Champion sheet · Jungle

Xin Zhao

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

18.7%#32 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.2%picked in 347 of 2,850 games
Ban: 6.5%136 bans over 2,078 games, against 0.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle48.3% between 43.9% and 52.7% over 344 gamesSoloQ 50.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 27.6 min

Amateur: 2,850 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 241,611 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Titanic Hydra, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 85% of junglers.Teamfight
With / againstBetter than expected against Nautilus in amateur play: +17.5 pts over 35 games, range above zero.+17.5 pt35 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.4%
SoloQ
1.2%
6.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
6.4%
SoloQ
0.6%
6.4% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 0.6% in soloQ over 108,274 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
27.6 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 27.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Titanic Hydra, Black Cleaver, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror85% · 5,045

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 5,899

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 77 games

Core (3 legendaries)36% · 1,052

36%of soloQ games

Titanic Hydra
Black Cleaver
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 85% of junglers.

Plays teamfightstop15%55% · junglers: 52%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Teamfight

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage
Jungle farm
Invade

What it is not

Few duels
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 57 in lane, 63 in mid game and 66 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

389+5 vs 383

824+28 vs 796

1,114+58 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Xin Zhaojunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 78% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.8takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 57 of 100 among junglers389 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 63 of 100 among junglers824 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 66 of 100 among junglers1,114 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 18 of 100 among junglers-220 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 22 of 100 among junglers-332 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 59 of 100 among junglers4.8 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 67 of 100 among junglers963 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 85 of 100 among junglers55% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 20 of 100 among junglers17% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 64 of 100 among junglersrank 64 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 66 of 100 among junglers0.8 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 67 of 100 among junglers19% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 36 of 100 among junglers65 · median 66
Invade · rank 43 of 100 among junglers7% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Nautilus in amateur play: +17.5 pts over 35 games, range above zero.

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

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV53.1% · expected 50.7% · 49 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +2.0

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus62.9% · expected 45.3% · 35 g+17.5 ptSoloQ +1.5

Seraphine43.8% · expected 42.5% · 32 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -2.2

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Ahri50.0% · expected 49.9% · 34 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +1.8

ADCgap to expected

Yunara54.0% · expected 50.5% · 50 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -2.9

Supportgap to expected

Karma48.6% · expected 41.7% · 37 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -1.7

Lulu46.8% · expected 45.8% · 62 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -3.5

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.

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