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[S4] AP Xin Zhao Jungle - Only AP Jungle Xin Guide Out There

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Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

START WITH

CORE BUILD

AFTER CORE

LAST ITEM OPTIONS

EXAMPLE BUILD (NEED SOME MR)

EXAMPLE BUILD (NEED MORE ARMOR)

CRAZY DAMAGE BUILD (SELL BOOTS)

JUGGERNAUT BUILD (SELL BOOTS)

Ability Order

Xin Zhao Passive Ability

Introduction

Hey everyone, My name is Chris Kelly (DrakeJuniorr but changed my name to Eggzreal) . I've been playing League for a while now and i've fell in love with it. Throughout my time playing, i've had a love for . He is champ that is usually played as an AD Offtank and can be a pain to go against. After playing him for a while I wanted to have some fun and decided to go AP since i saw his W and E being scaled by it. I've found that AP Xin is in my opinion a better Jungler than AD Xin, but not as great in lane. AP Xin is great for destroying objectives. He is an amazing duelist. You can usually start a fight at half health and win the fight at full health. 1v1 you are a monster. You can even heal yourself through 2 people at once and win a 2v1. You can solo Dragon very early on at around level 7 though it may take some time and is risky. AP Xin can also solo baron around when he gets Rabadon's. I can't even tell you how much of an advantage it is for your team. AP Xin is known as the T-T-T-TOWER BREAKER. He gains health even when attacking towers so he can heal himself through and solo them when he has the right amount of items. All in all he is great for objectives and backdooring and a really fun pick.

Pros / Cons

+ Unstoppable Late Game
+ Great at 1v1 Duels
+ Amazing at taking down towers
+ Nice gap closer with E
+ Fantastic Sustain with W
+ Has some CC with Q
+ Can solo Dragon early
+ Has the potential to SOLO BARON
+ So Much Fun!!!

- Weak early game
- Vulnerable to CC
- Not great at escaping
- Not too great at teamfights
- VERY Item dependant
- Q and ULT scale off of AD

Runes

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Phase Rush

I used to give him that extra Attack Speed for getting heals quicker.

I used because the these are essential for all junglers. Gives you some resistance to the damage dealt to you so you dont die as quickly. These are used in almost every build.

I used and to give you a good amount of ability power at the beginning of the game to start out with. The glyphs can be replaced by if you would prefer some more attack speed over AP.

Masteries

Summoner Spells

I usually use on all of my champions that I play. It's a quick gap closer and it can really come in handy. You can get over walls to get kills or save yourself. Helps you get away to save yourself or get closer to secure that kill. There are so many possibilities to this Spell. I greatly recommend it.

Smite is ESSENTIAL for most junglers. It gives you much faster clear time and saves you some health. It also lets you be able to secure dragon and baron. I HIGHLY recommend this spell.

Jungling

Whenever i'm jungling these are my usual jungling routes:

Blue Team
-Using Smite
Red > Wraiths > Blue > Gank
-Smiteless
Red > Golems(Use Smite) > Wraiths > Blue > Gank

Red Team
-Using Smite
Blue > Wolves > Red > Gank
-Smiteless
Blue > Wight(Use Smite) > Wolves > Red > Gank

Here are the Jungle Timers for each of the camps:

Blue Buff (Ancient Golem) - Initial Spawn Time = 1:55
Takes 5:00 minutes to respawn after cleared.

Red Buff (Elder Lizard) - Initial Spawn Time = 1:55
Takes 5:00 minutes to respawn after cleared.

Wolves - Initial Spawn Time = 1:55
Takes 50 seconds to respawn after cleared.

Wraiths - Initial Spawn Time = 1:55
Takes 50 seconds to respawn after cleared.

Double Golems - Initial Spawn Time = 1:55
Takes 50 seconds to respawn after cleared.

Dragon - Initial Spawn Time = 2:30
Takes 6:00 minutes to respawn after cleared.

Baron Nasher - Initial Spawn Time = 15:00
Takes 7:00 minutes to respawn after cleared.

TeamFights

AP is not the best teamfighter. If he gets CC'd it means no healing. And no healing = death. Also if he gets pounded by damage he most likely wont be able to heal himself through it. Your job is to attack the squishies to reduce the damage inflicted upon your team. Less damage = being able to heal yourself through it, and most importantly, gets you that ace!

HALL OF FAME

If you used this build and it worked out well for you, send in a screenshot of your score and i'll put it up on my guide!

Some recent games by DrakeJuniorr :

Conclusion

Thank you for checking out my AP guide! I haven't seen an in-depth S4 AP Jungle guide for so i decided to make a build to help out everyone. This is my first guide i've worked on. So if you can give me suggestions it would help greatly! I consider all advice. And if you are going to upvote or downvote please explain why you liked this guide or suggestions to improve it. There's always room to improve! I will credit you for your help. And again, thanks for checking out my guide<3

You can add me in game @ "DrakeJuniorr" if you would like to play sometime!

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THESE PEOPLE FOR GIVING SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE GUIDE<3
Neirith
Kalaaver

Upcoming Updates

I am soon going to be adding in jungle match-ups and counter-jungling. Again if there as anything else you want me to add please leave a comment<3

LATEST UPDATE:
March 29th, 2014
-LICH BANE HAS BEEN NERFED
this takes a impact on AP Xin's overall damage but it's still necessary in his build.