Xin Zhao with Xerath
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Xerath
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Xin Zhao Xerath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Xin Zhao Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xerath helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Xerath, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Xerath supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Xerath 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 with Xerath.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Xerath on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao during teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Xin Zhao that will always be his best ally. Yet, Xerath is a very typical ally for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same team as Xin Zhao, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 51.2%. This signals that there is only a small strategic relationship between Xin Zhao and Xerath that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players should be careful when lining up Xerath teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by aligning Xin Zhao and Xerath together, you may not be giving your other allies a great deal of utility. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Xerath ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao to synergize with Xerath during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Xin Zhao and Xerath synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Xerath than with many other common builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 51.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xerath with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Xin Zhao players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Xin Zhao and Xerath pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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