NERFPLZ.LOL
Xin Zhao champion portrait

Xin Zhao Build

Bot Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 234 gamesUpdated

44.1%win rate0.0%pick0.9%ban

Who counters Xin Zhao

No Bot opponent has faced Xin Zhao enough times this patch to call the matchup either way yet.

How to build Xin Zhao

Plated Steelcaps→Statikk Shiv→Dusk and Dawn→Nashor's Tooth

Plated Steelcaps → Statikk Shiv → Dusk and Dawn → Nashor's Tooth

25.0% win rate 9% of games 16 games
RunesDominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactGrisly MementosRelentless HunterPrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph64% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite48%
Skills
123456789101112131415161718
Three Talon Strike
314151718
Wind Becomes Lightning
24578
Audacious Charge
19101213
Crescent Guard
61116
StartDoran's BladeHealth PotionDoran's Blade, Health Potion
Full Xin Zhao build →

Supports for Xin Zhao

No support has played alongside Xin Zhao enough times this patch to say which pairings work and which do not. This fills in as more games come in.

44.1%win rate
Patch 26.20: 44.2% over 505 gamesPatch 26.21: 44.1% over 234 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
0.0%pick rate
0.9%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 3 last patch
49.6%under 22 min
49.9%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. 4 from Master and above, then down the ladder as far as Emerald — Xin Zhao Bot is not played often enough at the top to fill 10 games on its own.

Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Xin Zhao champion portraitB Xin Zhao+Vel'Koz champion portraitS Vel'KozvsJhin champion portraitB Jhin+Tahm Kench champion portraitS Tahm Kench
15 / 7 / 15

Build

Plated Steelcaps|Essence Reaver→The Collector→Infinity Edge→Immortal Shieldbow

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

WEQWWRWEWEREEQQR
Loss 35–40m
MASTER+
Xin Zhao champion portraitB Xin Zhao+Blitzcrank champion portraitS BlitzcrankvsTwitch champion portraitB Twitch+Lee Sin champion portraitS Lee Sin
4 / 14 / 8

Build

Gluttonous Greaves|Statikk Shiv→Dusk and Dawn→Riftmaker

Spells & runes

FlashBarrier|

Skills

EWQWWRWEQWREEEQ
Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Xin Zhao champion portraitB Xin Zhao+Senna champion portraitS SennavsJhin champion portraitB Jhin+Taric champion portraitS Taric
8 / 7 / 13

Build

Plated Steelcaps|Kraken Slayer→Black Cleaver→Titanic Hydra→Death's Dance

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

EQWQQRQWQWRWWEER

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 36.8% win rate · 64% of games · 87 games
DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactGrisly MementosRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityTriumph
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 33.3% win rate · 11% of games · 15 games
PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationCosmic InsightMagical Footwear
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite48%49.6%115 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash27%42.2%64 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Plated Steelcaps29%Berserker's Greaves22%Gluttonous Greaves15%
Plated Steelcaps most often · 38.8% win rate

Xin Zhao build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Xin Zhao Bot is at 242 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Xin Zhao →
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Xin Zhao against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Xin Zhao's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Xin Zhao's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

Read More About Xin Zhao