Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
Try to coordinate high-damage abilities with your allies right after Dr. Mundo uses his ultimate, but if you're unable to kill him quickly with burst he will heal through the damage.
Try casting Ignite when Dr. Mundo uses Sadism to negate a large portion of its healing.
The stats provided here highlight several vital Xin Zhao vs. Dr. Mundo matchup statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Dr. Mundo’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Dr. Mundo..
Xin Zhao often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Dr. Mundo. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xin Zhao usually loses when playing against Dr. Mundo, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Xin Zhao makes a poor counter to Dr. Mundo.
While Xin Zhao does have a lower winrate than Dr. Mundo, when facing one another, Xin Zhao also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Xin Zhao into Dr. Mundo.
Furthermore, Xin Zhao has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Dr. Mundo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Dr. Mundo matchups, Dr. Mundo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Xin Zhao is a somewhat poor counter for Dr. Mundo. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xin Zhao against Dr. Mundo.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao to counter Dr. Mundo 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao usually gets a lot less CS compared to Dr. Mundo. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling 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 exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xin Zhao versus Dr. Mundo build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Dr. Mundo than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Dr. Mundo with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Dr. Mundo as Xin Zhao, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Xin Zhao vs Dr. Mundo counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Dr. Mundo as Xin Zhao are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.