Yorick vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Yorick
based on 2,820 Yorick vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Xin Zhao
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Advice to Win Against Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Yorick vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several strategic Yorick versus Xin Zhao matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Yorick usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yorick and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Yorick or Xin Zhao?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually loses when taking on Xin Zhao, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Yorick makes a poor counter for Xin Zhao.
While Yorick does have a lower win rate compared to Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Yorick also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Yorick into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Yorick has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yorick is a somewhat poor counter for Xin Zhao. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Yorick against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yorick to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick often racks up much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Yorick versus Xin Zhao build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Xin Zhao as Yorick, Yorick players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Yorick vs Xin Zhao LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
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