Xayah

Among marksmen, Xayah stands out for having her own built-in safety net. She is an ADC with a perfect 10 attack rating whose entire kit revolves around Feathers — blades she scatters across the battlefield and then recalls through enemies for damage and crowd control, giving her both self-peel and area damage that most bot laners lack.

Her passive, Clean Cuts, makes basic attacks after an ability pierce through all targets in their path and drop a Feather where they land. Double Daggers throws two damaging daggers that leave more Feathers, and Deadly Plumage surrounds her with a storm of blades that boosts attack speed and damage while granting movement speed when she attacks a champion. The rhythm is ability, empowered attacks, ability again — constantly seeding the ground with Feathers as she kites.

The Feather payoff

Bladecaller is where the setup cashes out: every dropped Feather flies back to Xayah, damaging everything in the return path and rooting enemies caught by enough of them. Skilled players line up their attacks so the recall crosses key targets, turning routine trades into root threats. Featherstorm completes the kit — she leaps into the air, untargetable, throwing a fan of daggers that drops yet another wave of Feathers, dodging a decisive enemy ability and instantly loading a huge Bladecaller.

Xayah suits players who want a marksman with agency: less reliant on a support to survive dives, rewarded for positioning and geometry, and capable of punishing overextended assassins with a root they set up themselves.