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.
After using the more powerful, Awakened version of an ability, Udyr cannot Awaken other abilities for some time.
Udyr has limited ranged options, try to keep distance.
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Xin Zhao vs. Udyr counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Udyr’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Udyr..
Xin Zhao typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Udyr. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually fairs equally well when playing against Udyr, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Xin Zhao makes an ok counter for Udyr.
While Xin Zhao does have a higher winrate compared to Udyr, when facing one another, Xin Zhao also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xin Zhao into Udyr.
Additionally, Xin Zhao also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Udyr. 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 Udyr matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Xin Zhao is a decent counter for Udyr. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xin Zhao against Udyr.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to counter Udyr during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao typically accumulates less CS compared to Udyr. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Xin Zhao versus Udyr build consist of Spear of Shojin, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Udyr than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Udyr with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Udyr as Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Xin Zhao vs Udyr counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
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