THIS IS WHY I'M THE RANK 1 XERATH! (HARD CARRY IN CHALLENGER ELO)

[@EllipticalReasoning]

big shoutout to udyr for both having strong mental and recognizing the win condition.

[@johnjahn7482]

Man that udyr is a legend. I always try to be him in my games, no tilt, no fights, just play the best I can and identify what to do so the team can win. In high elo these close games are very stressful but really is a awesome experience. Just remember to mute the toxic players to keep your cool.

[@Dohnutninja1337]

@@johnjahn7482Big picture stuff like wincon separates the chad leaders from the chaff

[@_pleasechris]

zwag xerath playing xerath😱😱

[@browns20121]

You act surprised, but I'm pretty sure it's been over a year since he's played xerath on this channel

[@nickokim376]

He’s on Zwagmo tho

[@jonasjdp1201]

who would have known right

[@chrism7340]

Top 10 best anime's crossovers

[@mervyboy]

Zwagmo playing xerath....what is this a crossover episode😂?

[@fL0yD10]

*Zwag one shots the adc from his base* Zwag: my champ is so weak!!! Lol

[@Xerath]

He’s very strong vs squishy champs but impossible to kill tanks

[@CoopsNME]

​Is that not a symptom of items though? Burst mages don't really have items for tanks, burn mages like brand/Swain do better into tanks because they can build liandries for %hp damage ​@@Xerath

[@josue1996jc]

@@CoopsNME yes it is, the problem is that the OP items at the begining of the season were nerfed, sothe only good items are the damage over time ones, but AP assains were just broken with them.

[@abstractthoughts5389]

Gotta say that so riot leaves xerath alone for the next few patches

[@svyatoslavrurikovich8831]

@@josue1996jc Clearly Xerath needs a built-in Stormsurge-like passive that gives him % max health damage + execute so he can deal with tanks...😂

[@Brazoree]

I prefer watching your high elo games, the higher stakes really really get me more invested 😂

[@江建国-p9q]

It’s also really sick to see how his play has to change when he’s against competent opponents. His positioning is so much more precise in high elo I feel

[@johnjahn7482]

Yeah, cause in high elo most of the time you get punished if you are in the wrong position. The nasus diving zwag is a good example of a player that knows his champion limits and is ready to punish, after that zwag took notice of his mistake and started clearing the wave and getting the fucking out of there xD.

[@platelet5942]

Xerath is a very good example of old champion design vs new champion design in my opinion Xerath has decent damage but he has 0 survivability, 0 movement, 0 good peel against anyone with a dash or just a tank that waddles towards you and proc heartsteel+titanic proceeding to oneshot you While everyone thats releasing in the modern days, has some sort of point&click or infinite dashes/mobility

[@johnjahn7482]

Yep. Man k'sante is a strange thing to have in the game these days. I like playing xerath because in my opinion is a high risk / high reward champion. If you know how to position and hit your skill shots he has more damage than most champions with a disgusting range, like look at that lucian late game, unplayable, adc with low mobility it is even worst. The only thing I don't understand is why the fuck xerath do like 10 damage in tanks, if the only thing the camp has is damage, make him scale better against tanks as well.

[@Ltriggered]

​@@johnjahn7482 have xerath get some kind of magic pen passive or a burn

[@ajtnt14]

@@Ltriggered nah just needs something like percent health if it hits past a certain range, would literally solve all this, it's why I play vel'koz same play style but can actually melt a tank.

[@Ltriggered]

@@ajtnt14 i mean isnt that what mages are supposed to do? they cant just make the glass cannon to be just glass

[@SRMal8723]

@@johnjahn7482 because its old champion design that is literally built around "big ap make damage number go bigger". But thats all he has, nothing but pure damage scaling from ap, which wont help against tanks, while most champions released later have some % hp damage/truedamage etc. And it limits his build path a lot because if you don't get lots of ap, ya wont kill squishies either.

[@sofinana]

I'm proud of you zwag, hope xerath eventually becomes a champ that makes you happy playing it

[@khaledaboujokh9619]

Bro, Xerath is a glass cannon with 0 mobility. The only way to play him without cursing is if the enemy team is made of purely softies HAAHHAHAHA.

