Nilah vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Nilah
based on 1,949 Nilah vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Nilah in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Nilah vs. Xin Zhao matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Nilah usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Commonly, they receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Nilah or Xin Zhao?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Nilah makes a good counter for Xin Zhao.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Nilah into Xin Zhaoas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nilah also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Xin Zhao matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nilah is an above average counter for Xin Zhao. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nilah against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nilah to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah on average racks up much more CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nilah versus Xin Zhao build consist of Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Xin Zhao than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nilah had an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Nilah, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nilah vs Xin Zhao face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.
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