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.
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
The Xin Zhao Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sylas helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Sylas, he gets a small decrease in his full damage output. This change could signal that Sylas does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played together with Sylas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sylas.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Sylas on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Sylas does a decent job of covering Xin Zhao in teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Xin Zhao that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Sylas is a very typical companion for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 50.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Xin Zhao and Sylas that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sylas has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means you should be careful when finding Sylas teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Xin Zhao and Sylas together, you will not be granting your other allies very much support. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Sylas teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Xin Zhao to work well with Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to get in your Xin Zhao and Sylas synergy build consist of Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 50.3% helping carry Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Xin Zhao players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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