Caitlyn vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Caitlyn
based on 12,190 Caitlyn vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Xin Zhao
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several valuable Caitlyn against Xin Zhao counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..
Caitlyn normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a bad counter to Xin Zhao.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Caitlyn vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn 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 learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically gets much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Caitlyn versus Xin Zhao build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Axiom Arc. When Caitlyn included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Xin Zhao than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Xin Zhao as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Caitlyn vs Xin Zhao LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.
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