Zed with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Zed and Xin Zhao
based on 3,232 Zed with Xin Zhao pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zed Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zed and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Zed with Xin Zhao
Placing a Living Shadow before using Death Mark can give Zed a safe escape from combat.
Saving energy and spell cooldowns until you use your ultimate will maximize Death Mark's damage.
Quickly double tapping Living Shadow will teleport Zed to his shadow immediately for rapid escapes.
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.
Zed Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Zed in LoL
The Zed 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, Zed sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xin Zhao helps Zed perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zed tries to synergize with Xin Zhao, he sees a small decrease in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Xin Zhao does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zed 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 Zed plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Zed during team fights.
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Is Zed better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no one best champion pairing for Zed that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a relatively poor teammate for Zed. By playing on the same side as Zed, he drops their win rate by -1.7% to 46.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Zed and Xin Zhao that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Zed. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Xin Zhao allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Zed and Xin Zhao together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of support. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 Zed to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Zed and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Zed included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zed had an average win rate of 46.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Zed players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Zed and Xin Zhao pairings, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
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