You can clearly understand from my topic's title that the following tutorial will show you the best way to play Xin Zhao.TANKY!
This is NOT MY guide, I found it on internet but it's the most aproppriate for Xin Zhao so it deserves to be posted.I'll give any credits in the end of this topic.Lets get started.
First of all these are the final stats of Xin Zhaos at level 18.Including his recommended Spells, Runes selections and Abilities Learning Order.Remember this is just recommendation and you're NOT oblidged to follow it.
Next, it's the building.This kind of building might seem a bit of over-tanked but trust me, worths the price on Xin Zhao.
Masteries.Well, not much to comment on that apart from the fact that you could use 21 Masteries on the first masteries column and split the rest of the points into the second column.It's your decision.
That's the end of the reccomendations.Now, lets get a bit deeper into the advantages and disadvantages of each item, rune etc.
Runes.Why should I chose those runes?What runes help me for?Where am I goin' to need them?Bellow is your answer:
Skills specifications, advantages and disadvantages.If you know what's the usefullness of each skill, just skip this:
Now, lets see some starting items which you'll need during your jungling leveling and & farming.Well, I've got some comments to make into the boots selection, but lets just focus on this one firstly.By the way, it's totally your decision if you'll start jungling with the Vampiric Scepter or the Cloth Armor.I would recommend Cloth Armor.
After you've chosen your starting jungling item and earned some gold, go back and buy some items!
These are your "Core Items" like the guide creator mentions.A few comments before keep reading the following image.If you've started with Vampiric Scepter, then Wriggle's Lantern is the best choise to build.But, if you've started with Cloth Armor, then I would recommend you building your core items depending on your enemies.If I was you and was facing some heavy DPS enemies, I would build a Ninja Tabi boots with my Cloth Armor.
So, lets take a look at the following items.Advantages and disadvantages of each item included.
Following, we've got the Optional Items and the items which will be build after minute 25-30.Every item recommended in the guide is a good choise, although I would build firstly a Frozen Mallet, then a Black Cleaver and then choose my next items depending on my enemies.Anyways, lets take a look at them:
Here's some comments and tips by the Guide Creator.
*He's recommending to start with the 2 Golems.I don't do that, I start off with the Blue Golem so he can give me the MP regeneration that my jungling and skills require.It's your choise.
Following, The Jungle Mindset.I've got no comments on the following sayings.Just mention the final tip.GIVE YOUR TEAM THE BUFFS!Read everything on the following image.It's absolutelly usefull.
Lastly, what you've all been waiting for, TEAM FIGHTS!The following tips are what a jungler/tanky Xin needs to engage into battles and take the shit out of his enemies.Enjoy the tips!
So, that was it.That's the best guide I've found searching the internet about Xin and that's the one I've been following.I would recommend to every Xin Zhao player to do the same and you'll see the results.
Credits for this guide goes to Revory.
All I did was posting the images and making the comments of the guide.Have a nice gaming with Xin ;)
Cheers!