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[5.17] BE A MAN - A Manly Xin Zhao Guide for Top Lane.Sir Wellington Last updated on September 13, 2015

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Teleport is considered the standard for top laners now. Top laners without TP

lose out on so much map presence and lane safety. Even if ignite helps xin split

push, I think it is still more desirable for him to have TP to be able to help out his

team if his team gets initiated on. -3

The only reason to have AD

quints instead of AS quints is if

your champion scales

exceptionally well with AD. Xin

doesn't quite make the cut.

Plus, xin uses AS much betterthan most people.

-3

I'd just take out starting

option number 2. Smart

laning coupled with TP

will make even a difficult

lane survivable. -2

I disagree with the mobi boots choice - I think that merc treads will

allow xin to stick to his targets better through CC effects. -2

Most tanks will rush armor against you. I believe that armor kinda

counters ghostblade, so I almost wonder if bork rush would be

better.

Also, I'm pretty sure jax still destroys you even after ghostblade.

OP Garen and Fiora probably do well too, so I'd say that finishing

ghostblade is a powerspike for xin

instead of saying that he outduels

everyone. -2

17/50; See comments below.
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Boots ofMobility

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ABILITY SEQUENCE

MASTERIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Runes

Masteries

Summoner Spells

Manly Abilities

Ability Combos

Manly Items

Example Builds

Lane Phase Gameplay

Midgame Strategies

Lategame Teamfights and Objectives

Advanced Techniques/Random Tips

Matchups

WHAT WOULD AP XIN ZHAO DO?

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Well at least give your readers an idea of what

to pick! -2

Just a personal preference - I prefer feast

butcher to expose weakness and double

sword. -1
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Credits/Changelog

Introduction

"What am I reading?"

Welcome to the most thorough Xin Zhao guide on MOBAfire. It contains everything you need to know about

how to play, carry, and win games with Xin Zhao. This guide is primarily aimed at everyone from level 1 to Silver I,

but higher ranked players can still benefit from the more advanced stuff.

"That's way too much to read."

You're right. Most people don't spend a full hour reading a guide on MOBAfire, which is why most of the super in-

depth information is tucked away in spoilers or listed off to the side. If you want a concise overview, just read the

"Quick and Dirty" summary at the top of each chapter.

"Who is this guy anyway?"

My name is Sir Wellington. My brother got me hooked on League of Legends way back at the beginning of Season

II. I reached Gold III rank in Season 4, and have 250+ overall ranked Xin Zhao games at a 57% win rate (plus

500+ normals at a much higher win rate). I'm not the best player in the world, but I know a lot about Xin and

want to share what I know so you can play him more effectively.

"Ok, but who is Xin Zhao?"

Xin Zhao (pronounced "Shin Jow") is the MANLIESTchampion in the League! Some would argue that newcomers

like Braumstole that title, but Xin is the veteran who taught everyone how to be a man in the first place. He

has a manly playstyle, manly lore, manly skins, a manly spear, and most of all, the manliest theme song ever.

In terms of actual gameplay, Xin can be an assassin, tank, or anything in between. He can snowball fast and carry

hard, use his strong initiation and tanky items to set up plays for his teammates, or do just about anything else

because of how flexible he is. He's one of the few champions that benefits A LOT from cooldown reduction because

the %reduction from items synergizes so well with the flat reduction from Three Talon Strike.

Pros / Cons

Powerful Pros

+ Very high damage early on

+ Crazy snowball potential

+ Top tier duelist

+ Versatile builds/roles

+ Multiple CC abilites

+Innate sustain and resistances

+ Knocks down towers like a BOSS

Critical Cons

- AD scaling is unimpressive

- Damage falls off if he gets behind

- Few escape options

- Zero poke/sieging ability

- Vulnerable to kiting via CC

- No innate tankyness without his ult

- Pretty poor waveclear w/o Hydra

Runes

RUNES

Greater Mark of

Attack Damage

9

Greater Seal of

Scaling Health

9

Greater Glyph of

Cooldown Reduction

6

Greater Glyph of

Scaling Magic Resist

3

Greater Quintessence

of Attack Damage

3

I take flat AD marks because Xin autoattacks a lot and mitigates enough armor

through his passive. Flat armor penetration or attack speed make decent

alternatives.

I take scaling health seals because they're generally the strongest seals in the
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game in terms of raw stats. I used to take armor seals because most of the

damage you receive in lane phase is usually physical, so they make a good

alternative if you wish.

I combine 5% CDR from the glyphs and 5% from Sorcery to start every

game with 10% CDR. Fill the other 3 glyph slots with scaling or flat MR,

whichever you prefer (I always get scaling).

I take flat AD quints for the same reason as marks - they give you the most

damage early game. You can get armor pen or attack speed as alternatives, but

if you do make sure to get AD marks.

Masteries

Quick and Dirty:

21/9/0 setup. If you want to be tanky, go 9/21/0.

MASTERIES

1/1 4/4 1/1 3/3 1/1 3/3 3/3 1/1 1/1 2/3 1/1 2/2 2/2 1/1 3/3 1/1

21/9/0 is the standard setup for Xin, which gives him a lot of damage with some tankyness on the side. You could

also go 9/21/0 for a more tanky approach, or 21/0/9 for extra movespeed, warding range, summoner spell CDR,

and biscuits (yummy).

