Azir vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Azir
based on 2,146 Azir vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Xin Zhao
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
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.
Azir vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several important Azir against Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, showing that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Azir usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Azir and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Azir or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Azir usually loses when taking on Xin Zhao, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Azir makes a poor counter to Xin Zhao.
While Azir does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Azir also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Azir into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Azir vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Azir is a trash counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Azir in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir most often picks up much more CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Azir versus Xin Zhao build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Azir, Azir players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Azir vs Xin Zhao fights, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.
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