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.
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
The Xin Zhao Orianna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Orianna, 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 Orianna. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Orianna helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao plays on the same team as Orianna, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Orianna helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Orianna on the same team, 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 synergisticly with Orianna.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Orianna on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Orianna does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Orianna is a not very good teammate for Xin Zhao. By being on the same team as Xin Zhao, she decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 49.4%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Xin Zhao and Orianna that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Orianna has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Orianna teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Xin Zhao and Orianna together, you may not be giving your other teammates much crowd control. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of your Orianna ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to synergize with Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to build first in your Xin Zhao and Orianna synergy build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Orianna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Orianna with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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