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Kai'Sa with Xin Zhao

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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao

based on 5,282 Kai'Sa with Xin Zhao pairs
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Kai'Sa has fought alongside Xin Zhao in 5282 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much complete data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are confident that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Kai'Sa play with Xin Zhao. It is relatively rare for Kai'Sa to play with Xin Zhao as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 3.3% of matches with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Xin Zhao Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a poor job of fighting on the same side as Xin Zhao. Typically, she wins a poor 48.1% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Kai'Sa when fighting on the same team as Xin Zhao by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

ShadowflameBloodthirsterNashor's ToothZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
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Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Xin Zhao

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa Xin Zhao Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Xin Zhao Image
7.7
< Kills >
7.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.3
6
< Assists >
6.2
1.8
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
181
< Minions Killed >
180
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
11,933
< Physical Damage >
12,169
8,013
< Magic Damage >
8,110
424
< True Damage >
432
20,370
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
19,762
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,487
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2.17
< Towers >
2.1
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,261
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,679
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
46
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Xin Zhao as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Kai'Sa sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Xin Zhao helps Kai'Sa perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Kai'Sa tries to synergize with Xin Zhao, she gets a little drop in her total damage output. This difference may signal that Xin Zhao doesn't help cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Xin Zhao.

Additionally, when Kai'Sa plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, she often takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Kai'Sa in team fights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Xin Zhao

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Xin Zhao?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Kai'Sa that will no matter what be her best ally. However, overall, Xin Zhao is a good ally for Kai'Sa. By locking into the same side as Kai'Sa, he raises their win rate by 1.6% to 48.1%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important bond between Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Kai'Sa. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Xin Zhao allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working cooperatively, Kai'Sa players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by bringing Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of support. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Xin Zhao ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Xin Zhao Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao, we analyzed 5,282 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kai'Sa with Xin Zhao comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Kai'Sa in order to work well 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 tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important finished items to use in your Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao synergy build include Guardian Angel, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 48.1% when playing alongside Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.

If you would like to see Kai'Sa and Xin Zhao synergy tips and builds for a a particular division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. By default, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are calculated using all games finished with both champs.