Nocturne vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Nocturne
based on 7,392 Nocturne vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Xin Zhao
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Nocturne in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Nocturne against Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Nocturne normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Nocturne makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.
While Nocturne does have a higher win rate than Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Nocturne also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Xin Zhao matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter for Xin Zhao. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nocturne against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nocturne to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Xin Zhao build include Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nocturne had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Xin Zhao as Nocturne, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Nocturne vs Xin Zhao clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.
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