Xin Zhao with Taliyah
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Taliyah
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Xin Zhao Taliyah Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Taliyah
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 Taliyah Will Play
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
Xin Zhao Taliyah Synergy Stats
How to Play with Taliyah as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Taliyah helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Taliyah, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Taliyah provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Taliyah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Taliyah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taliyah.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Taliyah on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Taliyah does a poor job of covering Xin Zhao during teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Taliyah?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Xin Zhao that will always be his #1 ally. However, Taliyah is a very typical teammate for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same team as Xin Zhao, she increases their win rate by 0.9% to 51.8%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Xin Zhao and Taliyah that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Taliyah has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you need to be very careful when finding Taliyah allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Combined, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by aligning Xin Zhao and Taliyah together, you probably will not be providing your team much support. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Taliyah ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to build first in your Xin Zhao and Taliyah synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Taliyah than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 51.8% helping carry Taliyah with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability 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 builds players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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