Xin Zhao with Shyvana
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Shyvana
based on 378 Xin Zhao with Shyvana pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Shyvana Synergy Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Shyvana
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Shyvana
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 Shyvana Will Play
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
Xin Zhao Shyvana Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shyvana as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Shyvana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shyvana, 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 Shyvana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Shyvana helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Shyvana, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Shyvana provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Shyvana 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 alongside Shyvana.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Shyvana on the same team, he usually receives less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Shyvana does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
Synergies between Xin Zhao and Shyvana
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Shyvana?
There is no top ally for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Shyvana is a very bad teammate for Xin Zhao. By being on the same team as Xin Zhao, she drops their win rate by -5.7% to 45.2%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Xin Zhao and Shyvana that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Shyvana has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players must be careful when finding Shyvana comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Xin Zhao and Shyvana together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates much utility. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Shyvana ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xin Zhao to work well with Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Xin Zhao and Shyvana synergy build include Spear of Shojin, 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 Shyvana than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 45.2% helping carry Shyvana with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you 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 combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.2% winrate overall.
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