Kalista with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Kalista and Xin Zhao
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Kalista Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Xin Zhao
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xin Zhao helps Kalista perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is paired with Xin Zhao, she gets a small decrease in her full damage output. This change may signal that Xin Zhao doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Kalista during team fights.
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Kalista that will no matter what be her best ally. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a very typical ally for Kalista. By locking into the same side as Kalista, he lowers their win rate by -0.6% to 46.8%. This shows that there is not really a strong synergy between Kalista and Xin Zhao that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Xin Zhao allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, Kalista players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Kalista and Xin Zhao together, you probably will not be providing your team very much utility. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Kalista in order to work well with Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Kalista and Xin Zhao synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% winrate overall.
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