This is a survival lane. Xerath outranges you at every stage, so your goal is to farm P stacks without losing your HP bar. If you get stunned by E, you are probably dead or forced to recall.

This is a difficult endurance test. Xerath has a massive range advantage and will try to poke you out of lane before you can stack P. Your goal is to survive, collect stacks, and outscale his static artillery with your superior late-game mobility and execute.

This is a scaling lane where you have the range advantage but face high kill pressure if caught. You win by farming P stacks safely while using your mobility to avoid Q displacements. The Mid lane is shorter, which helps you stay safe, but the walls near the river make R extremely dangerous.

This is a spacing-intensive matchup. You have a significant range advantage, but Nilah's E allows her to close the gap quickly and punish you. Your goal is to poke her down with W and Q while keeping your E ready to escape her all-ins.

This is a spacing-intensive matchup where you have the range advantage but Nilah has high kill pressure if she closes the gap. You win by poking her out and stacking P, while she wins by using her mobility to force all-ins. In the short mid lane, your E is your best friend to escape back to your tower.

This is a zoning battle where Zyra wants to trap you in a garden of poke while you want to farm her plants for stacks. You have the mobility advantage with E, but she has superior crowd control and burst if she catches you.