If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
The Draven 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, Draven sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xin Zhao helps Draven perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Draven is an ally to Xin Zhao, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This may indicate that Xin Zhao doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played with Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Xin Zhao. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Draven plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Draven in teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Draven that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Xin Zhao is a pretty good companion for Draven. By playing on the same team as Draven, he increases their win rate by 2.1% to 51.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a good bond between Draven and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Draven. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting 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.
Working alongside, Draven players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Draven and Xin Zhao together, you will not be providing your side very much AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Draven to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Draven and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and The Collector. When Draven used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Xin Zhao than with many other common item sets. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 51.8% helping carry Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Draven and Xin Zhao pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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