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.
The Zeri Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zeri sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xin Zhao. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xin Zhao helps Zeri perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zeri is an ally to Xin Zhao, they sees a little drop in their full damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Xin Zhao does not support by providing cover for them to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Zeri is played together with Xin Zhao on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Zeri plays with Xin Zhao on the same side, they on average takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Xin Zhao does a decent job of covering Zeri in team fights.
There is no top ally for Zeri that will 100% of the time be their #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Xin Zhao is a very typical teammate for Zeri. By being on the same team as Zeri, he lowers their win rate by -0.6% to 45.6%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Zeri and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Xin Zhao has a much lower diffuclty than Zeri. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Xin Zhao comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Zeri and Xin Zhao together, you will not be providing your other allies enough magical damage output. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Zeri in order to pair well with Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Zeri and Xin Zhao synergy build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Navori Quickblades. When Zeri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better as an ally of Xin Zhao than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zeri boasted an average win rate of 45.6% when playing alongside Xin Zhao with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, Zeri players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Zeri and Xin Zhao pairings, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Xin Zhao with Zeri are displayed for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.