Xin Zhao with Skarner
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Skarner
based on 83 Xin Zhao with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Xin Zhao vs Skarner Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Xin Zhao Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Skarner
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 Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Xin Zhao Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, 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 Skarner. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Skarner helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Skarner, he gets a clear improvement in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Skarner provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Skarner 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 Skarner.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Skarner on the same team, he on average receives less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Skarner does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao during team fights.
Synergies between Xin Zhao and Skarner
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no ideal ally for Xin Zhao that will always be his best teammate. However, overall, Skarner is a very typical companion for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same side as Xin Zhao, he improves their win rate by 0.9% to 51.8%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Xin Zhao and Skarner that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players must be careful when enlisting Skarner comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing alongside, Xin Zhao players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Xin Zhao and Skarner together, you may not be granting your side very much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should 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 Skarner Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao to synergize with Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Xin Zhao and Skarner synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Spear of Shojin. When Xin Zhao included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Skarner than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 51.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Skarner with Xin Zhao are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located above.