Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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 Soraka 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, Soraka sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Xin Zhao helps Soraka perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Soraka is an ally to Xin Zhao, she sees a little drop in her full damage dealt. This change may signal that Xin Zhao does not support by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Soraka is played alongside Xin Zhao on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Soraka plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Soraka in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Soraka that will no matter what be her ideal teammate. Yet, Xin Zhao is a pretty good teammate for Soraka. By locking into the same team as Soraka, he increases their win rate by 2.7% to 52.1%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Soraka and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Xin Zhao has a lower difficulty than Soraka. That means Soraka players don't need to be cautious when lining up Xin Zhao comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Soraka players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by grouping Soraka and Xin Zhao together, you may not be providing your side very much AD. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Xin Zhao teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Soraka in order to work well with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Soraka and Xin Zhao synergy build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Dawncore. When Soraka incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with most other typical builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Soraka players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.1% win rate overall.
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