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How to Synergize Katarina and Xin Zhao

based on 4,592 Katarina with Xin Zhao pairs
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Katarina has gone into battle with Xin Zhao in 4592 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much relevant data from the developers of League, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Katarina play with Xin Zhao. It is relatively rare for Katarina to play alongside Xin Zhao on the same side. This has only occurred in about 3.4% of games with Katarina.

Katarina Xin Zhao Synergy Summary

Katarina has done a ok job of playing alongside Xin Zhao. Typically, she wins an acceptable 50.5% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Katarina when playing with Xin Zhao by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentRiftmakerHextech RocketbeltShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Xin Zhao

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Xin Zhao

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

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.

Katarina Xin Zhao Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Xin Zhao Image
9.9
< Kills >
9.7
6.7
< Deaths >
6.9
5.6
< Assists >
5.7
2.21
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
156
< Minions Killed >
156
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,056
< Physical Damage >
2,139
21,330
< Magic Damage >
21,329
962
< True Damage >
975
24,350
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
24,419
< Damage Taken >
24,981
12,284
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.49
< Towers >
1.48
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,322
< Total Healing >
3,393
14,014
< Experience >
14,170
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
38
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Xin Zhao as Katarina in LoL

The Katarina 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, Katarina 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 Katarina perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Katarina is an ally to Xin Zhao, she observes a little drop in her total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Xin Zhao doesn't help protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played with Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Xin Zhao.

Moreover, when Katarina plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, she often receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Katarina in team fights.

Synergies between Katarina and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Xin Zhao

Is Katarina better when played alongside Xin Zhao?

There is no one best synergy for Katarina that will always be her top ally. However, overall, Xin Zhao is a decent teammate for Katarina. By playing on the same team as Katarina, he improves their win rate by 1.7% to 50.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Katarina and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Xin Zhao teammates to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to do well with you.

When playing alongside, Katarina players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

In contrast, by grouping Katarina and Xin Zhao together, you will not be granting your side much support. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Xin Zhao Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Xin Zhao, we analyzed 4,592 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 Katarina 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina in order to work well with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to include in your Katarina and Xin Zhao synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Katarina bought at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 50.5% helping carry Xin Zhao with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Xin Zhao with Katarina are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.