Xin Zhao vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Xin Zhao
based on 3,296 Xin Zhao vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Janna
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 Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Xin Zhao vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Xin Zhao vs. Janna counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Xin Zhao typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Janna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Janna
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xin Zhao usually loses when playing against Janna, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Xin Zhao makes a poor counter for Janna.
While Xin Zhao does have a lower win rate than Janna, when facing one another, Xin Zhao also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xin Zhao into Janna.
Moreover, Xin Zhao also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Xin Zhao is a somewhat poor counter to Janna. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Xin Zhao against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to counter Janna during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Janna. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Xin Zhao versus Janna build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Janna than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Janna as Xin Zhao, you should equip 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 Janna counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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