Shyvana vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Shyvana
based on 1,620 Shyvana vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shyvana vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Shyvana vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Shyvana against Xin Zhao
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
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.
Shyvana vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Shyvana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some valuable Shyvana vs. Xin Zhao matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Shyvana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Shyvana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Shyvana normally has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Shyvana and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Shyvana or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shyvana usually loses when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Shyvana makes a bad counter to Xin Zhao.
While Shyvana does have a lower winrate than Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Shyvana also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Shyvana into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Shyvana also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shyvana 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Shyvana is a trash counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shyvana against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shyvana in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shyvana typically racks up more CS as Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Shyvana versus Xin Zhao build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Shyvana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Xin Zhao than with most other typical builds. In fact, Shyvana boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Xin Zhao as Shyvana, Shyvana players should take the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Shyvana vs Xin Zhao counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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