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.
The Xin Zhao Qiyana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Qiyana, 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 Qiyana. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Qiyana helps Xin Zhao perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao plays on the same team as Qiyana, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Qiyana does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Qiyana 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 synergisticly with Qiyana.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Qiyana on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Qiyana does a poor job of covering Xin Zhao in teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best companion for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Qiyana is a not very good teammate for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same side as Xin Zhao, she drops their win rate by -3.0% to 47.9%. This proves that there is a bad synergy between Xin Zhao and Qiyana that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Qiyana has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players need to be very careful when lining up Qiyana teammates to play with, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing together, Xin Zhao players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Xin Zhao and Qiyana together, you will not be providing your team very much crowd control. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Qiyana ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Qiyana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao and Qiyana synergy build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Qiyana than with many other common builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 47.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Qiyana with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take 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 players used for Xin Zhao and Qiyana pairings, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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