Offense:

Always get Sorcery instead of Fury . 5% CDR > 5% AS. Warlord requires 3 points to max out, so if you

aren't going to get much bonus AD then put 1 point in it and the other 2 somewhere else.

Defense:

Block and Unyielding reduce a lot of damage from early trades. Veteran's Scars and Juggernaut (along

with scaling health runes and a Doran's Blade) let you start with an impressive 719 health at level 1. Finally,

Swiftness makes it harder for enemies to kite you, which is awesome. If you don't like the extra health from

Juggernaut , Tenacious is a great alternative.

Utility:

I usually don't spec into the Utility tree since it's not as good as the Defense tree, but it does have some nice stuff.

Scout lets you ward across walls more easily (warding the bottom tribrush from inside the Dragon pit is

awesome). Summoner's Insight shaves 30 seconds off your Flash cooldown, which lets you make big plays

more often. Intelligence is also a great substitute for Sorcery or your CDR glyphs because it also offers 10%

CDR on item actives, which you'll be using a lot.

Summoner Spells

Quick and Dirty:

Always take Flash. Take Ignite for kills, or

take Teleport for strategic advantage.

Ignite is your "I want to carry

hard" spell. Take this if you want

to crush your enemies and get a

lot of kills. The healing reduction is

also useful against sustain

champions like Fiora. Ignite is

best for normals and bronze-gold

solo queue.

Flash is the best spell in the game.

It gives you so much playmaking

potential! You can use it to extend

your dash range by 425, jump

across walls, surprise ult people

into your tower, and more. It also

gives you a much needed escape

from ganks. Always take this in

every game you play.

Teleport is a more strategic spell

than Ignite. It gives you the ability

to backdoor, splitpush, gank other

lanes with a Homeguard boost, or

just get back to your lane faster.

Because this requires a strong

knowledge of the game and

coordination with your team, use

this for ranked teams or high level

solo queue.

If you don't spec into it, don't even mentio

Alternatively, you can and SHOULD teach

readers how to teleport effectively. If you

your readers will actually get quite a bit ou

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Ghost is the best alternative to

Flash. The extended movement

speed bonus greatly benefits Xin's

chasing playstyle. It doesn't have

nearly the same big play potential

or sheer utility that Flash does,

but it has a shorter cooldown and

longer duration.

Exhaust is a great spell against

bursty champions like Rivenor

Zed. It also completely shuts

down an AD carry's damage and

mobility, which lets you kill your

target more easily. If you want to

use Exhaust, replace Ignite or

Teleport with it.

I've never used Heal with Xin

Zhao, but it's not a terrible spell.

The short movement speed burst

comes in handy for chasing, and

you can use Heal to bait enemies

into towerdiving you. If you want

to use Heal, replace Ignite or

Teleport with it.

Manly Abilities

Quick and Dirty:

There's an icon and brief description of each ability

on the left side.

Long and Nerdy:

More detailed information and tips and tricks are

on the right side.

Challenge ( passive)

...............................

Challenge is a very strong passive that your whole

team benefits from. It doesstack with The Black

Cleaver, and it has really cool synergy with his

ultimate (more on that below).

Xin's targets are usually squishy damage

dealers liks AD carries, which don't build

much armor, but that doesn't make it

useless against them. A target with 80

armor at level 18, for instance, would have

12 armor reduced.

If you Challenge a tank, 15% armor

reduction then becomes MASSIVE.

Xin synergizes very well with other AD

champions because with Black Cleaver, he

can reduce 40% of his target's armor, which

is pretty scary.

Three Talon Strike (Q)

...............................

Three Talon Strike (TTS) is Xin's primary source of

damage and hard CC.

This ability is an autoattack reset. This

means if you cast it just after you

autoattack, TTS will reset Xin's autoattack

animation and attack again, so you can

double-tap your target. Practice this method

often so you can get the timing downperfectly.

When you have TTS active, your three autos

will have a noticeably faster attack

animation.

This ability gives you more damage at level 1

than almost any other top laner, because of

the high raw damage, autoattack reset

mechanic, and knockup (which gives you a

free auto while your target is CCed).

Since it scales off total AD, you can build

tanky items and still benefit from the scaling.

Battle Cry (W)

...............................

Xin gains attack speed and sustain by yelling at his

opponents. What a man.

The hit count doesn't have a cooldown like

Jax's ultimate does. You can hit somethingtwice and wait 3 minutes, but you will always

heal on the 3rd hit.

You don't have to deliberately press W after

Q. You can press both keys simultaneously

and still get the cooldown reduction from the

first Q hit. It makes playing Xin a bit simpler.

There's only two reasons you should use this

ability in the early levels: if you know you'll be

fighting your opponent for more than a

couple seconds, or if you have to land that

knockup as fast as possible. If you use it for

every trade, you risk running OOM.

If you decide to build AP/AS, this ability gives

HILARIOUS levels of healing.

Remove these.

I recommend using tables. Tables can ma

like this look quite nice.

Yeah. So why isn't Black cleaver in your c

again? -2

Use this spell on cooldown to reduce the c

of long spells like your ultimate. -2

Word this better - let your readers know th

active of this should only be used for prol

trades, or something along those lines.
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Audacious Charge (E)

...............................

