Best Supports to Play with Xayah

Want to know the best supports to partner up with Xayah? Here are our best five picks to destroy the enemy bot lane for this season.

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Best supports to pair up with Xayah in LoL

Rakan – there are no better supports for Xayah than him

It’s not surprising to see Rakan being Xayah’s no. 1 choice. Designed as a pair by Riot, the two have the best synergy kit-wise. Unfortunately, they aren’t able to use their recall anymore, which used to be quite powerful in specific situations to accelerate the tempo.

Additionally, this bot lane duo is great at playing both aggressively and defensively, depending on the matchup, making them extremely versatile.

Unfortunately, Xayah has struggled to stay relevant in the meta due to the presence of other hypercarries and the lack of need to have kiting team compositions.

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• The best support for Xayah in the game
• Lots of synergy, can play both aggressively and defensively depending on matchup
• Can pull of crowd control chain
• Requires quite a lot of coordiantion to maximize the potential

Nautilus – the best engage support after Rakan

There might be situations where Rakan gets banned or picked by the enemy team to prevent the Xayah-Rakan combo. In those cases, the best alternative would be Nautilus when it comes to engage options.

Not only does he bring several tools to force plays onto the enemy team but the crowd controls in kit kit can be easily chained with Xayah’s combos. By locking down targets, it becomes easier for Xayah to cast Bladecaller (E) and deal massive burst damage.

Moreover, the same abilities can be used defensively to prevent enemies from engaging onto the marksman, adding an extra layer of peeling on top of Xayah’s ultimate.

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• The best engage support after Rakan
• Lots of different crowd controls in his kit to set up Xayah
• Can use his abilities to protect her ADC

Nami – the best enchanter support

There might be times when having an enchanter support can be better. In these cases, consider picking up Nami with Xayah. The enchanter support is currently one of the best champions in the LoL support tier list, so you’re guaranteed to get a powerful champion on your hands regardless.

Nami has two knockups on her Q and ultimate, which can be used in combination with Xayah’s. Additionally, Nami brings heals and additional damage for Xayah to the table, improving the overall 2v2 trading potential in the laning phase.

The downside is that both champions are squishy and can be prone to early game ganks: don’t push without knowing where the enemy opponents are on the map.

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• The strongest enchanter for Xayah
• Great synergy between the two kits
• Vulnerable to ganks and relatively immobile

Thresh – the flexible support pick

If it weren’t for Rakan, Thresh would be the most versatile pick to be picked alongside Xayah. The Shadow Isles support has the perfect setup for the ADC’s combos, and those same abilities can be used to protect her from getting caught.

When playing this bot lane duo, be aware that you will be mostly playing to give Xayah space to deal damage. Don’t fully commit to engages and just use the crowd controls in the spells to help her throw down feathers. Use the ultimate around multiple targets so that Xayah can recall the feathers for maximum damage output.

While the champion can be hard to master, Thresh is a great support to play with Xayah, giving her high chances of solo carrying games!

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• The meta engage support choice
• Lots of different crowd controls in his kit, plus the lantern to reposition Ashe
• Tougher to master than other champions

Alistar – protect and tank

While Nautilus and Thresh provide good engage options, they aren’t usually that durable during the teamfights. Alistar comes up as a great option for these scenarios, providing longer durability thanks to his ultimate and bring great engage and diving potential.

You can even use the headbutt (W) to knock back champions that are looking to shut down Xayah, leaving fewer options to the enemies.

That being said, be careful not to get punished early on. Xayah needs time to scale and if the duo falls behind, it will be tough to make a comeback. Bear in mind that Xayah requires at least two to three items to start dealing significant damage with her auto attacks and abilities.

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• Tankier than other supports
• Powerful option for dives and can be used to disengage
• Sub-par laning phase, don’t trade aggressively

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