Xin Zhao with Varus
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Varus
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Xin Zhao Varus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Varus
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Varus
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 Varus Will Play
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Xin Zhao Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, 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 Varus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Varus helps Xin Zhao perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Varus, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Varus helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Varus on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Varus does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Varus?
There is no one best ally for Xin Zhao that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Varus is a very typical teammate for Xin Zhao. By being on the same team as Xin Zhao, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 50.2%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Xin Zhao and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Varus comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Xin Zhao players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Xin Zhao and Varus together, you may not be granting your side a lot of utility. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 to work well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Xin Zhao and Varus synergy build include Guardian Angel, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 50.2% helping carry Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Xin Zhao and Varus pairings, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.
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