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.
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
The Xin Zhao Fizz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Fizz, 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 Fizz. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Fizz helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Fizz, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This change could signal that Fizz provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Fizz on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Fizz. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Fizz.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Fizz on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Fizz does a poor job of covering Xin Zhao during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best companion for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, Fizz is a great ally for Xin Zhao. By being on the same team as Xin Zhao, he improves their win rate by 3.3% to 54.2%. This signals that there is a very real bond between Xin Zhao and Fizz that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Fizz has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means you should be very careful when arranging Fizz teammates to play with, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Xin Zhao and Fizz together, you may not be granting your other allies much utility. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Fizz teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Fizz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao and Fizz synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Fizz than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 54.2% helping carry Fizz with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Xin Zhao players should use 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 builds players chose for Xin Zhao and Fizz pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.2% winrate overall.
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