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How to Win Maokai vs Xin Zhao Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Xin Zhao

How to Beat Xin Zhao as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Maokai

based on 5,105 Maokai vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League matches that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Xin Zhao as Maokai resulted from an examination of 5105 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This pairing is somewhat rare. Maokai fights Xin Zhao in only 3.3% of his rounds.

Maokai vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Maokai does a average job of beating Xin Zhao. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of games the champions battle each other in. In Maokai against Xin Zhao rounds, Maokai’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Xin Zhao.

Best Maokai vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowDead Man's PlateSpirit VisageJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Xin Zhao

Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.

Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.

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.

Maokai vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Xin Zhao Image
2.8
< Kills >
6.4
5.8
< Deaths >
6.5
12.6
< Assists >
8.4
0.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
48
< Minions Killed >
41
0.28
< Dragons Killed >
1.45
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,735
< Physical Damage >
18,006
11,433
< Magic Damage >
1,454
993
< True Damage >
1,065
14,161
< Damage Dealt >
20,525
28,588
< Damage Taken >
40,609
9,167
< Gold Earned >
11,707
1.42
< Towers >
1.57
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
9,104
< Total Healing >
21,181
11,147
< Experience >
13,318
46
< Vision Score >
22
19
< Wards Placed >
6
425
< Time Dealing CC >
478

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Maokai in LoL

The stats provided here show several significant Maokai vs. Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Maokai normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Maokai or Xin Zhao?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.

While Maokai does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Maokai also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Maokai into Xin Zhao.

Moreover, Maokai also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Maokai is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Xin Zhao.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

SwainSwain47.6% winrateLilliaLillia48.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser48.4% winrateNilahNilah48.4% winrate

Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MordekaiserMordekaiser+ 56.1% 8797 GamesBrandBrand+ 56.5% 6844 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 57.2% 24108 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.5% 8067 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Maokai, we analyzed 5,105 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 Maokai 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

Maokai Build Xin Zhao Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Maokai to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai usually gets a similar amount of CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Maokai versus Xin Zhao build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Xin Zhao as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Maokai vs Xin Zhao fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.

If you need to get Maokai vs Xin Zhao tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the statistics and guides shown are computed using all matches played with both champions.