Jayce vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Jayce
based on 1,844 Jayce vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Xin Zhao
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Jayce in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Jayce versus Xin Zhao matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Jayce often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jayce and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Jayce or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jayce usually loses when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Jayce makes a bad counter to Xin Zhao.
While Jayce does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Jayce also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Jayce into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Jayce has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jayce is a garbage counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jayce against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jayce in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce most often gets much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Jayce versus Xin Zhao build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Xin Zhao than with most other typical builds. In fact, Jayce boasted an average winrate of 47.0% battling Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Xin Zhao as Jayce, Jayce players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Jayce vs Xin Zhao counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.0% winrate overall.
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