Gwen vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Gwen
based on 2,697 Gwen vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Xin Zhao
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several important Gwen against Xin Zhao matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..
Gwen often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Gwen or Xin Zhao?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gwen usually loses when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Gwen makes a bad counter to Xin Zhao.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Gwen has some 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gwen 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 teamfights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Gwen against Xin Zhao.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gwen
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen on average racks up much more CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Gwen versus Xin Zhao build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Gwen, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Gwen vs Xin Zhao battles, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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