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How to Synergize Xin Zhao with Darius on the Same TeamXin Zhao is in the a tier of champions

Xin Zhao with Darius

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How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Darius

based on 3,787 Xin Zhao with Darius pairs
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Xin Zhao has been on the same team as Darius in 3787 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data from the developers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Xin Zhao synergize with Darius. It is relatively rare for Xin Zhao to play alongside Darius as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 3.0% of rounds with Xin Zhao.

Xin Zhao Darius Synergy Summary

Xin Zhao does a average job of teaming up with Darius. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.8% of games the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Xin Zhao when fighting on the same team as Darius by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Xin Zhao vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
TunnelerTiamat

Core Xin Zhao Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceBlack CleaverEclipseExperimental Hexplate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Xin Zhao to level upw
>
Second ability for Xin Zhao to level upe
>
Last skill for Xin Zhao to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Xin Zhao's passive ability p
Xin Zhao's q ability q
Xin Zhao's w ability w
Xin Zhao's e ability e
Xin Zhao's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Darius

Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Darius

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.

Advice to Understand How Darius Will Play

Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.

Xin Zhao Darius Synergy Stats

Xin Zhao Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Darius Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.5
6.4
< Deaths >
6.5
8.2
< Assists >
7.9
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
1.52
38
< Minions Killed >
42
1.56
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
16,702
< Physical Damage >
17,184
1,395
< Magic Damage >
1,391
985
< True Damage >
969
19,083
< Damage Dealt >
19,545
40,062
< Damage Taken >
40,255
11,678
< Gold Earned >
11,786
1.54
< Towers >
1.57
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
21,016
< Total Healing >
20,950
13,376
< Experience >
13,476
23
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
6
483
< Time Dealing CC >
473

How to Play with Darius as Xin Zhao in LoL

The Xin Zhao Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 Darius. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Darius helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Xin Zhao is paired with Darius, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Darius does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Darius 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 with Darius.

Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Darius on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Darius does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao during teamfights.

Synergies between Xin Zhao and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Xin Zhao
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Xin Zhao
Darius

Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Darius?

There is no one best ally for Xin Zhao that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Darius is a relatively poor ally for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 49.8%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Xin Zhao and Darius that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Darius has a lower difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Darius allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Xin Zhao players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by aligning Xin Zhao and Darius together, you may not be granting your other allies much magical damage output. Plan to bring other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their kit.

Regardless of your Darius ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Xin Zhao Players

How We Calculated Our Xin Zhao Darius Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Xin Zhao and Darius, we analyzed 3,787 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Xin Zhao with Darius comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to work well with Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to have in your Xin Zhao and Darius synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Darius than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 49.8% helping carry Darius with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Darius with Xin Zhao are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.