Braum vs Xerath Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Support lane: Braum the tank/support hybrid, Xerath the mage/support hybrid. Over 531 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Braum closes out 57.3% of them. That is 7.2 points above even, so Xerath is one of the matchups Braum can lean on.
Shared damage type here — mixed for Braum as well as Xerath. Level-one bases: Braum 610 HP / 35 armour / 32 MR, Xerath 596 / 22 / 30. Braum can afford to take the first exchange, sitting on 13 extra armour. Late-game bases read 2514 health / 120 armour for Braum and 2398 / 102 for Xerath. There is a movement gap too: 335 for Braum, 340 for Xerath.
Range decides much of the early game: Xerath attacks from 525 units, Braum from 125. Braum wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
A missed Glacial Fissure from Braum hands Xerath the window to land Eye of Destruction. Ultimates decide the rest — Glacial Fissure versus Rite of the Arcane.
A 8/10 difficulty rating on Xerath, against 3/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
Yes — Braum holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Braum wins 57.3% of the recorded games.
57.3% from Braum's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
531 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Braum build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Braum build page.