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.
Use Rapid Fire to help stack up your Explosive Charge on enemy champions.
Her massive gun allows Tristana to fire on targets at a great distance. Utilize this to prevent your enemies from ever laying a hand on you.
Use Rocket Jump after you have stacked up your Explosive Charge on an enemy to finish them off with a burst of damage.
The Xin Zhao Tristana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tristana, 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 Tristana. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Tristana helps Xin Zhao perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao tries to synergize with Tristana, he sees a little decrease in his total damage output. This could indicate that Tristana does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played alongside Tristana 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 with Tristana.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Tristana on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Tristana does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
There is no one best companion for Xin Zhao that will always be his #1 synergy. However, Tristana is a below average teammate for Xin Zhao. By being on the same side as Xin Zhao, she drops their win rate by -2.0% to 48.9%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Xin Zhao and Tristana that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Tristana has a greater difficulty than Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players must be careful when lining up Tristana allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xin Zhao and Tristana together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much crowd control. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Tristana ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Xin Zhao in order to work well with Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to prioritize in your Xin Zhao and Tristana synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Titanic Hydra. When Xin Zhao incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Tristana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 48.9% helping carry Tristana with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% win rate overall.
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