[@danielmantell3084]

Miss the good old days when there weren't 10 other champions with comparable range and better kits. Xerath is the champ that made me actually start playing the game consistently, sad to see the state he's in. And not just Xerath, a lot of mages just feel bad to play these days unless you get put in a specific set of circumstances. Need less Rock, Paper Scissor matchups.

[@sofinana]

@danielmantell3084 also I remember a time when a melee going vs a long range mage was insane, as he'd poke you out of lane. But now there is so much regen that they simply ignore and outscale

[@RECONSIX20]

@@sofinana in exchange now you can kill artillery mages with assassins from 100 to 0 when they waste everything to down you to 25% hp XD

[@sofinana]

@RECONSIX20 it's like a rock paper scissors, but no balanced enough. Mage beats adc, tank beats mage, assassin beats mage, adc beats tanks if he has peel, assassin beats adc, bruiser beats everyone?. I don't even know what master yi and yone are, skirmishers? Seems like some roles only shine through team play and can't really hold their own, which is their intended design. Idk, I may be very wrong in my perception of these things

[@Mordikay211]

Incredible the difference in tone from this video to when you play off meta builds or for fun. This is why I usually just don't play ranked all that much and don't take the game too serious.

[@jachary2001]

Fair he’s such a fucking baby

[@kyleberts]

“Did Zwag Xerath(!) get the first 6 CS?” No, he missed a caster minion Lose Streak: 2 Love to see the Xerath vids back

[@ragdraki1029]

day 437 of waiting for my dad to return

[@iliamironov9700]

Holy fck u still keep going strong

[@zakxe678]

dude i swear im in college now and youre still doing this man thats crazy

[@kyleberts]

@@zakxe678 I had just finished freshman year of high school when I started this. I am a sophomore in college now

[@orangelover2525]

I love the high elo play videos even if there isn't as much commentary! They're super useful to watch for learning and also very calming :D

[@mrsokol6199]

Maybe not that calming, for me at least. Watching this nasus not dying almost the whole game, healing a tone, diving solo at 13 min, running like Sonic :D

[@andynguyen6814]

“And that kills me at half hp” - zwag with 1/4 hp left

[@InYourWalls101]

Xerath vids have returned😍😍😍

[@jamiesachtleben2946]

Enemy team: *Does nothing toxic* Zwag: "Zwag vid say hi" Bratty 14 year old Zwag makes his appearance once again.

[@chd176]

He's awful he constantly complains if he doesn't steam roll the first 5 mins. So toxic.

[@PeriodicallyRational]

I love the high elo games

[@Vicc.aguirre]

Nasus popping ult diving you and tanking like 30 turret shots while killing you in 2 Qs at level 9 is crazy😭

[@granilloc54]

what an emotional rollercoaster, def want to see more of this holy moly :o i feel emotionally drained :o

[@sephirohstahl1717]

LET'S GOOOO A XERATH VID!

[@carlosleovera9771]

Love the content Zwag, I'm going through some tought shit right now, but your videos makes it more beareable. Thank you.

[@chrisoliver4663]

Stay strong man.

[@alexandercrawford7799]

More vids like this please :-) Love the high elo content - maybe once you hit challenger with teemo rotate in some more champs - try your favorite high damage alternative to Xerath

[@omerocho8022]

"im the best at him" "you cant really say someone is better than me on him" XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@giorgiannpinzon505]

Thank you for playing this. I know this times are being a hell and frustration on different fronts adds up. Just be mindful that you're prone to making rushed desitions. I wish you can have very very happy days soon and also serenity and patience. You make many lives less miserable by bringing joy and expectation everyday.

[@darkhousetheman]

Zwag: It's so unfair playing against this Nasus! The silver players against him in all his vids: Wow.

[@IceChillxen]

22:50 Almost made me spit out my drink

[@nuclearbreadreee487]

Lmao i saw that, was lookin for this comment. Muscle memory ya know

[@IceChillxen]

@@nuclearbreadreee487 Oh, there were a few comments that mentioned it. I think he's just deleting them lol.

