Xin Zhao with Shen
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Shen
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Xin Zhao Shen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Shen
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Shen
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 Shen Will Play
Leverage your Energy to get a long-term advantage over Mana users.
Keep an eye on allies and be ready to save them with your teleport.
Xin Zhao Shen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shen as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao Shen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shen, 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 Shen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Shen helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Shen, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Shen supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Shen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Shen. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shen.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Shen on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Shen does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao in teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Shen?
There is no ideal synergy for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, overall, Shen is a very typical ally for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, he raises their win rate by 0.7% to 51.6%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Xin Zhao and Shen that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Shen has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you need to be very careful when arranging Shen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, Xin Zhao players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by aligning Xin Zhao and Shen together, you will not be granting your team enough magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Shen teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to synergize with Shen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Xin Zhao and Shen synergy build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Shen than with many other common builds. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average win rate of 51.6% helping carry Shen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Xin Zhao players 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 rune sets players chose for Xin Zhao and Shen pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
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