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.
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
The stat comparisons shown here feature some important Xin Zhao against Zyra counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Xin Zhao typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Zyra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually fairs equally well when facing off against Zyra, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Xin Zhao makes an ok counter for Zyra.
While Xin Zhao does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when facing one another, Xin Zhao also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Xin Zhao into Zyra.
Additionally, Xin Zhao has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Xin Zhao is a somewhat poor counter for Zyra. You will do well by focussing your actions 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 Zyra.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao to counter Zyra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Zyra. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao versus Zyra build include Kaenic Rookern, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Zyra than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when playing against Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Zyra 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Xin Zhao vs Zyra battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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