[@matthewjohnson4589]

Thought I was the only one who saw it

[@mwhite5986]

Zwag pwning on Xerath never gets old!! Love the high elo play

[@louisrobitaille5810]

16:39 He didn't sidestep it, you just missed it. He moved down after the stun passed by him.

[@jeffreygaudette7085]

Yeaaaah xerath finally raaaaaaaaaah

[@markzawada8727]

LEsssssssss sgoo o oo o

[@stephenp8232]

Your Q needs a huge buff, it needs to be much more dangerous when its fully charged. Maybe add on max health damage at full charge and a crit if they are at 20%

[@NicoDoesLP]

That would be a good buff cuz any tanks on the enemy team and Xerath is just useless

[@shirayuzu]

Build in spell crit is kinda overabundance because shadowflame is a lot of time a key item. Just damage base on charge could be a good flair, but that could get aid pretty quick- im thinking of ramping MR shred on charge, could solve some prob for xerath

[@tanguygirard4887]

You must be kidding, the champ is overpowered If you compare it to Syndra's kit, you would notice he needs anything but a buff Xerath's Q has better range than Syndra's for equal damage Xerath's W has better range than Syndra's for better damage and better slow Xerath's E does not deal greater damage than Syndra's but stuns longer and his cd is 3 times lower than hers One hit of Xerath's R equals to Syndra's three-balled R Hope you mull it over, because you are not being objective

[@josebustamante3541]

​@@tanguygirard4887 You forget that syndra scales way better than xerath and is very much easier to play, her abilities gain a lot of extra effects by killing units which allows her to deal as much or even more damage than xerath, either by poke or overall oneshots, and even then her peel is way stronger than xerath's single target also xerath needs to hit center w to apply the mega slow and damage, if we are talking "objectively" that is.

[@stephenp8232]

Come on... its a spell you have to charge, it slows you and it's Hella telegraphed. It should be super strong

[@SoTayfa]

6:33 I would‘ve flashed into enemy tower and this guy is escaping in such calmness, love it 😂

[@taliesin22]

This was painful to watch, You call yourself Rank 1 but all i see is your farm/last hitting is at best mediocre. You throw E's out as if your are handing out free ice creams, hitting maybe 10%, you miss most of your skillshots while calling the enemy scripters and being toxic to your teammates. Yet you have a very inflated ego while most of the carrying was actually done by your team (mainly Udyr). Yes you landed a few ult kills, but you we're light years away from "Solo carrying the game".

[@bbjornsson]

16:25 That Lucian was pretty sus, he even dashed at the same time Smolder cast Q

[@dmg2788]

Q is not a skillshot tho

[@Metroidf4n]

He's been missing E's throughout the game, I wasn't surprised he missed that one too since he had no vision on lucian himself

[@gilleswagner2869]

This is the re-beginning of the zwag xerath channel 😎 I enjoy this so much so zwag.. yes please play xerath in high elo 😂

[@kuroiryujin8415]

Hey Zwag, as a xerath main i really love the high elo xerath videos, if they make enough views it would be really cool to have more of those. Love you and gg for all the insane content you produce daily.

[@WasabiGoblin]

Bro misses every spell on Lucian because potato “Yeah he might be scripting”

[@louisrobitaille5810]

Zwag: Best Xerath, but can't land an E 😂.

[@kingcasma121]

Day one a pitching an Item idea: “Tower Master’s Essence” generic AP item bruiser item stats *Active: for (generic time limit) towers actively defending you gain double attack speed and prioritize enemy champions*

[@thecoolestcorgi4991]

Seeing Zwag on his main just reminds me oh how ridiculously good he is

[@pastranabales]

You know what would be kool if every time xerath hit an enemy champion with his ult its range increased by 1 unit It would definitely reward skilled play and make his ult truly feel like artillery.

[@Giggletooshy]

This video really helped me, as a new player, to learn some tricks for the game and for Xerath. You said at 18:40 that they will just go magic resist, so you have to go “void”? What does that mean? Is it specific gear to get through magic resist? Thanks so much, bro!

