Pyke vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Pyke
based on 4,326 Pyke vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Xin Zhao
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several valuable Pyke against Xin Zhao matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao..
Pyke usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Pyke or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Pyke versus Xin Zhao build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Xin Zhao as Pyke, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Pyke vs Xin Zhao matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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