Xerath

The Magus Ascendant · Artillery

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Abilities

PassiveMana Surge

Xerath's basic attacks periodically restore Mana. Whenever Xerath kills a unit, this cooldown is reduced.

QArcanopulse9/8/7/6/5s80/90/100/110/120

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

WEye of Destruction14/13/12/11/10s80/90/100/110/120

Calls down a barrage of arcane energy, slowing and dealing magic damage to all enemies in an area. Targets in the middle receive additional damage and a stronger slow.

EShocking Orb13/12.5/12/11.5/11s60/65/70/75/80

Deals magic damage to an enemy and stuns them.

Base stats

Health575 +106/lvl
Mana400 +22/lvl
Attack Damage55 +3/lvl
Attack Speed0.658 +1.36/lvl
Armor22 +4.7/lvl
Magic Resist30 +1.3/lvl
Base Health Regen5.5 +0.55/lvl
Base Mana Regen6.85 +0.8/lvl
Move Speed340
Range525

Ranged · Resource: Mana

RRite of the Arcane130/115/100s100

Xerath immobilizes himself and gains numerous long-range barrages.

Patch history

26.17 · Aug 26, 2026

Stats
Base health reduced to 575 from 596.
Arcanopulse
Base damage reduced to 70 to 230 from 75 to 235.

25.8

Mana Surge
Cooldown reduction per kill increased to 3.5 seconds from 2.5.
Arcanopulse
Base damage increased to 75 to 235 from 70 to 230.

25.7

Arcanopulse
AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 85% AP.
Eye of Destruction
Base damage reduced to 50 to 190 from 60 to 200.
Center base damage reduced to 83.35 to 316.73 from 100.02 to 333.4.
AP ratio increased to 65% AP from 60% AP.
Center AP ratio increased to 108.36% AP from 100.02% AP.
Shocking Orb
Base damage reduced to 70 to 190 from 80 to 200.
Rite of the Arcane
Base damage reduced to 170 to 270 from 180 to 280.
AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 40% AP.

14.19

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

14.9

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.

35 older patches

14.7

General
Adjusted splash artwork for Guardian of the Sands Xerath.

13.22

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%.

13.17

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 to 120 from 70 to 110.

13.15

Rite of the Arcane
Bug Fix: Stacking damage buff is now properly applied to the last recast.

13.14

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 to 6 from 3 to 5.
Base damage reduced to 180 to 280 from 200 to 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 to 6 times. Each stack increases Arcane Barrage's damage by 20 to 30 (+ 5% AP).

13.4

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

13.1

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

12.18

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

12.14

General
Bug Fix: Knocked up/stunned animation is now correctly played.

12.10

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.

12.8

Shocking Orb
Stun duration increased to 0.75 to 2.25 from 0.5 to 2.

11.22

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

11.9

Arcanopulse
Base damage reduced to 70 to 230 from 80 to 240.
AP ratio increased to 85% AP from 75% AP.
Eye of Destruction
Base damage increased to 60 to 200 from 60 to 180.
Maximum base damage increased to 100.02 to 333.4 from 100.02 to 300.06.

11.1

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

10.9

General
New voice lines from Ascension added.

10.6

General
Recommended items updated.
Eye of Destruction
Bonus damage increased to 66.7% from 50%.
Rite of the Arcane
Base damage increased to 200 to 300 from 200 to 280.
AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 43% AP.

9.15

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 to 5600.

9.1

Rite of the Arcane
New Effect: Can now ping whether the ability is within range or not.

8.9

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

8.3

Stats
Base health regeneration increased to 5.5 from 5.424.

7.22

Stats
Base health increased to 526 from 514.4.
Health growth increased to 92 from 80.

7.19

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

7.18

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

7.15

Eye of Destruction
Slow increased to 25% from 10%.
Rite of the Arcane
Base damage increased to 200 from 200.

7.9

Stats
Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.

6.24

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.

6.16

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

6.9

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 from 3 at all ranks.
Base damage changed to 200 from 190.
Total damage increased to 600 (+ 129% AP) from 570 (+ 129% AP).
Range increased to 3520 from 3200
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.

6.7

Rite of the Arcane
Bug Fix: The cast range indicator for Rite of the Arcane has been shrunk to match the ability’s actual range.
Bug Fix: Rite of the Arcane no longer fails to deal damage to Baron Nashor at extreme ranges.

5.22

Stats
Base mana increased to 366.96 from 316.96.
Mana growth reduced to 44 from 47.

5.8

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

5.4

Shocking Orb
Maximum stun duration reduced from 2.25 seconds to 1.75 seconds.

5.1

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

4.17

General
Texture updates to Classic, Battlecast, and Runeborn Xerath.

4.16

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