Xin Zhao with Nunu & Willump
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Nunu & Willump
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Xin Zhao Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump Will Play
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Xin Zhao Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, 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 Nunu & Willump. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nunu & Willump helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao is an ally to Nunu & Willump, he gets a sizeable uptick in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Nunu & Willump provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Nunu & Willump on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he typically receives much less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao during teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?
There is no one best companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Nunu & Willump is a below average ally for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same team as Xin Zhao, he decreases their win rate by -2.0% to 48.9%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Xin Zhao and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Nunu & Willump has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you should be cautious when arranging Nunu & Willump comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Xin Zhao players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Xin Zhao and Nunu & Willump together, you probably will not be providing your team very much crowd control. We recommend you include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Nunu & Willump ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Xin Zhao and Nunu & Willump synergy build consist of Spear of Shojin, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 48.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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