Xin Zhao vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Xin Zhao
based on 1,716 Xin Zhao vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xin Zhao vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Xin Zhao vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Xin Zhao versus Sivir counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sivir..
Xin Zhao often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Sivir. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Sivir
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Sivir?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xin Zhao usually wins when taking on Sivir, with a 54.5% win rate. As a result, Xin Zhao makes a great counter for Sivir.
While Xin Zhao does have a much higher win rate than Sivir, when on opposite teams, Xin Zhao also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Xin Zhao into Sivir.
Moreover, Xin Zhao also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This 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 in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Sivir 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 team members during team fights.
Xin Zhao is a great counter for Sivir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xin Zhao against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xin Zhao to counter Sivir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao often gets a lot less CS relative to Sivir. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Xin Zhao versus Sivir build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Sivir than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 54.5% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Sivir as Xin Zhao, you should equip 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 players used for Xin Zhao vs Sivir matchups, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.5% winrate overall.
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