Xayah is back to TFT, but this time without Rakan, yet she is still so powerful, knowing how to take out tanks and, of course, the weak back row.
Xayah summons her feather, reducing the armor of anyone who gets hit and dealing massive amounts of damage.
In this article, we will mention the combos to place Xayah in, her best items, and how to make sure you take out your enemies with feathers.
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Xayah is one of the greatest picks in the late game as she shares the Ionia trait, which allows her to gain mana on each hit.
Xayah also shares the Vanquisher trait, which allows her to deal critical hits more often with a lot more damage.
Xayah’s stats, traits, and items are all to be discussed down below to make sure you get the best outcome by placing her on your team.
Best Xayah builds in TFT Set 9.5
Xayah’s stats:
Cost: 4 Gold
Health: 750 / 1350 / 2430
Mana: 30 / 110
Armor: 25
MR: 25
Ability Power: 100
DPS: 49 / 88 / 158
Damage: 65 / 117 / 211
Atk Spd: 0.75
Crit Rate: 25%
Range: 4
Xayah’s traits:
1. Ionia
Each Ionian has a unique bonus within their Ability.
Every 4 seconds, a number of Ionians are enlightened to their spirit form, gaining 20 Mana and doubling stat bonuses for 4 seconds.
3 100% Ionian bonus, 1 enlightened
6 200% Ionian bonus, 2 enlightened
9 380% Ionian bonus, 4 enlightened
2. Vanquisher
Damage from Vanquisher Abilities can critically strike. Vanquishers gain bonus Critical Strike Chance and Critical Strike Damage.
2 15% chance, 10% damage
4 35% chance, 25% damage
6 55% chance, 40% damage
Xayah’s ability
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Featherstrike
Xayah summons feathers that converge on the current target, dealing physical damage each. Each feather removes 6 Armor from the first target they hit until the end of combat.
Ionia Bonus: Attacks restore an additional 5 Mana
Feathers: 7/7/18
Damage: 15/25/60%
Carousel priority:
These are the components you would need to focus on since the very first circle in order as you will need them to build up the required items for the team in most of the comps you will find bellow:
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Xayah’s best items
1. Guinsoo's Rageblade
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Attacks grant +5% bonus Attack Speed. This effect stacks!
2. Giant Slayer
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Grant 15% bonus Attack Damage and 15 bonus Ability Power.
Abilities and attacks deal 30% more damage to enemies with more than 1600 maximum Health.
3. Last Whisper
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Physical damage 30% Sunders the target for 3 seconds. This effect does not stack.
Best comps for Xayah
3. FEATHER AND WATER
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Synergies:
1 Reaver King
4 Juggernaut
4 Vanquisher
3 Ionia
3 Bilgewater
This comp is a fast reroll to level 8, with a strong economy as most of the champions are high-tier ones.
The comp revolves around the Vanquisher trait as the main damage dealer and the Juggernaut trait as protection.
Best team for this build:
1. Xayah is the main damage dealer, as she shares both the Ionia and Vanquisher traits that allow her to deal more damage more often.
2. Nilah is the second damage dealer, as she shares the Vanquisher and Bilgewater traits.
3. Gangplank is a great pick for sharing the Bilgewater trait.
4. Jhin is your 2nd Ionian member, dealing some good damage from the backrow while activating the Vanquisher trait.
5. Nasus is a great pick as he shares the Juggernaut trait, which makes him a solid tank.
6. Darius is a must, as he shares both the Vanquisher and Juggernaut traits, which make him a tank who deals damage.
7. Sett is your 3rd Ionian member and 3rd Juggernaut, which makes him a critical pick.
8. Nautilus is one of the strongest tanks, sharing the Juggernaut trait and the Bilgewater trait.
2. PROTECT THE FEATHER
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Synergies:
2 Vanquisher
4 Bastion
3 Ionia
2 Invoker
This comp revolves around heavy tanks in the frontlines protecting 3 champions in the back rows who can deal more than enough damage.
The comp revolves around the Vanquisher trait and the Bastion trait.
This is a default reroll to level 8 with a strong economy to make sure you get high-tier champions.
Best team for this build:
1. Xayah is the main damage dealer, as she shares both the Vanquisher and Ionia traits.
2. Ashe is your 2nd vanquisher, along with Xayah.
3. Karma will be sharing both the Ionia and Invoker traits, which will allow the team to generate more mana.
4. Shen is one of the strongest picks, as he shares both the Ionia and Invoker traits, just like Karma but in tank form.
5. Taric will be sharing the Bastion trait, absorbing a lot of damage.
6. Kassadin is your 3rd bastion, shielding himself to buy time for the back rows to deal the damage needed.
7. Neeko is your 4th Bastion tanking and dealing damage in the front rows.
1. IONIAN FEATHER
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Synergies:
6 Ionia
4 Vanquisher
2 Juggernaut
2 Invoker
This comp is a mix of traits that synergize really well together, and it’s perfectly balanced, having a great frontline and strong backline to deal enough damage.
This is a fast reroll to level 8, making sure you get the Tier 1 and 2 champions to level 3.
Best team for this build:
1. Xayah is the main damage dealer, sharing both the Ionia and Vanquisher traits.
2. Nilah is the second damage dealer sharing the Vanquisher trait.
3. Jhin is your 3rd Vanquisher, dealing a good amount of damage from the back rows. He also shares the Ionia trait.
4. Darius is the 4th Vanquisher and 1st Juggernaut, dealing a lot of damage while absorbing more damage.
5. Karma is a great pick, as she shares the Ionia and Invoker traits with Shen.
6. Shen is your 4th Ionian member and 2nd Invoker champion, which makes him a must in this build.
7. Sett is a great pick as he shares the Ionia and Juggernaut traits.
8. Ahri is your Tier 5 Ionian member, dealing massive amounts of damage from the backrows.
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