Xin Zhao vs Ambessa Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Xin Zhao versus Ambessa — a fighter/tank hybrid against a fighter/assassin hybrid. Over 187 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Xin Zhao closes out 40.1% of them. That is 9.9 points under even, which is why Ambessa is listed among the champions Xin Zhao struggles into.
Track Wind Becomes Lightning on Xin Zhao and Public Execution on Ambessa — the lane swings on those two. Whoever spends Crescent Guard or Public Execution first hands the other a window. One spends Mana and the other Energy, which changes how long each can keep poking.
Neither profile surprises the other: Xin Zhao and Ambessa are both physical threats. Starting health splits 630 to 620 in Ambessa’s favour, with armour at 35 against 35. By level 18 that becomes 2422 health and 110 armour for Xin Zhao against 2500 and 118 for Ambessa. Speed reads 345 to 335, handing Xin Zhao the better rotations.
Both champions are melee (Xin Zhao at 175, Ambessa at 125), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Riot scores Ambessa at 10/10 for difficulty against 2/10, and that gap alone drags on the average. The Xin Zhao versus Ambessa numbers rebuild from current Emerald and above games.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Ambessa has the statistical edge. Xin Zhao wins 40.1% of the recorded games.
40.1% from Xin Zhao's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
187 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Xin Zhao build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Xin Zhao build page.