Xin Zhao with Malphite
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Malphite
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Xin Zhao Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Malphite
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 Malphite Will Play
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Xin Zhao Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, 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 Malphite. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Malphite helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Malphite, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Malphite helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malphite.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Malphite on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Xin Zhao in teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Xin Zhao that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Malphite is a decent ally for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, he increases their win rate by 1.4% to 52.3%. This shows that there is a good bond between Xin Zhao and Malphite that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players don't need to be careful when enlisting Malphite comrades to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Xin Zhao players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by bringing Xin Zhao and Malphite together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold 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 learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Xin Zhao and Malphite synergy build include Guardian Angel, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Malphite than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 52.3% when playing alongside Malphite with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Xin Zhao and Malphite pairings, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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