Xin Zhao vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Xin Zhao
based on 3,797 Xin Zhao vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Xin Zhao vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several valuable Xin Zhao vs. Nami matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between the pair. Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Xin Zhao often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Nami
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Nami?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually wins when taking on Nami, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Xin Zhao makes a good counter for Nami.
While Xin Zhao does have a higher win rate than Nami, when facing one another, Xin Zhao also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Xin Zhao into Nami.
Moreover, Xin Zhao also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Nami matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xin Zhao is a decent counter to Nami. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xin Zhao against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xin Zhao to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao typically accumulates more CS relative to Nami. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xin Zhao versus Nami build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Nami than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 52.0% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Nami 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Xin Zhao vs Nami fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.
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