Taric vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Taric
based on 1,242 Taric vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Xin Zhao
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Taric in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some important Taric against Xin Zhao matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Taric normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Taric or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when taking on Xin Zhao, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a good counter for Xin Zhao.
While Taric does have a higher win rate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Taric has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Xin Zhao matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Taric is an above average counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric in order 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Taric versus Xin Zhao build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Xin Zhao than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when playing against Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xin Zhao as Taric, you should use the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Taric vs Xin Zhao counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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