How to win the jungle race as Xin Zhao against Lillia · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Xin Zhao's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Lillia.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Xin Zhao Dominant | Three Talon Strike's knock-up plus passive healing wins the first buff-pit duel. Later in the game this bites, because perma-kiting with passive move speed and the true-damage Q edge means melee never touch her. But before either of you has a second camp down none of it is online, so take the level-1 crossing and tax every camp Lillia concedes. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Xin Zhao Dominant | Wind Becomes Lightning (W) challenge poke starts trades you finish for free, while Watch Out! Eep! center-hits plus passive speed kite melee kits apart. Only one of those wins on the second camp, so press it: take the level-2 skirmish, then leave with the second buff and the tempo that comes with it. |
| Level 3 Route | Xin Zhao Dominant | The full knock-up combo with W slow is among the top three level-3 duels. Dream-dust uptime plus W nukes out-pace anything without a dash, and as the first scuttle timer lands that is not an answer. Take the level-3 river fight and make Lillia path away from the camps you want. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Xin Zhao Dominant — Keep Fighting | Nothing about 4-5 helps Lillia here: she farms 4-5 at speed, kiting with Blooming Blows, and commits only where Swirlseed lands first, while you can take any duel you can reach. Invade on the clear-timer, not on a whim. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Crescent Guard Favoured | Crescent Guard makes the 1v1 literal — outside help is deleted from your duel. Lillia's six is not empty — a multi-target Lullaby sleep hands her side a free opening volley. Take the duel from even health rather than from behind, and spread out and break the sleep with planned burst, not panic autos. |
| First Item Spike | Sundered Sky / Eclipse Spike | Completing your core item triggers a massive damage, health, and sustain multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers or isolated targets. Lillia's first item is when the passing damage becomes real — she stops chipping and starts out-pacing health bars. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Danger — Lillia Outscales | The clock is your enemy. She is untouchable dream damage on a permanent kite, and the sleep decides fights, so close the game on the first two objectives you actually win. |
Start your clear at the Red Buff camp utilizing your Q resets and passive to maximize early clear speed and health. Lillia clears fast and safely, kiting camps with Blooming Blows, and takes very little damage getting to three.
Ranked by the race windows in Xin Zhao's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Xin Zhao vs Lillia report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Xin Zhao's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows — Xin Zhao holds the tempo advantage in this jungle matchup.
Not exactly — Xin Zhao's race plan controls 6 of the 7 windows, so Lillia is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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