Xin Zhao vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Xin Zhao
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Xin Zhao vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Xin Zhao vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Xin Zhao in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Xin Zhao vs. Zed matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zed’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xin Zhao may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zed..
Xin Zhao often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Zed. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xin Zhao and Zed
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Who is Better, Xin Zhao or Zed?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xin Zhao usually wins when taking on Zed, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Xin Zhao makes a good counter for Zed.
While Xin Zhao does have a higher winrate than Zed, when on opposite teams, Xin Zhao also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xin Zhao into Zed.
Additionally, Xin Zhao has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zed. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xin Zhao vs Zed 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xin Zhao is a good counter for Zed. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xin Zhao against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to counter Zed during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xin Zhao usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Zed. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Xin Zhao versus Zed build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Zed than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when playing against Zed with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Zed as Xin Zhao, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Xin Zhao vs Zed clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.
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