Xin Zhao with Darius
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Darius
based on 3,787 Xin Zhao with Darius pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Darius Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Darius
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Darius
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 Darius Will Play
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Xin Zhao Darius Synergy Stats
How to Play with Darius as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 Darius. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Darius helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Darius, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Darius does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Darius 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 with Darius.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Darius on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Darius does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao during teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Darius?
There is no one best ally for Xin Zhao that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Darius is a relatively poor ally for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 49.8%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Xin Zhao and Darius that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Darius has a lower difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Darius allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Xin Zhao players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Xin Zhao and Darius together, you may not be granting your other allies much magical damage output. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Darius ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to work well with Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Xin Zhao and Darius synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Darius than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 49.8% helping carry Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should take 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 rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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