Illaoi vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Illaoi
based on 2,168 Illaoi vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Xin Zhao
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Illaoi against Xin Zhao matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Illaoi typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Illaoi does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Illaoi also has almost no 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi 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 allies during team fights.
Illaoi is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Illaoi against Xin Zhao.
Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Illaoi 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi typically accumulates much more CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Illaoi versus Xin Zhao build include Spirit Visage, Black Cleaver, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Xin Zhao than with many other common item sets. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Xin Zhao as Illaoi, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Illaoi vs Xin Zhao counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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