Xayah/Development

Champions Reveal: Xayah & Rakan
huddled at a corner table, pretending to scribble notes on some old maps. A vastayan across the bar captured the room's attention with a flamboyant performance, lulling the audience into an easy mood. Xayah made eye contact with the vastayan and nodded toward an Ionian soldier sitting in the back row. Time to move. The dancer flashed a knowing smile and leapt toward the soldier, letting loose a vicious kick. With bar-goers scrambling away from the brawl, Xayah surged across the room, hurling a storm of. The soldier collapsed and the Rebel's job was done.


 * Abilities

I= After casting an ability, Xayah's next few basic attacks will pierce through all enemies in their path (dealing reduced damage to all targets after the first) They'll also leave a feather where they land. Feathers remain on the field for a moderate length of time.
 * Clean Cuts

Xayah throws two blades in a line, damaging all enemies hit. The blades leave a  where they land.
 * -|Q=
 * Double Daggers

Xayah conjures a storm of feather blades that increase the strength and of her next few basic attacks. If Xayah attacks an enemy champion while empowered by Deadly Plumage, she'll gain a short burst of movement speed.
 * -|W=
 * Deadly Plumage

If is nearby when Xayah activates Deadly Plumage, he'll also gain the ability's effects.

Xayah recalls all , which deal damage to any enemies they strike on the way back to Xayah. If a target is struck by several  at once, they'll be briefly.
 * -|E=
 * Bladecaller

Xayah into the air, becoming briefly untargetable. After a short delay, she hurls a storm of blades in a cone, each of which deals damage to struck enemies and leaves a  upon landing. Xayah may continue to move while.
 * -|R=
 * Featherstorm

If either Xayah or is, their lover can sync up with them, choreographing a perfect return to base.
 * -|B=
 * Lover's Leap



Some ADCs can charge straight into combat and start blowing stuff up, but Xayah works best if you take some time to create a game plan. Smart Xayah players will use minion waves to plant fields of barbed , daring opponents to step within their range. When the battle begins, the Rebel gracefully flits around the outskirts of the conflict, slicing up targets with ' and using her ' to create a zone of control.
 * Playing as Xayah

When the fighting gets hot,  can save Xayah from the mayhem or smother her enemies. The best Xayah players will use her to achieve both at once, using the brief untargetability to dodge an enemy ultimate while also surging forward to spike with knives and feathers. If Xayah's good, you won't notice her at all - until, suddenly, she's swooping in for the kill.

Xayah can quickly  through whole waves of minions, shredding their ranks with a single auto. This ability works much the same way in teamfights, where Xayah can punish enemy backliners with feathery shrapnel while focusing on wearing down frontline tanks.
 * Strengths

When a bad guy comes after Xayah and  activates, she becomes the undisputed queen of kiting. With her basic attacks leaving ' in her wake, anyone chasing her in a straight line is just asking to get stuffed by '. If they're still hungry for poultry after that, they've gotta fight through a raging  before finishing off the Rebel.

Because her  traps take time to set up, Xayah isn't as great as other ADCs at capitalizing on enemy mistakes and catching opponents off guard with a first strike. She prefers carefully preening her lane with , waiting for an aggressor to make the first move.
 * Weaknesses

Xayah's lack of mobility forces her to lean heavily on  for self-peel, and any champ that can avoid the root will find it fairly easy to stick to her. The Rebel works best when she's safely behind (or any other support) letting them tank any unwanted attention.

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