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.
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The Xin Zhao Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Naafiri helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao tries to synergize with Naafiri, he sees a little drop in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Naafiri does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Naafiri.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Naafiri on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao during team fights.
There is no one best companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Naafiri is a very typical ally for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, they raises their win rate by 0.7% to 51.6%. This shows that there is not really a strong synergy between Xin Zhao and Naafiri that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Naafiri has a lower difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players don't need to be cautious when arranging Naafiri teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Xin Zhao and Naafiri together, you will not be providing your other allies very much AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao to pair well with Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Xin Zhao and Naafiri synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Naafiri than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 51.6% when playing alongside Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Xin Zhao players should use 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 chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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