Heimerdinger with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Heimerdinger and Xin Zhao
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Heimerdinger Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Heimerdinger and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger with Xin Zhao
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Heimerdinger in LoL
The Heimerdinger 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, Heimerdinger sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xin Zhao helps Heimerdinger perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Heimerdinger is paired with Xin Zhao, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Xin Zhao does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Heimerdinger is played with Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Heimerdinger plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Heimerdinger in team fights.
Synergies between Heimerdinger and Xin Zhao
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Is Heimerdinger better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no top ally for Heimerdinger that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, Xin Zhao is a very typical ally for Heimerdinger. By playing on the same team as Heimerdinger, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 50.5%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Heimerdinger and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Heimerdinger. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Xin Zhao allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by aligning Heimerdinger and Xin Zhao together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Heimerdinger and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average win rate of 50.5% helping carry Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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