Xin Zhao vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Xin Zhao
based on 3,856 Xin Zhao vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Bard Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Bard as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Xin Zhao vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Xin Zhao versus Bard counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Xin Zhao often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Bard. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Bard
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Bard?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xin Zhao usually loses when facing off against Bard, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Xin Zhao makes a bad counter for Bard.
While Xin Zhao does have a lower winrate compared to Bard, when on opposite teams, Xin Zhao also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Xin Zhao into Bard.
Furthermore, Xin Zhao also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Xin Zhao is a trash counter to Bard. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xin Zhao against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xin Zhao in order to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Bard. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Xin Zhao versus Bard build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Bard than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 47.8% battling Bard with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Bard as Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Xin Zhao vs Bard battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
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