sup heres w***up; if yall have been watchin, you mighta realized that xin zhao
quite frankly
is only a lane bully
and is rather mediocre midgame/lategame as a damage dealer
instead, he acts as more of a megasunfire cape meatshield

however, i have found a way to counter act this deficiency

in a lane xin has to be aggressive but if you want to be a passive ganking machine then follow this jungle build

xin must always have armor pen marks and quints
armor seals are standard for jungling
and magic resist per level glyphs for late game

your basic 21/0/9 jungling build

Summoners will be smite for jungling and ghost for chasing/running away, but NEVER run away.

Start out with cloth armor + 5 hp pots.

As you can see my build focuses on the current meta; tanky dps
xin already becomes tanky through his ulti so why build him super tanky
my build can easily slice squishies like a paper shredder while healing yourself up
always remember to use your randuin active
if you have extra money always buy wards, elixir of fortitudes and elixir of agility
Atma's Impaler seals the deal with all the hp you get through your items

Either start out at blue buff if you think your safe or small golems if pressured

blue -> wolves -> wraiths -> red -> golems

golems -> wraiths -> wolves -> blue -> recall -> red

Start ganking after getting red, you are GARENTEED to get a kill

you won't be building very many tank items so you can be secondary initiation. you charge in, use your ult to damage as many as possible, activate your three talon strike most importantly on a squishy and then use your battle cry to lower your cooldowns

basically, my build is the future of xin zhao because it is a stable build that is strong throughout the entire game unlike any other build. when equally farmed/fed, my build can actually take on anyone such as tryndamere, master yi, and even karma

GL and HF