Pyke with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Pyke and Xin Zhao
based on 3,793 Pyke with Xin Zhao pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Xin Zhao
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke 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, Pyke 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 negative change shows that Xin Zhao helps Pyke perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke is paired with Xin Zhao, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Xin Zhao does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Xin Zhao. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Pyke during teamfights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Pyke that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a very typical teammate for Pyke. By playing on the same team as Pyke, he lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Pyke and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Xin Zhao teammates 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.
Working alongside, Pyke players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Pyke and Xin Zhao together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much AP. Make sure to have other champs on your team that fills 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, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Pyke in order to work well with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Pyke and Xin Zhao synergy build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with many other common builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing alongside Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
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