Audacious Charge gives Xin fantastic sticking

power and decent CC.

The AOE slow doesn't diminish on the edges

like Ravenous Hydra or Grand Skyfall.

Everyone gets slowed and damaged for the

full value.

Try to save your dash for when an enemy

tries to escape via Flash, Arcane Shift,

etc. It's usually not possible to do, but

sometimes you can pull it off by simply

running up to someone, hiding in an

unwarded brush, or flanking them.

At 40% CDR, this ability has a 6 second

cooldown. After your 3 Q hits, it has a 3

second cooldown. Three seconds.That's

terrifying.

Crescent Sweep (R)

...............................

Xin Zhao whips his long spear around in a circle like a

boss, sending everyone around him flying backwards,

and then stuns them after the knockback, like

Alistar's Headbutt. A Challenged target won't be

knocked back, so Xin can immediately start stabbing

its face in.

Dashing to a clumped enemy team and

ulting them is one of the most disruptive

things you can do in this game. They are

knocked everywhere like bowling pins, and if

you caught more than one in the dash aoe,

they're slowed too.

Don't be afraid to use it as an escape. If

you're being chased by bloodthirsty idiots,

simply press R when they get in range. It

doesn't have a terribly long cooldown and

your Q will shorten it.Since it deals %current health damage, it's

best used at the start of a fight (usually).

Always try to use the knockback + stun part

of it to your advantage (you can do this

many different ways).

Ability Combos

Quick and Dirty:

Just read the actual combos on the left side and

practice the more difficult ones.

Long and Nerdy:

Detailed instructions on the left and an example

video on the right.

>> AA >> Difficulty: easy

This is your basic trading combo in lane phase.

Dash to an enemy, autoattack, reset with Q, then

hit 3 times. Make sure to weave forward

movement in between your attacks so you keep

up with your retreating enemy laner. Unless you're

going for the kill, it's best to back off after you

knock up your target. Sometimes you'll want to

back off after the first Q hit (like if the enemy

dashes away or Vladimir uses his pool).

>> AA >> + Difficulty: easy

This is your all-in combo pre-6. Use this combo

when you need to land your 3 Q hits quickly or

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when you know the other enemy champ will stand

and fight back for more than a couple seconds.

Again, keep moving with your opponent if he

retreats back to his turret.

>> >> AA >> +Difficulty: medium

This is your all-in combo after level 6. Keep in mind

this combo will usually scare the pants off your

enemies, so be prepared to chase them down if

they run away. Sometimes I use this combo when

I get back into lane after level 6. By immediately

jumping on the enemy laner and dumping all my

skills on him, I leave him at well below half HP

while remaining relatively unscathed, and thus

assert lane dominance.

This is also your teamfight initiating combo. Dash

to someone in the middle of the enemy team, ult

everyone, and maul your Challenged target while

the enemy team is scattered. You don't always

have to Challenge the AD carry either sometimes

displacing the rest of the enemy team is better

than simply isolating the carry. You can also use it

to peel for your own team if the enemy team is all-

in comp like Malphite and Yasuo.

>> AA >> + Difficulty: Hard

This is a great combo for knocking a target where

you want him to be (like under your turret) and

then dumping QW on him. Once again, save E for

any escapes. Ganking lanes with this combo

almost always results in a kill because you knock

your target away from his turret and closer to your

ally, while still having your gapcloser up.

>> Difficulty: Hard

When you combine Flash with Audacious

Charge, you basically have a gapcloser with 1025

range. It ALWAYS catches enemies off guard and

sets up a sweet combo for you and usually a kill.

Just make sure to cast both spells very quickly

(almost simultaneously), and make sure your

opponent is actually within range. Flashing and not

dashing is the worst because you look like an idiot

who just burned his summoner )
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>> Difficulty: Hard

This combo's a lot of fun, but very difficult to do

perfectly. If you time it right, you can actually

press R a millisecond beforeyou flash, which

reduces the cast time a little bit. Practice this in a

custom game until you get the hang of it (once

again, press both buttons almost simultaneously).

>> >> >> Difficulty: Almost impossible

This is probably the hardest Xin Zhao combo,

but it's the most rewarding: run up to your target

(boosted with Youmuu's), flash behind him, press

R to knock him forward and E to catch up to him.

What a man.

Manly Items

Quick and Dirty:

Get these:

and then assess the context of each game to

figure out the last item.

Xin Zhao is the total opposite of champions like Talon or most AD carries, who have very strict build paths and

buy almost the exact same items every game. Because Xin benefits from so many stats and can fill so many roles,

there's maybe 7 items in the whole game that are truly bad for him. The stats he needs most are cooldown

reduction (CDR), attack damage, attack speed, and some kind of movement speed boost like Phage,

Youmuu's Ghostblade, etc. Lifesteal, critical chance, and/or general tankiness make great secondary stats. Always

be looking at the enemy team (and your own) to determine which items are best for a particular game

and adjust your build path accordingly.

My Personal Favorites

Youmuu's Ghostblade is Xin Zhao's best

damage item, period. This item alone gives

you enough damage to kill squishies, and it

synergizes perfectly with every possible

build. The stats may not seem impressive,

but the 20 flat armor pen is amazing, and

the active is even better because it lets you

outduel EVERYONE early/mid game (it also

has a short 45 second cooldown). I get this

item in almost every game I play.

