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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao

How to Beat Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa

based on 5,358 Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
45.4 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa resulted from an evaluation of 5358 ranked games where both champs opposed each other. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Kai'Sa is forced to battle against Xin Zhao in only 3.3% of her rounds.

Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a pathetic job of beating Xin Zhao. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.4% of matches the champions face each other in. In Kai'Sa versus Xin Zhao games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood against Xin Zhao.

Best Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

BloodthirsterRunaan's HurricanePhantom DancerZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Xin Zhao

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
45.4 %
VS
Win Rate
54.6 %
Xin Zhao Image
7.5
< Kills >
6.6
6.2
< Deaths >
6.4
6.3
< Assists >
8.1
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
181
< Minions Killed >
42
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
1.55
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.51
12,215
< Physical Damage >
17,022
7,951
< Magic Damage >
1,381
418
< True Damage >
959
20,584
< Damage Dealt >
19,363
19,783
< Damage Taken >
39,947
12,397
< Gold Earned >
11,826
2.06
< Towers >
1.66
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
4,276
< Total Healing >
20,989
12,656
< Experience >
13,520
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
45
< Time Dealing CC >
476

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Kai'Sa against Xin Zhao counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..

Kai'Sa usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Xin Zhao?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 45.4% win rate. As a result, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter for Xin Zhao.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kai'Sa into Xin Zhao.

Additionally, Kai'Sa has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa 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 allied champions during team fights.

Kai'Sa is a garbage counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Xin Zhao.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateLeonaLeona42.6% winrateNilahNilah42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.6% winrateZeriZeri52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

AniviaAnivia+ 49.8% 2069 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 49.9% 9592 GamesZyraZyra+ 49.9% 5766 GamesLilliaLillia+ 49.9% 8804 Games

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 5,358 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Kai'Sa Build Xin Zhao Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa on average accumulates much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Xin Zhao build include Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 45.4% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.4% win rate overall.

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