Xayah
The Rebel
Deadly and precise, Xayah is a vastayan revolutionary waging a personal war to save her people. She uses her speed, guile, and razor-sharp feather blades to cut down anyone who stands in her way.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site
Xayah
Overview
On patch 16.21, Xayah is rated A tier in the bot lane, winning 51.3% of 3,967 ranked games with a 4.1% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Lethal Tempo with Flash and Barrier and builds Navori Flickerblade, Infinity Edge, Yun Tal Wildarrows, and Slightly Magical Footwear.
Xayah struggles most against Kog'Maw (23.3%), Malzahar (40%), and Yunara (45.9%) and does best against Katarina (64.8%), Aphelios (60.2%), and Nilah (60%).
Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 3,967 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate
51.3%
Win rate
4.1%
Pick rate
4K
Games
16.21
Patch
Playing as Xayah
- Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
- Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Playing against Xayah
- Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
- Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
- Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
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Matchups
Abilities
PClean Cuts
After using an ability, Xayah's next basic attacks will hit all targets along their path and leave a Feather.
QDouble Daggers
Xayah throws two damaging daggers that also drop Feathers she can recall.
Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8Cost: 35Range: 400
WDeadly Plumage
Xayah creates a storm of blades that increase her Attack Speed and damage while also granting her Move Speed if she attacks a champion.
Cooldown: 18/17/16/15/14Cost: 60/55/50/45/40Range: 1000
EBladecaller
Xayah calls back all her dropped Feathers dealing damage and rooting enemies.
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8Cost: 20Range: 2000
RFeatherstorm
Xayah leaps into the air becoming untargetable and throwing out a fan of daggers, dropping Feathers she can recall.
Cooldown: 140/120/100Cost: 100Range: 450
Skins
Cosmic Dusk Xayah
Sweetheart Xayah
SSG Xayah
Star Guardian Xayah
Elderwood Xayah
Brave Phoenix Xayah
Prestige Brave Phoenix Xayah
Arcana Xayah
Broken Covenant Xayah
Redeemed Star Guardian Xayah
Battle Bat Xayah
Battle Academia Xayah