Boots of Mobility are the key to Xin's scary

early/midgame snowball potential. These

boots are designed for roamers, so once you

get them do your team a favor and start

roaming. You can easily gank mid lane, invade

the enemy jungle, or even walk to bot lane

after you recalled for a lane gank. These boots

also help tremendously when you don't have

Teleport.

Spirit Visage is similar to Banshee's

Ah so this is why you get boots of mobility

all starting to come together now.

So give me some examples of a success

telling your readers EXACTLY why it wor

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Dead Man's Plate is my favorite

health/armor for Xin Zhao. It's like Riot

decided to take the roaming passive from

Boots of Mobility and the slow resistance from

Boots of Swiftness and throw them on an

item with Randuin's Omen's stats, because

why not. It also comes with a little burst

damage and a slow, because...why not.

Veil, but tailored specifically for Xin Zhao. If

you have any lifesteal and 10-30% CDR,

this item outclasses Banshee's Veil

because you're making full use of its stats.

Otherwise, I'd get Banshee's because it's a

slightly better item in terms of general

defense.

How do I know when to buy certain items?

Assess the weaknesses and damage output of the enemy team and what your team needs out of you, then choose

accordingly. If you want to know the best situations to build a particular item, just open up the sections below for

more details.

STAB THINGS HARDER...

STAB THINGS FASTER...

LADIES LIKE ARMOR PLATING...

IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN MAGIC...

A HEALTH ITEM PER DAY KEEPS THE DEATH TIMER AWAY...

DON'T LIKE BOOTS OF MOBILITY? HEAD TO THE RUNETERRA SHOE OUTLET...

NOTE:

Most items not listed here can still be viable! I didn't include every single item because the lists would be

overwhelming. If you love Guinsoo's Rageblade, Iceborn Gauntlet, or Nashor's Tooth, feel free to use

them because they all work on Xin. For AP items in particular, check the AP/AS section at the bottom of the guide.

Example Builds

Quick and Dirty:

Read the build name on the left and look at the

item icons on the right.

Build Name Explanation Items

Balanced

This is a general-purpose build that works with basically

anything. You've got good damage and good survivability.

Get Phage early on, maybe after you finish Youmuu's, but

you don't have to complete Trinity Force until after you get

the other items.

Heavy Armor

Use this build if the enemy team has 3-4 AD champions.

Consider swapping Sunfire Cape for Thornmail if most of

their damage comes from autoattacks.

I'd include this in your cheat sheet. While

with a few things here and there, adding t

cheat sheet would make your guide a lot b

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Heavy Mag Resist

Use this build if the enemy team has 3-4 AP champions

(only include the support if it's someone like Annie,

Morgana, or Brand with an AP item or two).

MASSIVE CRITS

Do you want to blow people up before they can react? If

you're snowballing hard, get these items and proceed to

WRECK the enemy team! I would only recommend using

this build once you've gotten a lot of experience with Xin

and have a hyperaggressive playstyle, since you're fairlysquishy.

Full Tank

Use this build if your teammates are carrying hard and

need a front line. Start with a Doran's Blade so you'll have

some sort of damage early on. You won't deal much

damage, so you don't have much dueling power. Stick with

your carries and either peel for them or initiate teamfights

for them, depending on what works best.

Tanky Magic Damage

This build is pretty weird, but it's fun if you want to mixthings up or if your team is mostly AD. You won't deal

huge amounts of damage, but the build is fairly balanced

overall. Get Sunfire Cape first if your opponent is AD, or get

Wit's End first if your opponent is AP. Consider getting an

early Stinger or Glacial Shroud for the CDR.

Wheaties

This build uses the cool new Juggernaut items, and gives

you stupid amounts of health. Don't use this build if you're

facing someone like Vayne or Kog'Maw, for obvious

reasons.

SPEEEEEED If you're a fan of Racecar Yi, well...have fun.

Gluey

Nobody will ever escape you. Ever. You can use this to

completely shut down a kite-heavy team comp, or to just

piss people off because they can't go anywhere :)

Lane Phase Gameplay

Quick and Dirty:

Harass with Q and autos at level 1 if possible,

reach level 2 first, try to get first blood the instant

you hit level 2, snowball from there, roam enemy

jungle if fed. Make sure to ward.
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Early game is where Xin shines. You can outdamage, outsustain, and out-CC almost everyone, so take advantage

of that by fighting often. Keep in mind, however, at level 6 your opponent might have a bigger power spike than

you (like Riven). Any jungler who respects Xin's early game threat will probably gank top lane at least once or

twice, so expect them and don't be caught by surprise.

Objectives:

Reach level 2 first.When the first minion waves pile together, there's two different scenarios that

can happen.

IS YOUR OPPONENT MELEE?

IS YOUR OPPONENT RANGED?

Get first blood. Once you reach level 2, INSTANTLY jump on your opponent and go crazy! (btw, it's

much faster to press ctrl+E than clicking the button to level up E). Make sure to use your AA reset,

and make sure to walk with your opponent by moving forward in between each attack. Use

Ignite and/or Flash if necessary - this kill is very important.

