Xerath with Jhin
How to Synergize Xerath and Jhin
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Xerath Jhin Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Jhin
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Jhin
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Jhin Will Play
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
Xerath Jhin Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jhin as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Jhin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jhin, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Jhin. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Jhin helps Xerath perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Jhin, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Jhin does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Jhin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Jhin.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Jhin on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Jhin does a poor job of covering Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Jhin
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Jhin?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Xerath that will always be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Jhin is a decent companion for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, he improves their win rate by 2.0% to 52.6%. This demonstrates that there is a good strategic relationship between Xerath and Jhin that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Jhin has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when arranging Jhin allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Xerath and Jhin together, you probably will not be providing your side much cover. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Jhin ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to work well with Jhin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to get in your Xerath and Jhin synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Jhin than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Jhin with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Jhin with Xerath are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.