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How to Win Orianna vs Xin Zhao Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Xin Zhao

How to Beat Xin Zhao as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Orianna

based on 1,735 Orianna vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
46 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League matches each week. In our data, Orianna faced Xin Zhao 1735 times. Using so many matchups for Orianna versus Xin Zhao provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide informative statistics and a recommended build to annihilate your opponent. This particular matchup is fairly rare. Orianna fights Xin Zhao in only 3.3% of her matches.

Orianna vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Orianna has done a awful job of countering Xin Zhao. On average, she wins a lowly 46.0% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Orianna versus Xin Zhao games, Orianna’s side is 0.2% less probable to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood against Xin Zhao.

Best Orianna vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Xin Zhao

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

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.

Orianna vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
46 %
VS
Win Rate
54 %
Xin Zhao Image
5.1
< Kills >
6.5
5.5
< Deaths >
6.3
9.2
< Assists >
7.7
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
169
< Minions Killed >
40
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.57
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
978
< Physical Damage >
16,762
19,419
< Magic Damage >
1,355
307
< True Damage >
950
20,704
< Damage Dealt >
19,068
18,514
< Damage Taken >
40,222
11,063
< Gold Earned >
11,798
2.05
< Towers >
1.62
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.38
1,865
< Total Healing >
21,333
14,112
< Experience >
13,478
20
< Vision Score >
23
10
< Wards Placed >
6
344
< Time Dealing CC >
475

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Orianna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Orianna versus Xin Zhao matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..

Orianna often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Orianna and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Orianna or Xin Zhao?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Orianna usually loses when taking on Xin Zhao, with a 46.0% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes a poor counter for Xin Zhao.

While Orianna does have a lower winrate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Xin Zhaoas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Orianna 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Orianna 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 allies during team fights.

Orianna is a trash counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Xin Zhao.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Orianna, we analyzed 1,735 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 Orianna 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna usually picks up much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Orianna versus Xin Zhao build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Orianna boasted an average win rate of 46.0% battling Xin Zhao with this counter build.

To have the best chance of beating Xin Zhao as Orianna, Orianna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Orianna vs Xin Zhao clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.0% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Orianna vs Xin Zhao tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and guides displayed are calculated using every game played with these champions.