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.
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Xin Zhao vs. Ivern matchup statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ivern’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ivern. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Xin Zhao normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Ivern. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually loses when playing against Ivern, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Xin Zhao makes a bad counter for Ivern.
While Xin Zhao does have a lower win rate than Ivern, when they face off with one another, Xin Zhao also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xin Zhao into Ivern.
Moreover, Xin Zhao also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xin Zhao is a garbage counter to Ivern. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xin Zhao against Ivern.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao to counter Ivern during both the lane 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 suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao on average picks up more CS compared to Ivern. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well 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 case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao versus Ivern build include Wit's End, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Ivern than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 47.5% battling Ivern with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Ivern as Xin Zhao, you should take 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 rune combinations players chose for Xin Zhao vs Ivern face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% winrate overall.
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