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.
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
The Xin Zhao Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Draven. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Draven helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Draven, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This may indicate that Draven does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Draven on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Draven. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Draven.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Draven on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Draven does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao during team fights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Draven is a very typical ally for Xin Zhao. By playing on the same side as Xin Zhao, he increases their win rate by 0.9% to 51.8%. This proves that there is only a small synergy between Xin Zhao and Draven that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Draven has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players should be careful when enlisting Draven allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xin Zhao and Draven together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of AP. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Draven ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Xin Zhao to pair well with Draven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to have in your Xin Zhao and Draven synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Draven than with most other common builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Draven with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Xin Zhao and Draven pairings, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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