Yasuo with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Yasuo and Xin Zhao
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Yasuo Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Xin Zhao
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Advice to Understand How Xin Zhao Will Play
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.
Yasuo Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xin Zhao helps Yasuo perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yasuo plays on the same team as Xin Zhao, he gets a little decrease in his total damage output. This could indicate that Xin Zhao doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Yasuo in teamfights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no ideal ally for Yasuo that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Xin Zhao is a very typical ally for Yasuo. By locking into the same team as Yasuo, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 51.0%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Yasuo and Xin Zhao that results in them performing better together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means Yasuo players don't need to be careful when lining up Xin Zhao allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Yasuo and Xin Zhao together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of utility. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Xin Zhao ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 Yasuo in order to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to prioritize in your Yasuo and Xin Zhao synergy build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 51.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Yasuo and Xin Zhao pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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