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.
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
The Xin Zhao Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Galio helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao tries to synergize with Galio, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Galio helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Galio.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Galio on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Galio does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Galio is a decent ally for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, he improves their win rate by 1.1% to 52.0%. This proves that there is a good bond between Xin Zhao and Galio that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Galio has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you need to be careful when lining up Galio teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by pairing Xin Zhao and Galio together, you will not be giving your other allies much utility. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Galio ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Xin Zhao and Galio synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Galio than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 52.0% helping carry Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use 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 runes we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
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