Xin Zhao vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Xin Zhao
based on 1,224 Xin Zhao vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Xin Zhao vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Xin Zhao versus Kalista matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kalista..
Xin Zhao often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Kalista
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xin Zhao usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 55.5% win rate. Therefore, Xin Zhao makes a fantastic counter to Kalista.
While Xin Zhao does have a much higher win rate than Kalista, when they face off with one another, Xin Zhao also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xin Zhao into Kalista.
Furthermore, Xin Zhao also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Kalista matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Xin Zhao is a great counter for Kalista. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xin Zhao against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao most often gets a lot less CS as Kalista. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Xin Zhao versus Kalista build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Kalista than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 55.5% battling Kalista with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Kalista as Xin Zhao, Xin Zhao players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Xin Zhao vs Kalista counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.5% winrate overall.
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