Xerath vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Xerath
based on 5,055 Xerath vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Xin Zhao
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here show some important Xerath versus Xin Zhao matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Xerath usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Xerath or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, 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 Xerath 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often racks up more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well 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 values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Xin Zhao build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Xin Zhao as Xerath, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Xerath vs Xin Zhao matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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