Hecarim vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Hecarim
based on 3,134 Hecarim vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Xin Zhao
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Hecarim vs. Xin Zhao matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..
Hecarim typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Xin Zhao?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually loses when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Hecarim makes a bad counter for Xin Zhao.
While Hecarim does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Hecarim into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Hecarim also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Hecarim is a garbage counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Hecarim against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Hecarim versus Xin Zhao build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin. When Hecarim bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xin Zhao than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 46.7% battling Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Hecarim, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Hecarim vs Xin Zhao battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.
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