Graves vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Graves
based on 6,139 Graves vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Xin Zhao
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Graves in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some valuable Graves vs. Xin Zhao counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Graves usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Graves or Xin Zhao?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Graves makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.
While Graves does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Graves into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Graves has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Graves in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Graves versus Xin Zhao build consist of Guardian Angel, Black Cleaver, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Graves included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Xin Zhao than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Xin Zhao as Graves, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Graves vs Xin Zhao counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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