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[Champion] Xin Zhao

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Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-26 23:21:37
November 15 2010 17:28 GMT
#1
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Fun fact: The real life version of Xin Zhao has a M.S. degree in Materials Science major from the Tsinghua University (P.R. China) and a P.h.D degree in Applied Science (Materials Science) major at the College of William and Mary.


Meet Xin Zhao, one of the easiest strongest champion in the game, lololol.
The most important part to being successful with Xin Zhao is to listen to this song everytime before you start your game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSS5dEeMX64


Now obviously Xin Zhao is the cool guy and the fat slobs and the girl are all your nooby teammates.

Skill Order slightly varies depending on team composition, but usually I go:

R > Q > E > W

But starting off with Q, E, W.

If I have a heavy CC team like amumu/galio I will go R > Q > W > E because chances are I won't have to chase as far.

Build

--Doran's Sheild + 1 pot
--Mercs treads
--Ghostblade
--Banshees Veil
--Randuins (Use common sense on whether randuins is more important than banshees, if so buy it first)
--Another tanky item. Guardian angel works great if you just need more mr/armour. Thornmail if they've got multiple ranged dps. Another negatron cloak if they've got shit tons of magic, turn it into qss or fon.

Summoner Spells

Ignite/exhaust and Ghost. You don't really need flash because of your E but if you're one of those girly men who needs to take flash on every character go for it.


Masteries

21 | 8 | 1

Yeah that's right, offensive masteries on a tanky character. Feel free to switch it up though. 0/21/9 is good, utility is good on every one but I feel it is the worst of the three on Xin.

Defensive
Armor
MR
Strength of Spirit

Utility
Improved Ghost

Runes

Marks
Armour Penetration

Seals
Mana regen/level (Can easily be replaced with other yellow runes, mana isn't really an issue with Xin it just really sucks to not have mana.)

Glyphs
Magic resist/lvl

Quintessences
Flat Armor Penetration

Playstyle:

Note: If you're going to jungle open cloth + 5 pots, q, w, q, e. Unless you gank pre lvl 4, then get e earlier. I'm not sure if this is optimal but I don't even activate my speed bonus when jungling until the last 5 seconds because when it's on cooldown you don't get the passive. Although every hit once w is activated reduces cooldown on your q so IDK. He's a pretty slow jungler but he can do it ok. I get wriggles over mbr.

Early game: Xin Zhao's really flexible, he can solo top quite easily for a melee character or he can sidelane and still have a strong presence early game. At early game fights around dragon Xin Zhao will most likely do not only more damage than the enemy sidelanes but also be a great chaser/disabler.

Rest of the game: As Xin Zhao, your mission is quite clear. You must execute your ultimate on AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN. Also when you get your three core items down chug green pots A LOT. Green pots on Xin do SOO much damage its insane.

Xin Zhao is a great initiator, not only does his ult give you magic resist and armour after you use it but it also does more damage based around their current health. So you obviously want to do R at the beginning of a team fight. ANYWAYS. Do this and then activate randuins.

After that, you want to pick which tiny baby ranged carry you want to start poking at with your very long and thick spear. Poking them forces the enemy team to start hurting you and that's what you want!

Tips: Don't be afraid to clear those big ass minion waves with an E - R combo. It'll kill all of them instantly most of the time and it feels really nice to hear all that gold.

Also don't be conservative about last hitting with Q during laning phase. Especially if your minions are pushed to your tower, using Q makes it a lot easier to get the gold.

Q resets your auto attack so you deal more damage if you hit Q right after you E somebody rather than having Q ready as soon as you attack. Q bonus damage doesn't affect towers but it does reset your auto attack once for that extra little damage.

That's about it! Nothing revolutionary here but oh well, if you have any questions ask away.

Feel free to sing this modified version to yourself if you've got noobs on your team.

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Let's get down to business so I can eat my berries.
Did Riot send me feeders, when I asked for carries.
You're the saddest bunch I ever met
But you can bet before we're through
Noobies I'll... get a victory.. out of you.

Silent as a Russian
But seriously dumb.. as Brazil
Once you get to your lane
Please don't feed.. [First Blood an Ally has been slain]...oh come on Zil!
You're a spineless, pale
pathetic lot ------------- (not much to change here)
And you haven't got a clue ------------ ( same)
Somehow I'll get a victory
out of you

(Be a man)
We must be swift as
urf on a river.
(Be a man)
With all the force
of malphite's ult
(Be a man)
With all the strength
of a raging hotshot.
Mysterious as the development of Sonaaaaaa.

Time is racing toward us
till we can surrender
Heed my every order
and we might survive
You're unsuited for
the rage of LoL
So give up, uninstall
you're through
How could I get a victory
out of you?

