Sivir vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Sivir
based on 1,716 Sivir vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Xin Zhao
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Sivir in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some influential Sivir versus Xin Zhao counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Sivir normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sivir and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Sivir or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sivir usually loses when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 45.5% win rate. Thus, Sivir makes a bad counter to Xin Zhao.
While Sivir does have a much lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Sivir also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Sivir into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Sivir also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sivir 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 allied champions during teamfights.
Sivir is a bad counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sivir against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sivir to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning 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 should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir often gets much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sivir versus Xin Zhao build consist of Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Xin Zhao than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 45.5% when countering Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best chance of beating Xin Zhao as Sivir, Sivir players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Sivir vs Xin Zhao matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xin Zhao as Sivir are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.