MY OPPONENT FLASHED AWAY :(

Put your trinket out and watch the minimap closely. If you're on purple side, ward the river

bush. If you're on blue side, ward the tribrush. Put your ward down after you killed your opponent,

or around 3:00-3:30. Most junglers will see you sitting in lane at 30-40% health and try to gank

you (try to reach level 3 before you get ganked). At this point, most junglers are also level 3 (or

even 2) and around 50-70% health.

IF YOU'RE LEVEL 3 AND YOU HAVE MORE THAN 30%ISH HEALTH...

IF YOU AREN'T LEVEL 3 YET AND/OR YOU HAVE VERY LOW HEALTH...

Achieve lane dominance.Lane dominance means you can freely move around without fear of

the other laner, farm every minion, and push the other laner out of farming range. It means you

can do whatever you want because the other laner must stay at a respectful distance or die. At level

1, you'll have zero lane dominance vs. a ranged champ because you don't have E yet. But after level

2, it's possible to take lane dominance back from almost everyone.

Disrupt the enemy jungler.The easiest way to do this is to steal his buffs. Watch the minimap

carefully and keep an eye out for when they respawn (the first respawn is usually around 7:15-

8:00, or a couple minutes later if the jungler started on the bottom half of the jungle).

IF YOU'RE ON BLUE SIDE...

IF YOU'RE ON RED SIDE...

If you're snowballing, pitch a tent in the enemy jungle. You can only do this if you already

have a few kills and can comfortably 1v1 their jungler, top, and mid. Buy green wards, pink wards,

and/or upgrade your trinket so you can ward up the enemy jungle and punish the enemy jungler

for venturing into his YOUR jungle. Keep your lane shoved if possible and look for opportunities to kill

enemy champs. Just make sure to always play smart - if you see the enemy midlaner and top laner

missing from their lanes, they're probably converging on you, so get out. Also, don't be afraid to

rotate to mid lane - knocking down the mid lane turret early on is very nice.

If the opportunity arises, gank bot lane and/or pick up an early dragon. This is the best

way to snowball your bot lane. A double kill + dragon is absolutely devastating and creates a largeadvantage for your whole team.

"I'm losing lane :("The most important thing to do in this situation is to stop dying. Deny your

opponent any kills. If you give up one or two early on it'll sting, but it's nothing like giving up 6 kills

within the first 10 minutes. Give your opponent some respectful distance, and ask your jungler for a

gank ONLY IF you can gain a kill or lane dominance from it. Did you give up first blood to Darius?

He's an ideal target because he has no escapes. Did you waste everything trying to kill Gragas?

Not a good target to gank because he has an escape, CC, and he'll be hard to kill. Do not

automatically beg your jungler for ganks simply because you're behind. It will piss him off

and likely result in him NOT helping you :P

Try to farm under turret as well as you can, and look for opportunities to gank other lanes. I've

turned around many games where I started out 0/2 but went into midgame 5/3 because I roamed.

Tell me exactly when you expect them. Sh

through examples of how your lane oppon

telegraphed that his jungler is nearby.

Talk more about brush abuse. Also look in

about the surprise knockup - using 2 TTS

minions, and saving the third for your opp

instantly knock him up.

It's a little bit more complicated than just t

Ah yes - show me how you can identify th

opportunity, so I can hope that the xins in won't just sit in bot brush for 30 seconds.

Talk about how to tower dive your oppone
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Midgame Strategies

Quick and Dirty:

Kills are still important, but roaming and taking

objectives are equally important now. Kill/contest

dragon when possible, and try to knock down

towers. Warding is very important.

Midgame is where Xin's damage and snowball potential peaks. If you've farmed a decent number of minions (say

70+ by the 10 minute mark) or gotten a few kills then you'll probably have Boots of Mobility, one complete

item, and another item partially done. WHEN YOU REACH LEVEL 9, UPGRADE YOUR YELLOW TRINKET

ASAP. There is never an excuse for not doing this in every game you play. For 250g you get a MASSIVE amount of

wards, because they regenerate so fast. I cannot repeat this enough. Buy Greater Stealth Totem.

Objectives:

Control the upper half of the map. Assuming you've won your lane early game, you can do this

by continuing to shove top lane, which leaves the enemy team to either send their jungler top

(away from dragon), or else risk letting you dive their top laner and knock down yet another tower.

Ward the upper half of the enemy jungle well, and try to anticipate enemy movement. Always keep

track of the enemy red/blue buff, and take it as soon as it respawns.

WHY IS CONTROLLING SUCH A HUGE PART OF THE MAP IMPORTANT/NECESSARY?

Contest dragon.Killing the Dragon (and destroying the mid lane outer turret) are the two most

important midgame objectives. Ideally, you would also have the first top lane turret knocked down if

you dominated that lane earlier. Make sure to kill the scuttle crab for the zone control by dragon - it

makes teamfights there much easier. Also keep track of the respawn timer - the last place you want

to be when it respawns and your team starts fighting over it is blissfully farming top lane (if you

have Teleport, then it's ok and even recommended).

Create an overall gold advantage for your team. You'll hear the shoutcasters in pro League

games talk about gold leads/gold advantages often, because it's genuinely important. When you

create a several thousand gold lead over your opponents, it really pays off by lategame when your

team has more completed items and thus more stats.

