Zilean vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Zilean
based on 1,444 Zilean vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Xin Zhao
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Win Against Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Zilean vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Zilean in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Zilean vs. Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. For instance, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Zilean usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zilean and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Zilean or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Zilean does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Zilean also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zilean against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game 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 mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zilean versus Xin Zhao build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Xin Zhao than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 49.2% battling Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Xin Zhao as Zilean, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Zilean vs Xin Zhao clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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