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Roffles *
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Pitcairn19291 Posts
December 29 2012 12:03 GMT
#301
Where the fuck does a D come from in Xins name???????
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Zato-1
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Chile4253 Posts
December 29 2012 12:23 GMT
#302
On December 29 2012 21:03 Roffles wrote:
Where the fuck does a D come from in Xins name???????

From the chinese sound for "Zh"
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SixSongs
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Poland1455 Posts
December 29 2012 14:26 GMT
#303
On December 05 2012 19:54 Mogwai wrote:
keep it on the dl, but

ghostblade -> iceborn gauntlet -> spirit visage is the perfect core on Xin right now.


I tried it but its so hard to get. And it takes forever. I can get ghotsblade at earlierst 15 min mark. Is that normal?

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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
December 30 2012 02:17 GMT
#304
does anyone think spirit stone is better on xin jungle if you're maxing E? That and you can get a nice damage item for 1600 whenever you feel like, compared to not having any damage items when going wriggles.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23448 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-30 13:22:24
December 30 2012 13:20 GMT
#305
yeah madreds and especially wriggles have terrible cost efficiency nowadays.

spirit of the ancient golem+cdr boots+brutalizer+spirit visage is 40% cdr and good hp/damage/mr/armour and tenacity

I see a lot of wriggles sunfire stuff but it doesnt make sense really. Spirit of the ancient golem is probably better than sunfire on xin for jungling and it's cheaper and gives tenacity letting you go for cdr later.
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petered
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1817 Posts
December 30 2012 16:42 GMT
#306
On December 29 2012 21:23 Zato-1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 29 2012 21:03 Roffles wrote:
Where the fuck does a D come from in Xins name???????

From the chinese sound for "Zh"

I was under the impression that the Chinese sound for Zh was closer to a J sound. I guess there is a soft d sound just before the J, but usually I find it easier to describe as a J.

But I am no expert on Chinese obviously.
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Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-01 18:05:16
January 01 2013 17:57 GMT
#307
On December 29 2012 23:26 SixSongs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 05 2012 19:54 Mogwai wrote:
keep it on the dl, but

ghostblade -> iceborn gauntlet -> spirit visage is the perfect core on Xin right now.


I tried it but its so hard to get. And it takes forever. I can get ghotsblade at earlierst 15 min mark. Is that normal?


pretty much. you'll also notice if you read more of the thread, I updated that core to replace iceborn with Black Cleaver, and while we're on that subject, you can do either cleaver for blowing people up or locket for surviving. I was embarrassingly unaware of locket up until like 3 weeks ago.

On December 30 2012 22:20 Slayer91 wrote:
yeah madreds and especially wriggles have terrible cost efficiency nowadays.

spirit of the ancient golem+cdr boots+brutalizer+spirit visage is 40% cdr and good hp/damage/mr/armour and tenacity

I see a lot of wriggles sunfire stuff but it doesnt make sense really. Spirit of the ancient golem is probably better than sunfire on xin for jungling and it's cheaper and gives tenacity letting you go for cdr later.

the wriggle's upgrade is 100 gold for 5 Armor, 5 AD, +200 damage to your procs (50 damage/attack on creeps), and a ward every 3 minutes. I dunno how you can say that wriggle's is worse cost efficiency than madreds. I dunno man, I can get the distaste for madred's items from a theorycrafting level, but in practice, it feels like an incredibly drastic increase in jungling speed on single target junglers and post madred's, wriggle's is very efficient. Even though I'm maxing E during levels 7-10, I still don't use it much in the jungle, as using E to clear camps typically leaves you struggling on mana, which makes ganking much more difficult.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23448 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-01 18:00:12
January 01 2013 17:59 GMT
#308
yeah iceborn isn't that great on xin, BC or ghostblade with locket for armour is pretty much better, you can get the 4% cdr from offensive for the extra 5% missing and be happy with 39% or get the 1% from runes(1 cdr/lvl blue).

