Xin Zhao with Shaco
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Shaco
based on 1,609 Xin Zhao with Shaco pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Shaco Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Shaco
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Shaco
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 Shaco Will Play
Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.
Xin Zhao Shaco Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shaco as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shaco helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Shaco, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Shaco provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Shaco on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Shaco.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Shaco on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao during team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Shaco?
There is no one best synergy for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Shaco is a very typical teammate for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same team as Xin Zhao, he drops their win rate by -0.9% to 50.0%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Xin Zhao and Shaco that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Shaco has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players should be very careful when finding Shaco teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Xin Zhao and Shaco together, you may not be granting your other allies much support. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Shaco ally's ability, you should 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 in order to synergize with Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao and Shaco synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Shaco than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when playing alongside Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Xin Zhao players should take 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 rune sets that we analyzed for Xin Zhao and Shaco pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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