[@craigcj5953]

VOID STAFF - ITS A MAGIC PEN ITEM

[@rstephe]

Good stuff. I enjoy the high elo Xerath games. Keep them coming and I will keep watching.

[@xxsqueaky_cleanxx1739]

“Report lucian” as if bro didn’t 1v2 Zwag’s botlane like 4 times💀💀💀 the cope

[@incarealbennett5996]

Honestly, this kind of content is far more interesting than your troll shit. This is educational, and gives people someone to really be able to consistently watch to improve. Love it

[@inckacraft9697]

2:22 "must have missed a minion somehow" zwag after missed approximately 6 cs while speaking

[@Obsdragon]

Day 69 😏 of asking for max MS Warwick or max healing Warwick

[@kyleberts]

Nice

[@connorcastello9340]

Nice

[@0nm187]

nice

[@ElKoalaGaming]

Nice

[@MediocreToker]

Nice.

[@noxiouskunk7069]

1:35 Zwag: It’s a good thing I took First Strike! Me: To make up for all minions you missed out on, Namely Cannon minions! 😂

[@Fishpks]

curious question since I dont play anymore, but is the oblivion orb still in game? 800 gold for anti heal or something like that

[@adamgilbert7578]

Always love how chill the background music is on this channel ! 😀

[@tpgblast6621]

the king is BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK 👽👽👽 been waiting for this one

[@leafykille]

Wow that's some really impressive play, I can't believe that I had to dig through your archives to find you actually playing xerath!

[@Waldo134]

A high elo xerath game with decent viewership? Let’s gooooo. Keep em coming zwag.

[@Hakido]

Oh dude, please post more games of this every once in awhile. I know it's tough having to deal with certain matchups, but watching you pull off wins like this is great :D Even if you don't win, the games where you almost single handedly stall out the match are fun to watch *For me at least lol*

[@redw5162]

29:29 damn that's nuts, i thought nasus had a force of nature but he lived that last shot with only a visage!

[@panesito2015]

All i know about playing xerath comes from your videos, keep up the good work

[@Sipsy301]

Is Liandry's not a thing for Xerath? You're using what I think is a burst mage against a tank/sustain (Nasus) and didn't have morello's or a liandry's which would fulfill both of those roles AND also hurt the other champs a lot too (thinking Nunu)

[@mowfo]

Liandry's poop on xer and they still have mr, proc isn't enough he just wouldn't hurt squishies, he built shadowflame (true damage execute) and magic pen to still hurt tanks but as you can see he doesn't

[@themistafi]

We want MORE HIGH ELO XERATH Gameplay!

[@Eryxist]

Holy, what a performance. Well done.

[@shirayuzu]

Finally another one

[@RogueZero]

This game was by far the best game to watch live! A true definition of "Hard Carry"

[@makooma]

Awesome game Zwag!

[@onlyguitar1001]

Yeah Xerath is immobile, squishy af, his only cc is a weak ass skill-shot but when you can delete their fed carry 5 screens away it can be worth it.

[@hsdExorcist]

Damn, I was rooting for you from minute 5, so glad you won!! ❤

[@leila13dnd]

The entire game I thought the enemy team must feel thrilled with that Nasus but you really pulled through in the end!

[@25KW91]

Let's fkn go Zwag. Keep em coming!!!

[@Fnino42069]

Second skin of the day: Default Xerath.

[@doodooboy6339]

a proper high elo game, thank you zwag for this meal.

[@carlostoroorostica2109]

Da Xerath King!! My respects! Great game!

[@DarklyT_T]

I just love high elo games man. Tryharding into a victory is always so satisfying

[@bersz321]

"and that kills me at half hp" dude you were at a 1/4

[@chd176]

Don't bring facts into his pity party lol. He is such a shit loser I swear.

[@robertocarloscruz7840]

I main Xertah for ur vids

[@stephenleskowat4482]

Hell yeah! Good carry man!

