Hello I am hank I have over 2000 games with xin Zhao needless to say I think I've mastered him let me spill my knowledge on him to you my readers

introduction of xin zhao

xin Zhao is a auto attack dependent, heavily damaging off-tank with a strong kit for duels vs. 1 or more enemies he is a gladiator who can be an unstoppable beast when fed and even make engages strong enough to hurt 5 enemy champions all at once he is scary to say the least

Runes

When jungling

Marks- 7 armor penetration, 2 attack damage

Seals-9 flat armor

Glyphs-9 flat magic resist

Quints-3 attack speed

When Lanning

Marks-7 armor penetration, 2 attack damage

Seals-9 flat armor

Glyphs-9 flat magic resist

Quints-3 flat attack damage

Masteries

Offensive

18/6/6

Defensive

6/6/18

Skill Sequence

When Lanning-R>Q>W>E

When Jungling-R>W>Q>E

Pros / Cons

Pros

1.Very strong early and mid game

2.Strong engager

3.Destroys all when fed (snowballs hard)

4.Destroys turrets very fast (with proper damage items)

5.naturally tanky & damaging

Cons

1.Few escapes

2.Very easy to kite when e is on cool-down

3.can be fairly predictable

4.only means of offense is auto attacks

5.must always fight at close range

Jungling

Jungle

1.red buff

2.blue buff

3.grump

Start looking for overextended lanes at level 3 try to get boots immediately after finishing first jungle item

never turret dive when ganking unless you absolutely sure you can kill the enemy without dieing

Team Work

xin Zhao works best as a team initiator so I will explain the proper way to engage with him

When enemies are spread apart

(REMEMBER TO NEVER INITIATE A FIGHT WITHOUT YOUR TEAM MATES NEARBY)

When the enemy is spread apart simply walk up to the squishiest Carrie and r the others away when they jump on you while their momentarily stunned kill the squishy Carrie while your team engages them

When the enemy is bunched up

When the enemy is bunched up remember to flash into the center of them and press r then e onto the squishiest Carrie and kill them as quickly as possible while your team engages the rest of them

Unique Skills

Xin Zhao has one of the scariest ultimates and passives in the game

R- Cresent Sweep Is an attack that hits enemys in a 360 degree circle around him that's deals 75-275 damage plus 15% of thier total health and gives you bonus resistances depending on the number of points that is in it and the number of enemy champions that you hit (which is why I always use it as the starting attack)aslo sends them flying and stuns them for 1.5 seconds

passive- basic attacks take away 15% of the enemies armor / audicus charge also procs his passive