Xin Zhao with Leona
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Leona
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Xin Zhao Leona Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Leona
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Leona
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 Leona Will Play
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Xin Zhao Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, 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 Leona. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Leona helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Leona, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Leona provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Leona 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 Leona.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Leona on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Leona does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao during teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Leona?
There is no ideal companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Leona is a decent companion for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same side as Xin Zhao, she improves their win rate by 2.8% to 53.7%. This proves that there is a somewhat important synergy between Xin Zhao and Leona that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Leona has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players must be very careful when arranging Leona teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Xin Zhao players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by aligning Xin Zhao and Leona together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of AP. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Leona ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xin Zhao to synergize with Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Xin Zhao and Leona synergy build include Maw of Malmortius, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Leona than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 53.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Xin Zhao players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Leona with Xin Zhao are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.