HOW DO I CREATE THIS GOLD ADVANTAGE?

Get tanky. After you've finished your first two offensive items, it's very important to buy defensive

items as soon as possible because Xin needs them to survive more than a few seconds in

teamfights. This is the point where your team is beginning to group up and fight the enemy team,

so fights and skirmishes will happen frequently.

IF YOURE SUPER FED AND THE ENEMY TEAM DOESNT HAVE MUCH HARD CC...

Lategame Teamfights and Objectives

Quick and Dirty:

Objectives are key (Dragon, Baron, towers,

inhibitors). Don't get baited by a low health

enemy or squishy target. Work with your team,

and keep warding.

Now you have reached the point in the game where you really need a tanky item or two (or three) to survive more

than a couple seconds in teamfights, especially if you're part of the front line. You should also have 30-40% CDR bythis point so you can use your EQ combo more often. The enemy team is most likely grouped up, so if you see a

lonely squishy target it's most likely a trap. It's so easy to take the bait since you've been doing nothing but

jumping on squishy targets all game, but you h ave to resist the urge and first make SURE that you genuin ely did

catch someone off guard before you engage.

Objectives:

Secure map objectives. Individual kills simply don't compare to the value of a Dragon stack, a

Baron buff, or an inhibitor turret. If you haven't already done so, shift your focus away from hunting

people and instead push your team towards objective control.

If a teamfight breaks out, fight the enemy team in a fashion that best helps your own

team.You have to communicate with your team and be aware of what the main source of damage

is (is it your 2/5 vayne or your 8/3 ziggs with 200 farm? Is it YOU since you're fed, or is it your 4-

item Kog'Maw because you had a tough lane phase?).

Individual kills allow for the opportunity to

your lead further with things like towers, in

neutral objectives, though.
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WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE THE TANK AND INITIATOR

WHAT TO DO IF YOURE PLAYING ASSASSINS CREED: LEAGUE

WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE A HYPERCARRY ADC

Once you destroy an inhibitor, pressure other lanes. This is a very common mistake in

Bronze/Silver: You destroy an inhibitor and then continue to blindly push the lane forward until the

enemy team respawns and pounces on you with Homeguard. Don't do this! You gotta believe in the

power of winions and pursue a different objective.

If you see a good opportunity to backdoor, take it. What makes a good opportunity? When

you already have a large minion wave building up when the enemy team is pushing down mid lane

but your team can withstand a siege for a few minutes, or when you're extremely fed and could kill

any single champion they send to stop you (which means they'd have to send 2 or 3).

What makes a poor opportunity? When you have an inhibitor down and the enemy team is

marching into your base when Baron or Dragon are about to be contested, or if the enemy team

has a fed champion who could kill you in a straight-up fight.

Advanced Techniques/Random Tips

Quick and Dirty:

Just a bag of tricks that improve your skills.

Combat

Since Three Talon Strike's attack animation is so

quick, you can consistently interrupt a LOT of

abilities with cast times, provided you can anticipate

them. This lets you win a lot of trades. It also lets

you hit people immediately after they dash or blink

away. As long as you land one autoattack before

they blink away and you reset your animation with

Q, that first Q will always hit. You can also hit

targets who go into stealth this way, like Akali or

Shaco.

Try to save Audacious Charge for when your

target tries to escape. You can do this by hiding in

bushes, using the fog of war, or simply running up

to them if you're fast enough.

When you're trading with your opponents in lane, be

aware of their ability cooldowns and work around

them. If it's an autoattack modifier like Empower

or Drunken Rage, make your opponent waste it

on a minion.

A question that I use to help my duo partn

pressure the right objectives is to ask mys

"exactly why am I here right now?" if I can

answer, I'll start looking for more suitable

be -2

This is especially important for skillshots

can dodge. For example, jayce loses a lo

pressure in his lane once his acceleration

shock blast combo is down. You can zon

a lot of CS.
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If you're trying to kill a squishy with an escape, save

R in case you burst him 90% down and then end up

chasing him just outside AA range, with E on

cooldown. If you can't catch up to him, swat him off

the map with R.

Utility

A good farming techique mid-late game is to use

Audacious Charge on the caster minions, then use

one Three Talon Strikefor each of them to finish

them off. It's quick and efficient.

You can (sort of) ward jump in the jungle. If you're

across the wall from a monster camp, you can toss

a ward on the camp, then dash to one of the

monsters to jump over the wall. Handy for escaping.

Just for fun

If you spam your joke (ctrl + 2) about 2 times every

second Xin will look like he's repeatedly kicking the

air. It's a good way to taunt someone.

If you right-click to move somewhere, then dance

(ctrl + 3) for about 1 second, then continue moving,

Xin does this cool flourish with his spear. You can

also achieve a similar effect by pressing the laugh

button instead (ctrl + 4). This is kinda

buggy/inconsistent and needs a little practice to get

down perfectly.

Matchups

Quick and Dirty:

Read the ability icons if you don't know a certain

champion. Difficulty = how hard it is to play

I don't cover matchups in my review. Let m

you have any particular matchups you'd li

look at
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against them. Threat = how dangerous they are.

