TFTraits// Recommended builds
The best trait and item combination at every level, 2 stars, by DPS.
374DPS
Rapidfire 4
Fae 2
424DPS461DPS461DPS461DPS// Top items
What each item adds on its own, in DPS, with no other item.
Guinsoo's Rageblade+53
Red Buff+50
Giant Slayer+49Deathblade+48Infinity Edge+43
Kraken's Fury+43Striker's Flail+31
Last Whisper+31
Quicksilver+30
Sterak's Gage+29
Hand of Justice+27
Titan's Resolve+25Builds by level
Every combination of Xayah's own traits that a comp of the chosen level can reach, ranked by the DPS of its best 3-item build against three dummies with the team's shred, sunder and burn already on them. Numbers open the DPS Calculator with the same inputs. Levels 4 to 7 only use champions you can find at that level: up to 2-costs at level 4, 3-costs at levels 5 and 6, 4-costs at level 7.
Elderwood 3No comp at this level can field Xayah.
// Cast timeline
From the mana bar filling until mana can come in again. No mana comes in during this time. Attack speed shortens this lock: it lasts 5 empowered attacks. Shown at base attack speed.
0/50- attack animation
- attack lands
- attack recovery
- cast window (mana locked)
- mana locked (no mana while the effect runs)
First cast at 6.29 s with 0.70 attacks per second. Items, traits and damage taken change the mana pace; the cast, effect and channel windows do not.
Step by step, in words
- Mana reaches 50/50: the cast starts and the mana lock goes on (no mana from attacks, ticks or damage taken).
- 0.00 to 0.68 s: cast window. The unit plays its cast animation and its return to idle; it cannot auto attack.
- 0.68 to 5.44 s: 5 empowered attacks at base attack speed keep the mana lock on. No mana comes in.
- 0.68 s: unlock. Mana starts again (overflow kept) and a fresh attack starts from zero; it lands at 0.87 s at base attack speed (the attack delay is 13% of the attack animation).
- Attack loop: the attack lands at 13% of the attack animation (mana granted) and unlocks at 40%; a cast that becomes possible at the landing starts at that unlock point, cutting the rest of the attack.
- Mana gain: 10 per attack; combat starts at 0/50.
- Overflow is banked: mana past 50 from attacks or regen is kept through the cast (48/50 plus 10 casts and comes back with 8). Same rule for every champion; only the amounts differ by role.
Guinsoo's RagebladeGiant SlayerDeathblade1-cost ranged AD Carry (game role tag, range 4). As the comp's damage dealer it takes the best calculated damage items. Mana lock 5.44 s per cast against a 7.3 s fill (43% locked). Casts per minute at base speed 4.7; with Spear of Shojin 6, Blue Buff 6.2, a +45% attack speed item 5.7. Blue Buff and Spear of Shojin are within 3% of each other, so either keeps the loop rolling; the default mana-per-attack set stays.
Last WhisperRed BuffInfinity Edge1-cost ranged AD Carry (game role tag, range 4). When another champion carries, it holds the team Shred/Sunder and Burn items. Mana lock 5.44 s per cast against a 7.3 s fill (43% locked). Casts per minute at base speed 4.7; with Spear of Shojin 6, Blue Buff 6.2, a +45% attack speed item 5.7. Blue Buff and Spear of Shojin are within 3% of each other, so either keeps the loop rolling; the default mana-per-attack set stays. One Sunder item and one Burn item for the team, plus the third item that adds the most calculated damage for Xayah (250 DPS at 2 stars against three 2-star tanks). Ionic Spark, Evenshroud and Sunfire Cape are left out: at range 4 their aura would not reach the enemies.
Void StaffRed BuffDeathblade1-cost ranged AD Carry (game role tag, range 4). It can hold the team Shred and Burn items for an AP comp; its own AD damage does not profit from the debuff. Mana lock 5.44 s per cast against a 7.3 s fill (43% locked). Casts per minute at base speed 4.7; with Spear of Shojin 6, Blue Buff 6.2, a +45% attack speed item 5.7. Blue Buff and Spear of Shojin are within 3% of each other, so either keeps the loop rolling; the default mana-per-attack set stays. One Shred item and one Burn item for the team, plus the third item that adds the most calculated damage for Xayah (217 DPS at 2 stars against three 2-star tanks). Ionic Spark, Evenshroud and Sunfire Cape are left out: at range 4 their aura would not reach the enemies.