Xin Zhao with Gwen
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Gwen
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Xin Zhao Gwen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Gwen
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 Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Xin Zhao Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, 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 Gwen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Gwen helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Gwen, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Gwen doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Gwen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gwen.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Gwen on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Gwen does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao in teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no top champion pairing for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Gwen is a very bad teammate for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same side as Xin Zhao, she lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 47.7%. This proves that there is a terrible bond between Xin Zhao and Gwen that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Gwen has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you must be careful when enlisting Gwen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, Xin Zhao players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Xin Zhao and Gwen together, you will not be giving your side very much utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Gwen teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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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 pair well with Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao and Gwen synergy build include Maw of Malmortius, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Gwen than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 47.7% helping carry Gwen with this build.
To have the greatest chance 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 combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
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