Nasus with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Nasus and Xin Zhao
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Nasus Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Xin Zhao
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus 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, Nasus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xin Zhao helps Nasus perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nasus tries to synergize with Xin Zhao, he sees a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Xin Zhao does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nasus 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 alongside Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Nasus plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Nasus in teamfights.
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no perfect companion for Nasus that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Xin Zhao is a very typical teammate for Nasus. By playing on the same side as Nasus, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 50.3%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Nasus and Xin Zhao that results in them performing at the same level together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Nasus. That means Nasus players don't need to be careful when finding Xin Zhao comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Nasus players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Nasus and Xin Zhao together, you may not be granting your other allies a lot of crowd control. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Nasus to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Nasus and Xin Zhao synergy build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Nasus players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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