Draven vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Draven
based on 4,256 Draven vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Xin Zhao
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Draven in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some critical Draven vs. Xin Zhao counter stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..
Draven often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Draven or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Draven makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Draven does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Draven also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven also has a good 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 Draven vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Draven against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Draven to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven on average picks up much more CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Draven versus Xin Zhao build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Draven included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Xin Zhao than with many other common item sets. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.0% battling Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Xin Zhao as Draven, Draven players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Draven vs Xin Zhao counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Xin Zhao as Draven are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.