Lee Sin vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Lee Sin
based on 4,232 Lee Sin vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Xin Zhao
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown here show several influential Lee Sin versus Xin Zhao matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..
Lee Sin often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lee Sin and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 46.6% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a bad counter for Xin Zhao.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Lee Sin 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 fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a trash counter for Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Lee Sin versus Xin Zhao build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Xin Zhao than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 46.6% battling Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Xin Zhao as Lee Sin, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Lee Sin vs Xin Zhao counter picks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.6% winrate overall.
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