Jhin vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Jhin
based on 14,303 Jhin vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Xin Zhao
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Jhin in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Jhin against Xin Zhao counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Jhin usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Jhin or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jhin usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Jhin makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Jhin does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Jhin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Jhin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jhin 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 teammates during teamfights.
Jhin is a somewhat poor counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jhin against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jhin 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin usually racks up much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Jhin versus Xin Zhao build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Jhin incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jhin had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Xin Zhao as Jhin, Jhin players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Gathering Storm, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Jhin vs Xin Zhao fights, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
If you want to see Jhin x Xin Zhao tips and builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are calculated using every game completed with both champions.