Kayn with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Kayn and Xin Zhao
based on 469 Kayn with Xin Zhao pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Xin Zhao
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn sees a very large drop 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 Kayn perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kayn is paired with Xin Zhao, he observes a moderate decrease in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Xin Zhao does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same team, 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 synergisticly with Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Kayn plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he often receives less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Kayn during team fights.
Synergies between Kayn and Xin Zhao
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no top champion pairing for Kayn that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Xin Zhao is a relatively poor ally for Kayn. By playing on the same side as Kayn, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 48.0%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Kayn and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means Kayn players don't need to be cautious when finding 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 play well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Kayn and Xin Zhao together, you will not be granting your side much magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Kayn and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Axiom Arc. When Kayn used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kayn had an average win rate of 48.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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