Twitch vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Twitch
based on 4,994 Twitch vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Twitch vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Twitch vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Twitch
Tips for Playing as Twitch against Xin Zhao
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
Twitch vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Twitch in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Twitch against Xin Zhao counter stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..
Twitch typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Twitch and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Twitch or Xin Zhao?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Twitch usually loses when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Twitch makes a poor counter for Xin Zhao.
While Twitch does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Twitch also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Twitch into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Twitch has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Twitch 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 allied champions during team fights.
Twitch is a trash counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Twitch against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Twitch to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch often picks up much more CS as Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Xin Zhao build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Twitch included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Xin Zhao than with many other common item sets. In fact, Twitch had an average winrate of 47.3% when playing against Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Xin Zhao as Twitch, Twitch players should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Twitch vs Xin Zhao counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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