- For each matchup there's a strategy/explanation, list of abilities, and difficulty/threat scales. Difficulty level means

how skilled and focused you have to be to beat them. Threat level means how dangerous that opponent is,

especially when fed. A fed Maokai can't really kill you, but a fed Rengar is a nightmare.

- Most of the things I point out in certain matchups are things you should be doing in every game, like asserting

lane dominance, monitoring enemy ability cooldowns, harassing melee-range champs with Q at level 1, trying to

dodge poke and harass from enemy champs, etc.

- Finally, remember that it takes several games facing each champion before you begin to feel comfortable playing

against them. Don't lose confidence or feel bad if you lost a matchup you should've won - you'll get better with

experience and make mistakes less often.

Aatrox

Aatrox has less damage and less

sustain when above 50% health,

and below 50% health you can

burst him down too quickly for his

healing to really pay off. Try to

pop his passive early, and zone

him from farming range to deny

his sustain. If he misses his Q

knockup, you will always win

trades. Otherwise you'll go about

even. Be wary of jungler ganks

though - Aatrox has a strongknockup and slow, so you can get

locked down easily.

__________ ____

_________

__________ ____

Difficulty level: 4/10

Threat level: 6/10

Akali

Akali is weak early, but she's tricky

because of her shroud. If she gets

in melee range, tap her a couple

times with Q to show her who's

boss. After level 6, you can knock

her out of her shroud for a second

or two by standing in it and ulting

(make sure she's not Challenged).

DO NOT feed her.

___________ ___

_________

___________ ___


Threat level: 8/10

Braum

You won't see him much in top

lane, but when you do you'll win

easily. Concussive Blows takes

4 hits to proc, while TTS only

takes 3 (plus you have more

attack speed). After you knock

him up, walk away to avoid

getting stunned. Try to keep a

meatshield minion in front of you

to eat his Q. Before you jump on

him, watch the minion waves

because he can jump to a minion

if there's one behind him to

escape.

___________ ___

_________

___________ ___


Threat level: 4/10

Cho'Gath

His skill at landing Rupture will

determine how much or how little

he feeds you, because if he doesn't

land it he's a free kill. If he's good,

he'll save Rupturefor when you

jump on him and target t he

ground he's standing on so you get

knocked up. To dodge this, jump

on him and immediately keep

moving forward or up/down. His

on-hit damage is weaker than TTS

so don't be afraid to duke it out

right at level 1. Be wary of his

___________ ___

_________

___________ ___


Threat level: 5/10
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ultimate even when building full

tank it does a scary amount of

true damage.

Darius

Play this one carefully. In order to

win, you have to reach level 2

before Darius does without taking

more than 1-2 Q hits at level 1.

Once you reach level 2, take E if

your health is above 60% or so, or

take W if Darius is aggressive and

your health is lower than his.

Attack him the INSTANT you hit

level 2, while you have the

advantage. If you lose lane

dominance, you will get zoned and

lose cs. If this happens, make sure

to ask your jungler for ganks

because Darius has no escapes.

__________ ____

_________

__________ ____


Threat level: 8/10

Fiora

Play this one carefully. Watch out

for Fiora's passive - she'll try to

maneuver around you to hit your

weak spot. If she's bad, she'll just

spam W when you start fighting,in which case you can simply use

a regular AA to break it. Try to

dodge her W if you can.

__________ ____

_________

__________ ____

Difficulty level: 2/10-8/10

Threat level: 8/10

Fizz

Play this one carefully. He can

outdamage you early game with

his stupid on-hit W. If you dash to

him, he can press E to delay a

second while you take minion

aggro, and then Q you at point-

blank range to escape. He's very

annoying and very dangerous, so

play safely and look carefully foropportunities to strike.

__________ ____

_________

__________ ____


Threat level: 9/10

Gangplank

He has excellent poke with Q, but

his all-in is sub-par and costs a lot

of mana. Try to take as little

harass at level 1 as possible, and

when you reach level 2, make him

pay for it. Force him to choose

between consuming his passive on

you and using it to farm (much

like Caitlyn's passive). Try to

contest his barrels, too: your AA-Q

reset can kill barrels faster than

his AA-Q. At level 6, don't stand inhis ultimate for the entire duration

because you'll take a LOT of

damage if you do. Pop ignite early

to anticipate his heal.

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_________

___________ ___


Threat level: 5/10

Garen

All you have to do to beat Garen

early is to pay attention to his

ability cooldowns. If he uses Q or E

to farm, jump on him immediately.

His W can turn trades in his favor,

but only good Garens will time it

properly and it has a huge

cooldown (24 seconds). Try to keep

his passive down by trading often,

__________ ____

_________

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because your sustain comes from

fighting and his comes from

staying out of the fight.

Threat level: 5/10

Gnar

Mini Gnar is annoying, but very

squishy. Mega Gnar has more CC

and tankyness than you, but less

mobility. Try to dodge his Q at

early levels, and jump on him at

level 2. He'll probably hop away,

but not before you can get an E-

AA-Q combo off. The best time to

engage is right before he turns

back to Mini Gnar.

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Threat level: 6/10

Gragas

Gragas is tanky, so he's hard to

kill. He also has a lot of poke and

trading power. In other words,

he's a hard lane opponent. If you

use your EQ combo on him, he'll

likely dash away with Body

Slam, so try to play around that.

