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How to Win Xayah vs Xin Zhao Counter MatchupXayah is in the b tier of champions

Xayah vs Xin Zhao

How to Beat Xin Zhao as Xayah in LoLXayah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Xayah

based on 1,923 Xayah vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our data, Xayah faced Xin Zhao in 1923 games. Having so many games with Xayah versus Xin Zhao gives us confidence in our capacity to produce useful stats and a solid build to defeat Xin Zhao. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Xayah fights Xin Zhao in only 3.2% of her games.

Xayah vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Xayah does a awful job of countering Xin Zhao. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.3% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Xayah vs Xin Zhao rounds, Xayah’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Xin Zhao.

Best Xayah vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Xayah Items

~22 Mins
Phantom DancerKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsRapid FirecannonInfinity Edge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xayah to level upe
>
Second ability for Xayah to level upw
>
Last skill for Xayah to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Xayah's passive ability p
Xayah's q ability q
Xayah's w ability w
Xayah's e ability e
Xayah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
E
5
E
6
R
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E
8
W
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W
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W
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Xayah

Tips for Playing as Xayah against Xin Zhao

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

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.

Xayah vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Xayah Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Xin Zhao Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.5
6
< Deaths >
6.3
6.6
< Assists >
8.2
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
180
< Minions Killed >
41
0.27
< Dragons Killed >
1.51
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.49
19,544
< Physical Damage >
16,955
359
< Magic Damage >
1,370
357
< True Damage >
953
20,260
< Damage Dealt >
19,279
19,863
< Damage Taken >
39,659
11,713
< Gold Earned >
11,648
2.24
< Towers >
1.63
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
4,526
< Total Healing >
20,877
12,394
< Experience >
13,307
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
6
55
< Time Dealing CC >
469

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Xayah in LoL

The stats provided here feature some significant Xayah versus Xin Zhao counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..

Xayah often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Xayah and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Xayah
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Xayah
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Xayah or Xin Zhao?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 45.3% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a poor counter to Xin Zhao.

While Xayah does have a much lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Xin Zhao.

Additionally, Xayah has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Xayah is a trash counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Xin Zhao.

Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah

Xayah Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.5% winrateSwainSwain42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.4% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia43.6% winrate

Xayah Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55% winrateYuumiYuumi54% winrateSivirSivir53.6% winrateRek'SaiRek'Sai52.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Xayah Players

How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Xayah, we analyzed 1,923 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 Xayah 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.

Other Useful Resources

Xayah Build Xin Zhao Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Xayah to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Xayah often gets much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Xayah versus Xin Zhao build include Phantom Dancer, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better countering Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 45.3% when countering Xin Zhao with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Xin Zhao as Xayah, Xayah players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Xayah vs Xin Zhao counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.3% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Xayah vs Xin Zhao tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and guides given are calculated using all games played with these champs.