Xin Zhao with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Rek'Sai
based on 103 Xin Zhao with Rek'Sai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Xin Zhao Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Xin Zhao Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rek'Sai helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao tries to synergize with Rek'Sai, he sees a sizeable uptick in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Rek'Sai supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Rek'Sai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rek'Sai.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Rek'Sai does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
Synergies between Xin Zhao and Rek'Sai
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no one best champion pairing for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Rek'Sai is a terrible ally for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same team as Xin Zhao, he lowers their win rate by -6.2% to 44.7%. This signals that there is a terrible synergy between Xin Zhao and Rek'Sai that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Rek'Sai has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Rek'Sai allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Xin Zhao and Rek'Sai together, you may not be providing your other allies enough AP. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xin Zhao
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Xin Zhao Players
How We Calculated Our Xin Zhao Rek'Sai Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao to work well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to focus on in your Xin Zhao and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Rek'Sai than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 44.7% when playing alongside Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.7% winrate overall.
If you want to see Xin Zhao and Rek'Sai cooperations tips and builds for a a particular division rank, please select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and tips and suggestions displayed are computed using every game completed with both champs.