He can also knock you into his

tower with his ult, so watch out

for that if your lane is pushed.

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Threat level: 5/10

Heimerdinger

I hate Heimerdinger. You can blow

him up easily, but he can also blow

YOU up easily and completely zone

you out. Once he gets Zhonya's

Hourglassyou can't really attack

him without a magic resist item like

Spirit Visage. Don't ask for

ganks after level 6 if your jungler is

below 60% health or squishy

because Heimerdinger will probably

get at least 1 kill.

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Threat level: 5/10

Irelia

Play this one carefully.Irelia is

tough, but beatable. She has

slightly less damage than you, but

has similar sustain and tankyness.

In order to win you have to take

the small things into account like

minion aggro, summoner/ult

cooldown timers, and whether you

have more or less HP than her

when you engage. Harass her with

Q at levels 1-2 to assert lane

dominance.

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Threat level: 5/10

Jarvan IV

Play this one carefully. Jarvan is

like Darius he can outpoke you at

level 1 and assert lane dominance,

which he can maintain throughout

lane phase. He can go about even

with you in trades, but he doesn't

have sustain so if you can zone

him from the melee minions you

can heal back a little health. If you

can dodge his EQ combo you'll win

the trade. You can also dash to a

nearby enemy minion if available

to escape Cataclysm.

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Threat level: 6/10

Jax
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Play this one carefully. Jax is

the supposedly perfect counter to

Xin Zhao, but you can still win

this. Jax has no sustain. You have

short cooldowns on Q and E. You

can dodge/bait his stun. You excel

at short trades, and they're mana-

efficient. You have sustain. See

where I'm going with this? In order

to beat Jax, you have to avoid toe-

to-toe slugfests and do fancy tricks

with Q and E to dodge his stun.

Tips on trading and baiting

Counter Strike:

- Use Q twice on minions, then EQ

to him for a very quick trade (not

very mana efficient, but it gets the

job done) and then immediately

back off.

- Just walk up to him and start

autoattacking (without Q). If he

activates E, walk backwards to

avoid it and pull the fight towards

your minions. Once he stuns you,

proceed to destroy him with E-Q-

W.

- Anytime after he uses E, you

have a 16 second window to tradefreely with him.

- After level 6, you can start

autoattacking him, wait for him to

press E, then hit a minion and ult

him away from you to dodge the

stun. Then you can jump on him

and wail away with your combo.

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Threat level: 8/10

Jayce

Jayce is squishy. Try to take as

little harass as possible at level 1,

then jump on him at level 2 like

usual. If he's not a complete idiot,

he'll stay in cannon form until you

jump on him, t hen switch t o

hammer form and knock you

away. Depending on his reaction

time, you can get 1-2 or maybe

even all 3 Q hits off before you get

knocked back. Just rinse and

repeat this process while dodging

his Shock Blastand you'll win

the lane.

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Threat level: 5/10

Kayle

To stay on top of Kayle and get all

three Q hits off, you need to

move with her in between your

attacks. Of course you should do

this with anyone who'll retreatwhen you jump on them, but it's

crucial with Kayle because she'll

kite you to death if you don't

knock her up. Stay away from

your own minions when she's

farming them with E to avoid the

splash damage. The best time to

engage on her is when she has

1-2 seconds left on E (you can

click on her and see how much

time is left on it on her status bar

in the upper left corner).

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Threat level: 5/10

Lee Sin

Lee Sin is like Garen - watch his
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ability cooldowns and engage

when one of them is on cooldown.

He's definitely more tricky though.

He can Safeguard to a nearby

minion, so watch the minion

waves to make sure he can't

escape that way. Tempest will

also lower your attack speed, so if

he lands that it hurts your dueling

power. Don't get knocked into his

tower if he jumps behind you with

an Insec move.

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Threat level: 8/10

Lissandra

She'll use W when you dash to

her, but as long as you don't take

too much Q harass from her you'll

win trades with E-AA-Q. Watch

out for her burst when she

reaches level 6, especially if

you're being ganked. If you see

her using E to escape, you can ult

her or knock her up to cancel it.

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Threat level: 6/10

Malphite

Malphite is another hard counter

because of his attack speed slow

from Ground Slam. However,

it has a pretty short range so he

might miss it if you aren't right

next to him. He is also NOT tanky

early on - the only thing he really

has is his passive shield. He is also

very mana hungry, so trade often

(wait for him to waste E or wait

for the slow to wear off).

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Threat level: 5/10

Maokai

Maokai actually has a decent

amount of damage and sustain if

played correctly, so don't play

recklessly thinking you'll auto-win.It's hard to dodge his sapling

explosions, but at least dodge the

damage from the initial toss.

Other than that, it's the usual: tap

him with Q if he gets in AA range,

jump on him if he's not sitting in a

pile of minions, and assert lane

dominance early.

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Threat level: 3/10

Nasus

If you don't kill him at least 1-2

times before he gets his first

complete item, Nasus has officially

won the lane :/ . He's SO

frustrating because you can't just

take lane dominance or zone him

under his turret, you actually have

to force him to recall multiple

times via poking (impossible with

Xin) or get multiple kills during

lane phase to truly shut him

down. If you don't, you won't be

fed coming out of lane phase and

it'll be much harder to snowball

midgame, and everyone knows

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