Yeah I just got off work and am tired/bored.
Retvrn to Forvms
nyxnyxnyx
Profile Joined April 2010
Indonesia2978 Posts
November 15 2010 18:11 GMT
#2
LOL @ song choice. Epic stuff bro.
cool beans
eagle
Profile Joined April 2009
United States693 Posts
November 15 2010 23:27 GMT
#3
after watching this video and reading guide
13/0/10 with xin zhao
sheild/mercs/last whisper/ga
9/0/21 masteies
armpen/mana regen runes
Kratisto
Profile Joined June 2008
United States199 Posts
November 16 2010 00:45 GMT
#4
Could you fill me in on why you wouldn't level up W first? In most engagements, having level 5 W activated will recharge both your E and Q in time to use them twice in a matter of seconds, and it also lets you spam your ult. Maybe I'll just have to try it.

Oh, and Xin Zhao is clearly Lu Bu in disguise. Why was this not covered?
0123456789
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3216 Posts
November 16 2010 01:26 GMT
#5
Old school disney is the best
gtrsrs
Profile Joined June 2010
United States9109 Posts
November 16 2010 01:30 GMT
#6
Yeah I like Bloodrazors-> tank items and R>Q>W>E with one level of E at 4 for ganks/chasing
i play ... hearthstone =\^.^/= Winterfox
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-16 04:16:26
November 16 2010 04:15 GMT
#7
this is the best guide on this site even if W > E, hahaha.

for whatever it's worth, I completely agree with Chrispy on LW -> tank spam >>> BR -> tank spam now that LW works with your ult. it's like, half the price and usually ends up being stronger overall just by making your ult so much better.

EDIT: oh yea, and I like 21 defensive and 9 utility on Xin.
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
November 16 2010 16:01 GMT
#8
On November 16 2010 09:45 Kratisto wrote:
Could you fill me in on why you wouldn't level up W first? In most engagements, having level 5 W activated will recharge both your E and Q in time to use them twice in a matter of seconds, and it also lets you spam your ult. Maybe I'll just have to try it.

Oh, and Xin Zhao is clearly Lu Bu in disguise. Why was this not covered?


I've actually never really tried getting W first rather than Q so I can't comment there. As for why I prefer leveling E rather than W it's more of one of those things where you try it (I used to go Q > W > E) and it works and you just keep going with it. Like I said if I've got a heavy CC team where I know the carry will be shut down I'll get W after Q.

Oh and also I forgot to mention that I get one point in W at level 3 of course.. ^___^
Retvrn to Forvms
Brees
Profile Joined January 2010
Marshall Islands3404 Posts
November 16 2010 16:04 GMT
#9
I max E first since it synergizes with ult and initiation really well, also has the best base damage for tank xin build
Brees on in
-Kato-
Profile Joined June 2010
Spain1146 Posts
December 16 2010 11:07 GMT
#10
New build for Xin with the new LW?
LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
December 16 2010 12:34 GMT
#11
i always get sword of divine and maybe ghostblade.

Makes your attacks true damage and you will be knocking people up constantly.
I guess you can leave the ghostblade and go that tankbuild as well.
It will hit more on squishies compared to old Lw, and less on tanks.
Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
December 16 2010 12:41 GMT
#12
Yeah I think ghostblade is once again the best starting item for Xin now. Haven't played Xin since the patch though.

Retvrn to Forvms
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
December 20 2010 18:30 GMT
#13
I've been kinda fudging it with Xin recently, but I tend to go something like GB, Banshee's, SotD.
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
Odds
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada1188 Posts
December 20 2010 19:00 GMT
#14
Why not get like

Ghostblade -> straight Randuin's?

"HAAAAAI I'M XIN XHAO YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM MEEEEEEEEEEEE"
Odds.633, AM. Plat level currently. Would love more practice partners, add me, let's play!
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
December 20 2010 19:01 GMT
#15
because that's my trundle build, duh
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
Odds
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada1188 Posts
December 20 2010 19:03 GMT
#16
On December 21 2010 04:01 Mogwai wrote:
because that's my trundle build, duh

Sounds legit.

I'm sort of in need of viable sidelane (particularly tanky) characters other than Poppy - is Xin a necessary pickup or do I have options?
Odds.633, AM. Plat level currently. Would love more practice partners, add me, let's play!
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
December 20 2010 19:05 GMT
#17
if you wanna be a damage tank in the sidelane, Xin is pretty much the best, but you of course have other more supporty options like Taric and Shen.
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
Odds
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada1188 Posts
December 20 2010 19:11 GMT
#18
I have Taric, and Shen would require me to give a fuck about my teammates.

A DECISION IS MADE
Odds.633, AM. Plat level currently. Would love more practice partners, add me, let's play!
r33k
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Italy3402 Posts
December 20 2010 23:35 GMT
#19
Both sotd and gb are great since they help your burst, the polly build is really easy to learn as long as you don't go straight for wriggles. Sitting on cloth armor + 3 longswords is way batter than straight wriggles if you b with little money.
739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29903 Posts
December 20 2010 23:35 GMT
#20
I prefered doing dps Xin rather than tanky before LW was changed :\ Ghostblade + LW did some ridiculous dmg with R > Q > E > W it was insane :3
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