Xin Zhao with Annie
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Annie
based on 2,124 Xin Zhao with Annie pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Annie
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Annie
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 Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Xin Zhao Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Annie helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Annie, he gets a little drop in his complete damage output. This may signal that Annie does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Annie on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Annie. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Annie.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Annie on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Annie does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Annie?
There is no one best ally for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Annie is a relatively poor companion for Xin Zhao. By playing on the same side as Xin Zhao, she lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 49.7%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Xin Zhao and Annie that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Annie has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players must be very careful when finding Annie allies to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Xin Zhao players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xin Zhao and Annie together, you may not be providing your team very much tankyness. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Annie teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xin Zhao to pair well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Xin Zhao and Annie synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Annie than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 49.7% helping carry Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Xin Zhao and Annie pairings, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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