Xin Zhao with Sion
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Sion
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Xin Zhao Sion Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Sion
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Sion
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 Sion Will Play
Roar of the Slayer is a great setup ability to land a very powerful Decimating Smash.
The Soul Furnace buff displays how much shield strength is remaining, use this information to time its explosion perfectly.
You only have very slight turning ability during Unstoppable Onslaught, so make sure to use it in straight paths.
Xin Zhao Sion Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sion as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Sion synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sion, 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 Sion. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Sion helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao plays on the same team as Sion, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This may signal that Sion supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Sion 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 Sion.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Sion on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Sion does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao during team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Sion?
There is no top companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Sion is a very typical teammate for Xin Zhao. By playing on the same side as Xin Zhao, he raises their win rate by 0.2% to 51.1%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Xin Zhao and Sion that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Sion has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you must be cautious when arranging Sion allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, Xin Zhao players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Xin Zhao and Sion together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough magic damage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Sion ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Sion during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to use in your Xin Zhao and Sion synergy build include Frozen Heart, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Sion than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 51.1% when playing alongside Sion with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Xin Zhao players should take the Conqueror, 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 players picked for Xin Zhao and Sion pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
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