Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Tryndamere versus Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Tryndamere typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Tryndamere usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Tryndamere makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Tryndamere does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Tryndamere also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Tryndamere into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Tryndamere has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Tryndamere is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Tryndamere against Xin Zhao.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere usually gets much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Tryndamere versus Xin Zhao build include Statikk Shiv, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Tryndamere bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Tryndamere had an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Tryndamere, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Tryndamere vs Xin Zhao battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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