Xin Zhao with Hecarim
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Hecarim
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Xin Zhao Hecarim Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Hecarim
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 Hecarim Will Play
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Xin Zhao Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, 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 Hecarim. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Hecarim helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao plays on the same team as Hecarim, he observes a very large increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Hecarim helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Hecarim.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Hecarim on the same team, he usually receives much less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Hecarim does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao in teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no perfect ally for Xin Zhao that will always be his top teammate. However, Hecarim is a relatively poor companion for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, he decreases their win rate by -2.9% to 48.0%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Xin Zhao and Hecarim that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Hecarim has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players need to be careful when lining up Hecarim allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Xin Zhao players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Xin Zhao and Hecarim together, you probably will not be giving your team very much utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Hecarim teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to work well with Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Xin Zhao and Hecarim synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Hecarim than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 48.0% when playing alongside Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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