Neeko vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Neeko
based on 3,483 Neeko vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Xin Zhao
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
Neeko vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Neeko in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Neeko versus Xin Zhao counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, showing that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Neeko usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Neeko and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Neeko or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Neeko usually loses when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Neeko makes a bad counter for Xin Zhao.
While Neeko does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Neeko also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Neeko into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Neeko 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Neeko is a bad counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Neeko against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Neeko to counter Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko often accumulates more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Neeko versus Xin Zhao build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Neeko included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Neeko boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Xin Zhao as Neeko, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Neeko vs Xin Zhao matchups, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% winrate overall.
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