Galio vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Galio
based on 3,324 Galio vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Xin Zhao
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Galio vs. Xin Zhao counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Galio typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Galio and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Galio or Xin Zhao?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Galio usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Galio makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.
While Galio does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Galio also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Galio into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Galio 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Galio 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.
Galio is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Galio against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Galio 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen 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.
Galio on average accumulates much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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 situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Galio versus Xin Zhao build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Xin Zhao than with many other common builds. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when countering Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Xin Zhao as Galio, Galio players should use the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Galio vs Xin Zhao fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Xin Zhao as Galio are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.