Volibear vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Volibear
based on 2,692 Volibear vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Volibear vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Volibear vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Volibear
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.
Volibear vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Volibear in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Volibear vs. Xin Zhao matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Volibear normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Volibear and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Volibear or Xin Zhao?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes a poor counter to Xin Zhao.
While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Volibear into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Volibear also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Volibear is a bad counter for Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Volibear in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear often accumulates much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Volibear versus Xin Zhao build include Thornmail, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Xin Zhao than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Xin Zhao as Volibear, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Volibear vs Xin Zhao counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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