Fiora vs Xin Zhao Counter Pick

123 games on patch 16.13.1 is a light sample, so treat the 59.4% Fiora wins with as a direction rather than a settled figure. The mechanical reason it leans this way is that Xin Zhao’s opening is fixed: Three Talon Strike empowers three attacks and knocks the target up on the third, and Riposte parries all incoming damage while disabling briefly.

• Healing race: Determination heals him on every third attack, while Duelist’s Dance pays Fiora health and move speed for each Vital struck, and Vitals arrive faster than a fixed attack counter.
• Engage: Audacious Charge closes distance and grants attack speed, but it also delivers him into the range where Vitals are cheapest to hit.
• Ultimate: Crescent Guard damages nearby enemies based on their current health and challenges an opponent he damaged recently, punishing anyone who stays.

Wind Becomes Lightning slows and marks targets as Challenged, extending his threat a little past the spear itself, which is the other moment worth holding the parry for. His stat sheet is the safer one, 2,422 health and 109.8 armor at level 18 to Fiora’s 2,303 and 112.9, from a 175 attack range against 150, with both champions at 345 move speed and 63 attack damage to 66. Difficulty ratings read 2 and 3. Kits: Fiora and Xin Zhao.