Alistar with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Alistar and Xin Zhao
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Alistar Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Xin Zhao
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Understand How Xin Zhao Will Play
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
Alistar Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Alistar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xin Zhao helps Alistar perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar tries to synergize with Xin Zhao, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Xin Zhao doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played with Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Xin Zhao. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Alistar plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Alistar during team fights.
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no one best ally for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a very typical ally for Alistar. By playing on the same side as Alistar, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 48.6%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Alistar and Xin Zhao that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Alistar. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Xin Zhao comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Alistar and Xin Zhao together, you may not be granting your other allies much magical damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Alistar in order to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Alistar and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 48.6% helping carry Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.6% win rate overall.
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