Lucian vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Lucian
based on 8,198 Lucian vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Xin Zhao
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Lucian against Xin Zhao counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Lucian usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Lucian or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a bad counter for Xin Zhao.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Lucian into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Lucian has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lucian 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lucian is a terribly counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often accumulates much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Lucian versus Xin Zhao build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Essence Reaver. When Lucian included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Xin Zhao than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Xin Zhao as Lucian, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lucian vs Xin Zhao fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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