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How to Win Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao Counter MatchupTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions

Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao

How to Beat Xin Zhao as Twisted Fate in LoLTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Twisted Fate

based on 4,762 Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.17
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our dataset, Twisted Fate engaged Xin Zhao in 4762 games. Including so many games with Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao provides us confidence in our ability to produce informative data and a recommended build to shatter your foe. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Twisted Fate fights Xin Zhao in only 3.3% of his rounds.

Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Twisted Fate does a ok job of countering Xin Zhao. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.5% of games the champions battle each other in. In Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao rounds, Twisted Fate’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Xin Zhao.

Best Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Hextech AlternatorLost Chapter

Core Twisted Fate Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Banshee's VeilTerminusBlade of The Ruined KingZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Twisted Fate to level upq
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Second ability for Twisted Fate to level upw
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Last skill for Twisted Fate to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Twisted Fate's passive ability p
Twisted Fate's q ability q
Twisted Fate's w ability w
Twisted Fate's e ability e
Twisted Fate's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Twisted Fate

Tips for Playing as Twisted Fate against Xin Zhao

Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.

Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.

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.

Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Twisted Fate Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Xin Zhao Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.7
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
8.3
< Assists >
8
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
172
< Minions Killed >
43
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.47
2,748
< Physical Damage >
17,145
18,525
< Magic Damage >
1,427
769
< True Damage >
960
22,044
< Damage Dealt >
19,532
22,217
< Damage Taken >
40,143
12,593
< Gold Earned >
11,874
2.24
< Towers >
1.62
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
3,134
< Total Healing >
21,073
14,592
< Experience >
13,528
18
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
6
177
< Time Dealing CC >
475

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Twisted Fate in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some vital Twisted Fate vs. Xin Zhao matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Twisted Fate’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, showing that Twisted Fate may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..

Twisted Fate usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Twisted Fate and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Twisted Fate
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Twisted Fate
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Twisted Fate or Xin Zhao?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Twisted Fate usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Twisted Fate makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.

While Twisted Fate does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Twisted Fate 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 Twisted Fate into Xin Zhaoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Twisted Fate has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Twisted Fate is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Twisted Fate against Xin Zhao.

Additional Information for Twisted Fate Players

How We Calculated Our Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Twisted Fate, we analyzed 4,762 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Xin Zhao as Twisted Fate comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Twisted Fate 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Twisted Fate usually gets much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Twisted Fate versus Xin Zhao build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Twisted Fate incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Xin Zhao than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Twisted Fate boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Xin Zhao with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Xin Zhao as Twisted Fate, Twisted Fate players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Twisted Fate vs Xin Zhao LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xin Zhao as Twisted Fate are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.