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.
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
The Xin Zhao Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xin Zhao sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Aatrox helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Aatrox, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Aatrox does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Aatrox on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aatrox.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Aatrox on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Aatrox does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao during teamfights.
There is no one best companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Aatrox is a very typical ally for Xin Zhao. By playing on the same side as Xin Zhao, he drops their win rate by -0.3% to 50.6%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Xin Zhao and Aatrox that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Aatrox has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you need to be careful when finding Aatrox teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Xin Zhao and Aatrox together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much utility. Plan to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Aatrox ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to work well with Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Xin Zhao and Aatrox synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Aatrox than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aatrox with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Xin Zhao players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
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