Xin Zhao with Zeri
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Zeri
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Xin Zhao Zeri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Zeri
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Zeri
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.
Xin Zhao Zeri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zeri as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Zeri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zeri, 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 Zeri. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zeri helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Zeri, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference may indicate that Zeri does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Zeri 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 synergisticly with Zeri.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Zeri on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Zeri does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Zeri?
There is no perfect synergy for Xin Zhao that will always be his best teammate. However, overall, Zeri is a terrible teammate for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same side as Xin Zhao, they drops their win rate by -5.3% to 45.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible synergy between Xin Zhao and Zeri that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Zeri has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means you must be very careful when finding Zeri teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Xin Zhao players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Xin Zhao and Zeri together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Zeri teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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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 synergize with Zeri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Xin Zhao and Zeri synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Zeri than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 45.6% helping carry Zeri with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take 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 picked for Xin Zhao and Zeri pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Zeri with Xin Zhao are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.