Olaf with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Olaf and Xin Zhao
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Olaf Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Xin Zhao
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf 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 negative change shows that Xin Zhao helps Olaf perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Olaf is paired with Xin Zhao, he gets a little drop in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Xin Zhao doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same team, 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 Olaf plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, he often takes less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Olaf in team fights.
Synergies between Olaf and Xin Zhao
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no top synergy for Olaf that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, Xin Zhao is a very typical companion for Olaf. By locking into the same team as Olaf, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 48.4%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Olaf and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Xin Zhao has a lower difficulty than Olaf. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Xin Zhao allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by bringing Olaf and Xin Zhao together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much utility. Plan to have other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Xin Zhao ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Olaf in order to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Olaf and Xin Zhao synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Ravenous Hydra. When Olaf combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Olaf had an average win rate of 48.4% helping carry Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Olaf and Xin Zhao pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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