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Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Ability Order
Determination (PASSIVE)
Xin Zhao Passive Ability
Introduction




As of 4/26/12, I've made changes due to comments by a reader. Hope these changes meet your needs and make sure to comment on what changes I might need because I AM SUCH A NOOB PLAYER AT LOL AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT BUILDING!!! :D JK I know a little but not PRO.
As of 10/2/12, I've updated items and continuing to update text and add more sections to this guide. Hope you like it and use it in your games.
As of 10/2/12, I've updated items and continuing to update text and add more sections to this guide. Hope you like it and use it in your games.
For items, I would recommend first getting a
Boots then getting 3
Health Potions. Boots and three pots ensure maximum survivability. Boots help you dodge enemy skillshots.
Next, after pwning your enemy lanes(s), you should go back to base and get a couple of doran blades to boost your early game power.
On your second recall to base, you should be able to upgrade to
Berserker's Greaves. If you don't, well... lets just say your doing something wrong. :)
Sometime after the 15 minute mark, or 20 minute mark, you should have enough to get 1 b.f. sword. We should start building on our I.E. bout now. Extra 45 AD... >.>
Usually at this time I like to throw in a
Vampiric Scepter for some life steal.
During mid-game, if you feel kind of slow at attacking with
Xin Zhao, you can start getting the
Phantom Dancer. The
Phantom Dancer gives you an incredible 55% attack speed and also an extra 30% critical strike and 15% movement speed.
Chasing down your enemies should be a breeze combined with your
Audacious Charge and your
Phantom Dancer's extra movement speed.
If you feel like you don't have enough survivability, you can always go for a
Frozen Mallet. The frozen mallet gives you 700 HP for surviving and 20 AD for extra damage.
I haven't mentioned it's passive yet :3. The passive slows your enemy so you can chase them down easily and get that killing blow in.
Awesome isn't it? :D Alright on to the next item on the list :).
The last item to get would be and
Atma's Impaler. For me getting
Atma's Impaler is very deadly combined with
Frozen Mallet. Since of it's passive, it converts 1.5% of your max HP into bonus AD.
For example: 3000 HP x 0.015= 45 AD
Wow that's a lot isn't it? since we already have other damage boosting items, this will help a bit.
Also,
Atma's Impaler also gives you 45 armor and 15% critical chance. Even more critical chance to get that health bar down to zero. The survivability increases for such situations like getting ganked by a turret or just surviving that AD heaver enemy carry.


Next, after pwning your enemy lanes(s), you should go back to base and get a couple of doran blades to boost your early game power.
On your second recall to base, you should be able to upgrade to

Sometime after the 15 minute mark, or 20 minute mark, you should have enough to get 1 b.f. sword. We should start building on our I.E. bout now. Extra 45 AD... >.>
Usually at this time I like to throw in a

During mid-game, if you feel kind of slow at attacking with



Chasing down your enemies should be a breeze combined with your


If you feel like you don't have enough survivability, you can always go for a

I haven't mentioned it's passive yet :3. The passive slows your enemy so you can chase them down easily and get that killing blow in.
Awesome isn't it? :D Alright on to the next item on the list :).
The last item to get would be and



For example: 3000 HP x 0.015= 45 AD
Wow that's a lot isn't it? since we already have other damage boosting items, this will help a bit.
Also,

OFFENSE:
My set of masteries for
Xin Zhao will be mostly based on OFFENSE. There is a little of defense in there just for the squishy-ness. Basically the masteries go like this:21-9-0.
I would first start adding points to
Summoner's Wrath
and then
Brute Force
. That extra AD is always in handy.
Next we shall add 4 points to
Alacrity
. Extra attack speed=Extra Pwnin' with
Xin Zhao!
The ten percent armor pen in
Weapon Expertise
will help
Xin Zhao a lot. Lets say you have 200 AD. Then with the 10% armor pen you would do an extra 20 damage!!! Makes a lot of difference sometimes when last hitting your enemies.
Ofc we should max out
lethality and
Deadliness
because we need that extra AD and crit damage. Extra crit damage along with your
Infinity Edge very late game to push that last bit of turret health down to 0 and GG.
Now, NOW! Time for... DA
Executioner
>:D. EXTRA 6% damage to enemies BELOW 40% health!:O
WOW! That will definitely turn the tide of the whole game if used smartly. If you have high AD if you follow my build :), you can do awesome extra damage. Imagine your opponent's life bar go down, down, down, and zilch. Don't that feel WONDERFUL??? :D
DEFENSE:
For
Xin Zhao on defense, we should definitely max out
Resistance
because I mean, almost every champion I have ever played with, except for tanks, only have a flat rate of 30 MR. Now, that's kind of little... so that's why i decided to max out
Resistance
due to that. Add one point to
Hardiness
because we need 4 points to the next level.
Durability
should definitely come next. As I said,
Xin Zhao is squishy. :( Some extra health per level should help him a bit it terms of surviving.
FINALLY, last on the list,
Veteran's Scars
.
Veteran's Scars
adds an additional 30 health. Doesn't seem like much but will make all the difference later on.
My set of masteries for

I would first start adding points to


Next we shall add 4 points to


The ten percent armor pen in


Ofc we should max out



Now, NOW! Time for... DA

WOW! That will definitely turn the tide of the whole game if used smartly. If you have high AD if you follow my build :), you can do awesome extra damage. Imagine your opponent's life bar go down, down, down, and zilch. Don't that feel WONDERFUL??? :D
DEFENSE:
For






FINALLY, last on the list,


For runes, we should get
Greater Mark of Attack Speed because
Xin Zhao the SWAGGA should need EVEN MORE attack speed :D.
EXTRA ATTACK SPEED=EXTRA SWAGGIN'.
Greater Seal of Critical Chance is essential. Critical strike in early game would definitely go up because of this. For example, early game gank, you need that crit strike to finish him off b4 you get turret ganked :). You might think it isn't a lot, but 3.78 percent crit strike is plenty :D.
Greater Glyph of Critical Damage benefits you a lot. Higher crit damage will help that crit soar out of the charts ;). For instance, with
Gangplank, I got 1000 damage crit cause of extra crit damage. Now, me i don't buy runes xD. I recommend them in these guides for you people. 2 infinity edges, 1000 crit with
Parrrley >:D. Totally owned them that game :O
Now for the Quintessences. The Greater quintessence of desolation will help with that armor penetration I was talking about! Thats like 10% with and extra 9.99 armor pen. I'm stupid at math so I won't calculate that!:D
Well that's about it for Runes :).


EXTRA ATTACK SPEED=EXTRA SWAGGIN'.




Now for the Quintessences. The Greater quintessence of desolation will help with that armor penetration I was talking about! Thats like 10% with and extra 9.99 armor pen. I'm stupid at math so I won't calculate that!:D
Well that's about it for Runes :).





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You really need to farm up at least 1k gold if possible before B back to base because you will need to upgrade your boots and start building on your



The rest will be champion kills or assists to get your gold, so use that time wisely to accumulate up enough for


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Xin Zhao!!!

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