Aphelios with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Aphelios and Xin Zhao
based on 2,949 Aphelios with Xin Zhao pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Aphelios Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
Best Aphelios vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Aphelios and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Aphelios with Xin Zhao
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Aphelios in LoL
The Aphelios 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, Aphelios sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xin Zhao helps Aphelios perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Aphelios plays on the same team as Xin Zhao, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Xin Zhao does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Aphelios is played together with Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Aphelios plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Aphelios during team fights.
Synergies between Aphelios and Xin Zhao
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Is Aphelios better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no ideal ally for Aphelios that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Xin Zhao is a not very good ally for Aphelios. By playing on the same side as Aphelios, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 46.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Aphelios and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Aphelios. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Xin Zhao allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Aphelios and Xin Zhao together, you will not be giving your side a lot of AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Xin Zhao ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Aphelios and Xin Zhao synergy build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Aphelios bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with many other common item sets. In fact, Aphelios boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Aphelios players should use the Fleet Footwork, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
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