Xin Zhao with Zilean
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Zilean
based on 1,521 Xin Zhao with Zilean pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Xin Zhao Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Zilean helps Xin Zhao perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Zilean, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Zilean supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Zilean on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zilean.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Zilean on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao during team fights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no ideal ally for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Zilean is a good teammate for Xin Zhao. By playing on the same side as Xin Zhao, he raises their win rate by 2.6% to 53.5%. This shows that there is pretty good synergy between Xin Zhao and Zilean that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Zilean has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players should be careful when finding Zilean comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xin Zhao and Zilean together, you probably will not be granting your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Zilean ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 synergize with Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Xin Zhao and Zilean synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 53.5% when playing alongside Zilean with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Xin Zhao players should equip 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 we have analyed for Xin Zhao and Zilean pairings, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.5% winrate overall.
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