Xin Zhao vs Morgana
How to Beat Morgana as Xin Zhao
based on 5,961 Xin Zhao vs Morgana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Morgana Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Morgana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Morgana
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 Morgana
Tormented Shadow deals tons of damage to units missing large amounts of Health. When low on Health, be wary of Morgana's attempts to trap you within its reach.
Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.
Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.
Xin Zhao vs Morgana Counter Stats
How to Counter Morgana with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some valuable Xin Zhao vs. Morgana counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Morgana. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Xin Zhao usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Morgana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Morgana
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Morgana?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xin Zhao usually fairs equally well when taking on Morgana, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Xin Zhao makes an ok counter to Morgana.
While Xin Zhao does have a higher winrate compared to Morgana, when they face off with one another, Xin Zhao also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xin Zhao into Morgana.
Additionally, Xin Zhao also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Morgana matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xin Zhao is a decent counter for Morgana. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xin Zhao against Morgana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xin Zhao in order to counter Morgana during both the early game 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Morgana. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Xin Zhao versus Morgana build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Morgana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Morgana with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Morgana as Xin Zhao, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Xin Zhao vs Morgana matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Morgana as Xin Zhao are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.