Xin Zhao with Ahri
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Ahri
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Xin Zhao Ahri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Ahri
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Ahri
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.
Advice to Understand How Ahri Will Play
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
Xin Zhao Ahri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ahri as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Ahri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ahri, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xin Zhao sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ahri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Ahri helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Ahri, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Ahri does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Ahri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ahri. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Ahri.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Ahri on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Ahri does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao during team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Ahri?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Ahri is a relatively poor companion for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same side as Xin Zhao, she decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 49.2%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Xin Zhao and Ahri that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Ahri has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Ahri teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Xin Zhao players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Xin Zhao and Ahri together, you will not be providing your side a lot of crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Ahri teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao and Ahri synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Ahri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Ahri with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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