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Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao

How to Beat Xin Zhao as Kha'Zix in LoLKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Kha'Zix

based on 3,730 Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our database, Kha'Zix faced Xin Zhao 3730 times. Having so many games with Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao provides us a lot of faith in our ability to provide enlightening statistics and a solid build to annihilate Xin Zhao. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Kha'Zix encounters Xin Zhao in only 3.4% of his rounds.

Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kha'Zix does a below average job of countering Xin Zhao. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao matches, Kha'Zix’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood against Xin Zhao.

Best Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordThe Brutalizer

Core Kha'Zix Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelAxiom ArcEdge of NightMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kha'Zix to level upq
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Second ability for Kha'Zix to level upw
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Last skill for Kha'Zix to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kha'Zix's passive ability p
Kha'Zix's q ability q
Kha'Zix's w ability w
Kha'Zix's e ability e
Kha'Zix's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Xin Zhao

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

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.

Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Kha'Zix Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Xin Zhao Image
8.3
< Kills >
6.3
6.1
< Deaths >
6.4
6.3
< Assists >
7.5
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
26
< Minions Killed >
42
1.64
< Dragons Killed >
1.45
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,470
< Physical Damage >
16,438
1,145
< Magic Damage >
1,353
1,021
< True Damage >
897
20,637
< Damage Dealt >
18,688
32,898
< Damage Taken >
39,674
12,724
< Gold Earned >
11,659
0.97
< Towers >
1.62
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
16,234
< Total Healing >
20,505
13,755
< Experience >
13,385
23
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
6
221
< Time Dealing CC >
472

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Kha'Zix in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several strategic Kha'Zix versus Xin Zhao counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xin Zhao..

Kha'Zix typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kha'Zix and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Kha'Zix
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kha'Zix
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Xin Zhao?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Kha'Zix makes a poor counter for Xin Zhao.

While Kha'Zix does have a lower winrate compared to Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Kha'Zix also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kha'Zix into Xin Zhao.

Moreover, Kha'Zix also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Kha'Zix is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kha'Zix against Xin Zhao.

Additional Information for Kha'Zix Players

How We Calculated Our Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Kha'Zix, we analyzed 3,730 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Xin Zhao as Kha'Zix comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kha'Zix often accumulates less CS as Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to use in your Kha'Zix versus Xin Zhao build include Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Xin Zhao than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Xin Zhao with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Xin Zhao as Kha'Zix, you should take the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kha'Zix vs Xin Zhao counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.

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