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.
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Xin Zhao against Jayce matchup stats that can help you realize the differences between the pair. Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jayce..
Xin Zhao typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Jayce. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xin Zhao usually wins when trying to fight Jayce, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Xin Zhao makes a good counter for Jayce.
While Xin Zhao does have a higher winrate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Xin Zhao also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Xin Zhao into Jayce.
Additionally, Xin Zhao also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Jayce matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Xin Zhao is an above average counter to Jayce. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xin Zhao against Jayce.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Jayce. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Xin Zhao versus Jayce build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Jayce than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 53.0% battling Jayce with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Jayce 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. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Xin Zhao vs Jayce counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.
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