Xin Zhao vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Xin Zhao
based on 2,208 Xin Zhao vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Alistar
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Xin Zhao vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stats provided here show some important Xin Zhao against Alistar matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Xin Zhao often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Alistar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Alistar
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Alistar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually wins when facing off against Alistar, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Xin Zhao makes a good counter for Alistar.
While Xin Zhao does have a higher win rate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Xin Zhao also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xin Zhao into Alistar.
Additionally, Xin Zhao has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Alistar matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xin Zhao is a decent counter for Alistar. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xin Zhao against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xin Zhao to counter Alistar during both the early game 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 tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Xin Zhao versus Alistar build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Alistar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Alistar with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Alistar as Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Xin Zhao vs Alistar battles, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.
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