Arcane Barrage's damage by 20/25/30 (+ 5% AP).

Patch 13.4

change

General

  • Bug Fix: Emote SFX no longer continue to play even after the animation was interrupted halfway.

Patch 13.1

change

Arcanopulse

  • Undocumented: Now fizzles if Xerath dies after releasing the charge.

Patch 12.18

change

Rite of the Arcane

  • Bug Fix: Range indicator when the ability is hovered in the HUD with the cursor is no longer unintentionally removed.

Patch 12.10

buff

Stats

  • Base health increased to 596 from 526.
  • Health growth increased to 106 from 92.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.

Patch 12.8

buff

E stun duration increased.

Shocking Orb

  • Stun duration increased to 0.75 to 2.25 (based on distance the orb traveled) from 0.5 to 2 (based on distance the orb traveled).

Patch 11.22

change

Rite of the Arcane

  • Bug Fix: Can no longer redirect the damage of the missiles before they land.

Patch 11.9

buff

Q damage increased. W base and enhanced base damage increased later.

Arcanopulse

  • Base damage reduced to 70/110/150/190/230 from 80/120/160/200/240.
  • AP ratio increased to 85% AP from 75% AP.

Eye of Destruction

  • Base damage increased to 60/95/130/165/200 from 60/90/120/150/180.
  • Maximum base damage increased to 100.02/158.365/216.71/275.055/333.4 from 100.02/150.03/200.04/250.05/300.06.

Patch 11.1

buff

Stats

  • Base attack damage increased to 55 from 54.7.
  • Base armor increased to 22 from 21.88.

Patch 10.9

change

General

  • New voice lines from Ascension added.

Patch 10.6

buff

W center damage amp increased. R damage per shot increased later.

Eye of Destruction

  • Bonus damage increased to 66.7% from 50%.

Rite of the Arcane

  • Base damage increased to 200/250/300 from 200/240/280.
  • AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 43% AP.

Patch 9.15

change

Arcanopulse

  • Bug Fix: No longer causes small hitches to characters on or sometimes off-screen when cast.

Rite of the Arcane

  • Target range changed to 5000 at all ranks from 3200/4400/5600.

Patch 9.1

buff

Rite of the Arcane

  • New Effect: Can now ping whether the ability is within range or not.

Patch 8.9

change

Stats

  • Base mana increased to 459 from 366.96.
  • Mana growth reduced to 22 from 44.
  • Base mana regeneration increased to 8 from 6.

Patch 8.3

buff

Stats

  • Base health regeneration increased to 5.5 from 5.424.

Patch 7.19

change

Arcanopulse

  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where only half of the particles were displayed on cast.

Patch 7.18

buff

Eye of Destruction

  • Bug Fix: Slow now correctly decays from 25% to 13% once, not twice.

Patch 7.15

buff

Eye of Destruction

  • Slow increased to 25% from 10%.

Rite of the Arcane

  • Base damage increased to 200/240/280 from 200/230/260.

Patch 6.24

change

Rite of the Arcane

  • Bug Fix: Re-fixed a bug preventing Rite of the Arcane from damaging Baron Nashor if cast from too far away.

Patch 6.16

change

Eye of Destruction

  • Bug Fix: No longer fires in weird directions when cast while the cursor is hovering over the minimap.

Patch 6.9

change

Arcanopulse

  • Width reduced to 145 from 150.
  • Warning indicator now better matches the damage zone.

Shocking Orb

  • stun duration changed to 0.5-2 seconds from 0.75-1.75.

Rite of the Arcane

  • Number of barrages increased to 3/4/5 from 3 at all ranks.
  • Base damage changed to 200/230/260 from 190/245/300.
  • Total damage increased to 600/920/1300 (+ 129/172/215% AP) from 570/735/900 (+ 129% AP).
  • Range increased to 3520/4840/6160 from 3200/4400/5600
  • Impact radius increased to 200 from 190.
  • Delay between shots increased to 0.8 seconds from 0.6.
  • New Effect: Camera now zooms out a bit when casting this spell.
  • Updated particles.

Patch 6.7

change

Rite of the Arcane

  • Bug Fix: The cast range indicator for Rite of the Arcane mismatched the ability's actual range.
  • Bug Fix: Rite of the Arcane fails to deal damage to Baron Nashor at extreme ranges.

Patch 5.8

change

Rite of the Arcane

  • Fixed a bug where Xerath could accidentally fire his first Arcane Barrage on top of himself if he presses R too fast.

Patch 5.4

nerf

Shocking Orb

  • Maximum stun duration reduced to 1.75 seconds from 2.25.

Patch 5.1

change

Shocking Orb

  • Tooltip updated to reflect the actual maximum stun duration of 2.25 seconds from incorrectly listing 2 seconds.

Patch 4.16

change

General

  • New lore.
  • Additional quotes, including special quotes for Ascension.

Patch 4.15

nerf

Eye of Destruction

  • No longer procs Spellthief twice when Xerath hits targets in the center of his spell.

