Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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 Lee Sin 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, Lee Sin sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xin Zhao helps Lee Sin perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Lee Sin tries to synergize with Xin Zhao, he sees a noticable increase in his total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Xin Zhao provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played 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 with Xin Zhao.
Moreover, when Lee Sin plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he often takes less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Lee Sin in teamfights.
There is no ideal synergy for Lee Sin that will always be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Xin Zhao is a very typical companion for Lee Sin. By locking into the same team as Lee Sin, he raises their win rate by 0.5% to 47.8%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Lee Sin and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Lee Sin. That means Lee Sin players don't need to be cautious when lining up Xin Zhao teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Lee Sin players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Lee Sin and Xin Zhao together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to prioritize in your Lee Sin and Xin Zhao synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing alongside Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
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