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.
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
The Xin Zhao Viktor synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Viktor, 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 Viktor. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Viktor helps Xin Zhao perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao plays on the same team as Viktor, he gets a little drop in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Viktor doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Viktor on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Viktor.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Viktor on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Viktor does a poor job of protecting Xin Zhao in team fights.
There is no top companion for Xin Zhao that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Viktor is a pretty good companion for Xin Zhao. By being on the same team as Xin Zhao, he improves their win rate by 1.5% to 52.4%. This proves that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Xin Zhao and Viktor that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Viktor has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Viktor teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Xin Zhao and Viktor together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a lot of crowd control. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Viktor ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xin Zhao in order to synergize with Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Xin Zhao and Viktor synergy build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Viktor than with many other typical builds. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average win rate of 52.4% helping carry Viktor with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
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