Patch 4.14

change

Rite of the Arcane

  • The 0.6 second cooldown between casts no longer benefits from cooldown reduction.

Patch 4.2

change

General

  • Additional quotes, including special taunts for Syndra and Thresh.

Stats

  • Base mana reduced to 238 from 250.
  • Mana per level increased to 47 from 45.
  • Base mana regeneration reduced to 6 from 7.
  • Mana regeneration per 5 per level increased to 0.65 from 0.6.
  • Attack range reduced to 525 from 550.
  • Attack animation slightly shortened.

Mana Surge (Innate)

  • Every 12 seconds, Xerath's next basic attack will restore 30 - 195 mana. The amount of mana restored is doubled if the attack target is a champion

Arcanopulse (Q)

  • First Cast: Xerath starts charging, gradually increasing Arcanopulse's range from 700 to 1400 while slowing down movement speed by up to 50% over the next 1.5 seconds seconds. After 3 seconds, Arcanopulse cancels and half the mana cost is refunded.
  • Second Cast: After a brief cast time, Xerath fires a beam of energy in a line the deals magic damage to all enemies hit.
  • Damage increased to 80/120/160/200/240 (+75% AP) from 75/115/155/195/235 (+ 60% AP).
  • Cooldown adjusted to 9/8/7/6/5 from 7/6.5/6/5.5/5.
  • Mana cost increased to 80/90/100/110/120 from 65/70/75/80/85.

Eye of Destruction (W)

  • Active: Calls down a ground-targeted blast of energy, dealing 60/90/120/150/180 (+60% AP) magic damage to all enemies caught within the blast and slowing them by 10%. Enemies caught in the middle of the blast instead take 90/135/180/225/270 (+90% AP) magic damage and are slowed by 60/65/70/75/80% instead.
  • Cooldown: 14/13/12/11/10 seconds
  • Mana cost: 70/80/90/100/110
  • Range: 1000
  • Active: Xerath fires an orb of energy forward in a line that detonates on striking an enemy, dealing magic damage and stunning them for between 0.75 and 2 seconds. The stun duration is longer the further the Shocking Orb has travelled.
  • Cooldown: 18/16/14/12/10 seconds
  • Mana cost: 60/65/70/75/80
  • Range: 1000

Rite of the Arcane (Ultimate)

  • Active: Xerath roots himself in place and gains three shots of Arcane Barrage, a very long range magic artillery that does 190/245/300 (+43% AP) magic damage to all enemies hit. Xerath can cancel this effect early. Half of the cooldown is refunded if no shots of Arcane Barrage were used.
  • Cooldown: 130/115/100 seconds
  • Mana cost: 100 at all ranks
  • Range: 3200/4400/5600

Patch 1.0.0.143

buff

Arcane Barrage

  • Reduced the delay between casting the spell and the impact to 0.5 seconds from 0.875.
  • The visual indicator for the ultimate will appear at the start of the cast bar instead of at the end.

Patch 1.0.0.142

buff

Locus of Power

  • Magic penetration bonus increased to 16/22/28/34/40% from 10/15/20/25/30%.

Mage Chains

  • Missile speed increased to 2100 from 1700.
  • Ability power ratio increased to 0.8 from 0.7.

Patch 1.0.0.141

nerf

Arcane Barrage

  • Not intended change: Increased internal cooldown of casts and increased delay on blast.

Patch 1.0.0.134

change

Arcane Barrage

  • The allied ultimate HUD indicator will now remain green until all 3 spell casts are used.

Patch 1.0.0.132

change

Mage Chains

  • Fixed a bug where it could sometimes stun the target for 2 seconds instead of 1.5.

Patch 1.0.0.126

new

Xerath added to League of Legends

Arcanopulse

  • Fires a long-range beam of energy, dealing magic damage to all targets hit.

Locus of Power

  • Xerath anchors himself to a source of magical power, increasing the range of all spells and granting him bonus % Magic Penetration. Although he is immobilized while Locus of Power is active, his movement speed increases upon disabling the ability.

Mage Chains

  • Deals magic damage to an enemy and marks them with Unstable Magic. The next spell Xerath strikes this enemy with stuns them.

Arcane Barrage

  • Calls down a blast of arcane energy, dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. May be cast up to three times before going on cooldown.

Ascended Form (Innate)

  • Xerath feeds on arcane power, making him increasingly resilient to physical harm. He converts a percentage of his Ability Power into Armor.

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Xerath League of Legends FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions
When was Xerath last changed in League of Legends?
Xerath was last buffed in League of Legends Patch 25.8, released April 15, 2025.
How many times has Xerath been buffed or nerfed in LoL?
Xerath has been changed in 42 League of Legends patches: 14 buffs, 3 nerfs, 24 adjustments.
Was Xerath changed in LoL Patch 26.14?
No - Xerath was not changed in Patch 26.14. Its most recent change was in Patch 25.8.
When was Xerath released in League of Legends?
Xerath was released in League of Legends in Patch 1.0.0.126 on October 5, 2011.