Rek'Sai with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Xin Zhao
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Rek'Sai Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Xin Zhao
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai 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, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening 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 Rek'Sai perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rek'Sai is an ally to Xin Zhao, he sees a massive increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Xin Zhao supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same side, 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.
Moreover, when Rek'Sai plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Rek'Sai during team fights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Xin Zhao
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Rek'Sai that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a terrible ally for Rek'Sai. By locking into the same team as Rek'Sai, he drops their win rate by -3.7% to 44.7%. This shows that there is a terrible synergy between Rek'Sai and Xin Zhao that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a lower difficulty than Rek'Sai. That means Rek'Sai players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Xin Zhao comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Rek'Sai and Xin Zhao together, you will not be granting your other allies enough AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Rek'Sai to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Rek'Sai and Xin Zhao synergy build include Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Black Cleaver. When Rek'Sai included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 44.7% when playing alongside Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Ghost Poro, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rek'Sai and Xin Zhao pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.7% win rate overall.
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