Syndra vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Syndra
based on 2,959 Syndra vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Xin Zhao
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several vital Syndra against Xin Zhao counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..
Syndra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Syndra or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Syndra usually loses when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes a bad counter for Xin Zhao.
While Syndra does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Syndra also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Syndra into Xin Zhaoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Syndra has a good amount of utility and CC, 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Syndra is a garbage counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Syndra to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra usually racks up much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Syndra versus Xin Zhao build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when playing against Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Syndra, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Syndra vs Xin Zhao counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
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