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.
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
The Xin Zhao Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 Yasuo. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yasuo helps Xin Zhao perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xin Zhao plays on the same team as Yasuo, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Yasuo does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Yasuo on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Yasuo.
Moreover, when Xin Zhao plays with Yasuo on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Yasuo does a decent job of protecting Xin Zhao during teamfights.
There is no ideal ally for Xin Zhao that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Yasuo is a very typical ally for Xin Zhao. By locking into the same team as Xin Zhao, he raises their win rate by 0.1% to 51.0%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Xin Zhao and Yasuo that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Yasuo has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means Xin Zhao players need to be careful when lining up Yasuo comrades to play with, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Xin Zhao players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Xin Zhao and Yasuo together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much utility. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Yasuo ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Xin Zhao to pair well with Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Xin Zhao and Yasuo synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Xin Zhao combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Yasuo than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao had an average winrate of 51.0% helping carry Yasuo with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip 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 rune combinations players chose for Xin Zhao and Yasuo pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Yasuo with Xin Zhao are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.