Braum vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Braum
based on 1,517 Braum vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Xin Zhao
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some significant Braum against Xin Zhao counter stats that can help us realize the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Braum often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Braum and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Braum or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Braum usually wins when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes a good counter to Xin Zhao.
While Braum does have a higher winrate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Braum into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Braum also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Xin Zhao matchups, Braum is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Braum is a decent counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Braum against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Braum to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum typically accumulates less CS as Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Braum versus Xin Zhao build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Braum included at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Braum had an average winrate of 51.0% battling Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Xin Zhao as Braum, Braum players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Braum vs Xin Zhao matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
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