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Lulu vs Xin Zhao

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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Lulu

based on 2,031 Lulu vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
3.12
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we analyze each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Xin Zhao as Lulu resulted from an evaluation of 2031 ranked games where both champions engaged one another. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Lulu is forced to battle against Xin Zhao in only 3.5% of her games.

Lulu vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Lulu does a terrible job of countering Xin Zhao. On average, she wins a lowly 46.7% of matches the champs clash against one another in. In Lulu versus Xin Zhao matches, Lulu’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This implies that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Xin Zhao.

Best Lulu vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBandleglass Mirror

Core Lulu Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongMikael's BlessingDream Maker

Optional Items

RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterArdent CenserMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lulu to level upe
>
Second ability for Lulu to level upw
>
Last skill for Lulu to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Lulu's passive ability p
Lulu's q ability q
Lulu's w ability w
Lulu's e ability e
Lulu's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
W
9
E
10
W
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R
12
W
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W
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Q
15
Q
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R

Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Lulu

Tips for Playing as Lulu against Xin Zhao

Glitterlance can be fired at odd angles depending on where your cursor is - Moving your cursor closer to Pix and Lulu will change your area of effect size considerably.

Consider casting Help, Pix! on ranged attackers for the Pix boost and Wild Growth on Tanks or Fighters for the added initiation power.

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.

Lulu vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Lulu Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Xin Zhao Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.2
5
< Deaths >
6
14.1
< Assists >
7.8
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.46
27
< Minions Killed >
39
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.53
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,017
< Physical Damage >
16,140
5,534
< Magic Damage >
1,295
506
< True Damage >
881
7,057
< Damage Dealt >
18,317
15,719
< Damage Taken >
38,552
8,105
< Gold Earned >
11,522
2.06
< Towers >
1.65
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
2,159
< Total Healing >
20,433
10,269
< Experience >
13,141
57
< Vision Score >
22
25
< Wards Placed >
5
244
< Time Dealing CC >
479

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Lulu in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some important Lulu versus Xin Zhao counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Lulu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lulu may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Lulu normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lulu and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Lulu
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lulu
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Lulu or Xin Zhao?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lulu usually loses when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Lulu makes a poor counter to Xin Zhao.

While Lulu does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Lulu also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lulu into Xin Zhao.

Additionally, Lulu has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Lulu vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Lulu is a trash counter for Xin Zhao. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lulu against Xin Zhao.

Additional Information for Lulu Players

How We Calculated Our Lulu vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Lulu, we analyzed 2,031 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Xin Zhao as Lulu comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lulu in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lulu most often gets a similar amount of CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Lulu versus Xin Zhao build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Mikael's Blessing, and Dream Maker. When Lulu incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lulu boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when playing against Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Lulu, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lulu vs Xin Zhao clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.7% win rate overall.

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