Xin Zhao with Kennen
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Kennen
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Xin Zhao Kennen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Kennen
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Kennen
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 Kennen Will Play
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
Xin Zhao Kennen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kennen as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Kennen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kennen, 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 Kennen. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kennen helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Kennen, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Kennen supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Kennen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kennen.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Kennen on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Kennen does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao in teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Kennen?
There is no top companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Kennen is a superb teammate for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same side as Xin Zhao, he increases their win rate by 3.3% to 54.2%. This demonstrates that there is a strong bond between Xin Zhao and Kennen that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Kennen has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players should be careful when arranging Kennen allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, Xin Zhao players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Xin Zhao and Kennen together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough support. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kennen ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down 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 truly master Xin Zhao to synergize with Kennen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Xin Zhao and Kennen synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Kennen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 54.2% helping carry Kennen with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Xin Zhao players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.2% winrate overall.
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