[@lynstefi]

U did so well, love to see u play Xerath

[@Notharah]

"Must have missed a minion somehow." Sir, you missed 6 already 😅

[@NeoRegalia]

he missed every e early and a lot of cs clearly really far away from rank 1 based on this game

[@Notharah]

@toragic3432 ow yeah, no I got that. It was just funny hearing him talk about missing 1 when he missed 5 more before that :P There's a reason there's always a comment tracking whether Zwag got the first 6 minions or not and what his streak is xD. All fun and games. We know he's no.1 Xerath for a reason :)

[@katgaard655]

Zwag: I should by anti heal against Nasus Also Zwag: Links to his full healing Nasus video

[@ChosoXsukuna]

Pls play more rank zwag. I love it when you play in high elo. It feels like you really challenge yourself, and it gives us more excited.

[@dave7526]

Nasus is Xeraths hard counter!? Never heard nout like this in my life hahahaha

[@chd176]

Cause he's not. Zwag is just butt hurt he lost lane.

[@justinroylance4941]

Thanks for the great vid Zwag!

[@ZerglingOne1]

Phase Rush. It's about the only thing you can get that saves you from Nasus assuming you can hit with 2 spells and an auto, or all 3 spells. Otherwise there's not much to be done. Banshee's is also decent since he 100% relies on wither, but of course that has the downside of delaying the items you actually need to carry the game. Also, phase rush is only good in lane as Xerath since moving fast isn't usually within your purview. It's a dead rune outside that context in 95% of cases.

[@linodorux6631]

Been waiting for this video long time ago Love you zwag

[@fantasymagic2108]

Ngl I shed a tear at 30:00 when he said AATROX? Bro was soo bad before and then found happiness again 😊

[@Dacnomaniac]

Enjoyed the show. did the Aatrox not want to lane swap and have Xer vs TF and Trox vs Nas?

[@micheltaune3803]

This is the Champion i came to watch all those years ago Doesn't matter that he feel weak the amount of pure skill expression makes the games so enjoyable

[@PaWnAable]

I love watching your high elo games.

[@TheGodPoing]

Being playing this core for a while as support its wonderful.

[@alpalu]

I check op gg regularly so I was waiting for this video on Zwagmo channel but this channel makes more sense lol

[@zSwS]

Legend says he's still trying to back for Rabadons

[@aaronyang3081]

Yeah, I love watching your xerath games

[@kuansong689]

really enjoy you playing hard carry Xerath game, very interesting, the more hard carry it is, the more satisfying it is. Play more high elo game Zwag 😊

[@entertainment_stuff1]

well done zwag you the man

[@ReeseGotIt]

It's been so long that I forgot Xerath was his main 😂

[@mitchiranger]

What a minute, what is this ancient champion Zwag is playing.. its been years 👴🏻

[@billthehill]

Zwag Xerath is so good, riot named a champion after him.

[@burakfe2785]

First time seeing this guy playing xerath. I hope he's gonna make it main champ

[@bookerthebat]

I’m still looking for the hard carry

[@iidmgii3945]

nothing is more satisfying than high elo zwag gamse to me

[@popplars964]

great vid, fun watch :D would love to see more high elo matches :D also end cards tend to cover up your rune numbers :(

[@Tatsuya-Dai]

Am I first? If so it's a first for me. Love every video you put out Zwag.❤ it's a routine for me to watch your vids while eating😅

[@TzTamer]

I'm starting domain xerath is he not worth learning?

[@anoldlady5624]

Zwag's bronze-game-inflated ego never fails to amaze me. Complains constantly about the weakness of the champion he chooses to play (they are designed to have weaknesses), and still brags about how good he is. It's no wonder I barely watch his content anymore. That and the clickbait.

[@chd176]

Ikr dude thinks he's God's gift to league when all he does is smurfs so his below par game play looks decent

[@mihailovucinic3386]

Why you played premade with that nasus 2 games after this game

[@Icelander92]

An absolute Xerath masterclass

[@1993nightrider]

Finally high elo match let's go zwag

[@maschiroib.1692]

Not human. Zwag is simply a robot