Xin Zhao
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW- Pick
- 14.1%picked in 977 of 6,953 games
- Ban
- 7.3%252 bans over 3,441 games, against 0.4% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 357,498 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournamentsOne clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Draft
- How to play itHail of Blades, then Statikk Shiv, Dusk and Dawn, and Nashor's Tooth: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 82% of top laners.Duelist
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
One clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 7.1%
- SoloQ
- 0.4%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Hail of Blades, then Statikk Shiv, Dusk and Dawn, and Nashor's Tooth: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesHail of Blades28% · 183
SpellsFlash + Ignite74% · 483- Statikk Shiv
- Dusk and Dawn
- Nashor's Tooth
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 82% of top laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop18%33% · top laners: 28%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Duelist
Like other top laners
- Absorbs damage
- Plays teamfights
- Crowd control (CC)
- Team damage
What it is not
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 85% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 9 of 100 among top laners-529 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 15 of 100 among top laners-566 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 36 of 100 among top laners740 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 32 of 100 among top laners50% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 82 of 100 among top laners33% · median 28%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 46 of 100 among top laners0.7 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 34 of 100 among top laners20% · median 20%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Kai'Sa5 games—SoloQ: 52.0% · 50 g
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.1%609 picks of 714,986ban 0.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.1%7 picks of 10,426ban 7.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%1 picks of 2,224bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
21.1% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as TopNot enough series yet: published from 30.