Blitzcrank vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Blitzcrank
based on 4,921 Blitzcrank vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Xin Zhao
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Blitzcrank vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some critical Blitzcrank against Xin Zhao counter stats that may help us explain the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Xin Zhao?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a good counter to Xin Zhao.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Blitzcrank into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Blitzcrank has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Xin Zhao matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter for Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Xin Zhao build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Xin Zhao than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 51.5% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Xin Zhao as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Blitzcrank vs Xin Zhao battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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