I dont much like spirit visage, it's not amazingly efficient but since you use all the stats it's decent.
aka Teutonica
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
January 01 2013 20:53 GMT
#309
Ghostblade->BC->SV is also very awkward because it leaves you with figuratively 0 armor unless you built tabi, so past the skirmishes point where you just blow up anyone that shows and group for a free 5v4 objective, you really can't initiate fights or dive before cc has been spent/the main physical source on their team is clearly available for you to burst. Locket gives as much CDR, the shield is pretty good with your ult and the cost is so low compared to BC, with a very smooth build path. Nothing stops you from getting BC later if you need it or to stack more armor with randuin's.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23448 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-01 21:30:43
January 01 2013 21:30 GMT
#310
It just makes me sad to buy wriggles after how much it's nerfed, but I guess its probably easier to go wriggles mercs than going for the spirit of the ancient golem. Lifesteal saves on pots in general. I just see the nerfs from the old 19% lifesteal 23 ad 30 armor wriggles

The only reason I like spirit stone because spirit of the ancient golem is like 30 armour and tenacity for very cheap.
aka Teutonica
Zess
Profile Joined July 2012
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
January 01 2013 21:32 GMT
#311
Why not skip the 900g for wriggles upgrade and go madreds -> chain vest?
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zulu_nation8
Profile Blog Joined May 2005
China26351 Posts
January 01 2013 21:40 GMT
#312
i get madreds for early dragon control then emblem of valor, then either locket or aegis.
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
January 02 2013 17:58 GMT
#313
On January 02 2013 06:30 Slayer91 wrote:
It just makes me sad to buy wriggles after how much it's nerfed, but I guess its probably easier to go wriggles mercs than going for the spirit of the ancient golem. Lifesteal saves on pots in general. I just see the nerfs from the old 19% lifesteal 23 ad 30 armor wriggles

The only reason I like spirit stone because spirit of the ancient golem is like 30 armour and tenacity for very cheap.

right, well, wriggle's isn't apeshit OP anymore, but if madred's makes sense on your character, wriggle's is still an efficient upgrade. I still like ancient golem, but I just don't find that xin has the base damage/mana necessary to still clear camps efficiently if he goes spirit stone.

On January 02 2013 06:40 zulu_nation8 wrote:
i get madreds for early dragon control then emblem of valor, then either locket or aegis.

The more I've been thinking, the more I'm wondering about just going double kindlegem after bruta in lane and madred's/wriggle's in jungle. have you tried builds like this? with his ult, Xin's strongest defensive stat is HP, and CDR is beast mode on him, so a build that just gets a bunch of HP/CDR early and transitions to locket/zeke's/visage as necessary seems pretty darn strong.
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sylverfyre
Profile Joined May 2010
United States8298 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-02 18:15:32
January 02 2013 18:14 GMT
#314
I still feel divided on getting madreds at all - it seems like you could probably skip it entirely (run with machete only) if you're buying other offensive items, doesn't it? I guess it does provide a significant amount of dragon / jungle control for someone like Xin who doesn't automatically have a ridiculous clear speed.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23448 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-02 18:37:47
January 02 2013 18:36 GMT
#315
Kindlegems don't stack, you know. Brutalizer+locket works in most top lanes, you can get another kindlegem afterwards.

Wriggles seemed good on riven,and probably xin for jungle. Shaco and lee are the other guys who kinda want it. Not sure if anyone else aside from niche junglers do though.
aka Teutonica
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
January 02 2013 19:52 GMT
#316
Do you consider Trundle one of those niche junglers?
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
VayneAuthority
Profile Joined October 2012
United States8983 Posts
January 02 2013 20:20 GMT
#317
for top lane Xin ive started just rushing ghostblade and going balls deep all day every day working pretty well so far.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23448 Posts
January 02 2013 20:23 GMT
#318
niche junglers is a PC way of saying shitty junglers
aka Teutonica
BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
January 04 2013 22:24 GMT
#319
Has anyone tried a glass cannon SotD build for xin? I've tried it a few times in dominion, it blows up people so fast. The bonus damage from Q can crit, and both Q and SotD last for 3 attacks, how's that for synergy? I've never tried it on summoner's rift, and wondering if anyone has had any success with it.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23448 Posts
January 04 2013 23:20 GMT
#320
you blow people up with tanky builds, while being able to intiaite, so dont bother
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