Zilean with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Zilean and Xin Zhao
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Zilean Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Xin Zhao
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.
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.
Zilean Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean 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 Zilean perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean is paired with Xin Zhao, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Xin Zhao doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Xin Zhao on the same team, 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 alongside Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Zilean during teamfights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no perfect synergy for Zilean that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a good teammate for Zilean. By being on the same side as Zilean, he raises their win rate by 2.8% to 53.5%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Zilean and Xin Zhao that results in them performing better together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Xin Zhao teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Zilean and Xin Zhao together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of sustained damage output. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Xin Zhao teammate, you need to 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
To learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to get in your Zilean and Xin Zhao synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 53.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Zilean players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.5% winrate overall.
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