r/XinZhaoMains

I started playing Xin yesterday, mainly on jungle and I had way more fun than I expected, and I'm definitelly going to get some hours on him. The only problem that I run through mostly was on champs that stat checked me like Trundle, Yi and specially Illaoi.

When I fighted Yi I got most of his HP down, but by a mere second he was always faster than me and killed me. Obviously he was faster in speed but also on cooldowns, and mostly he got saved by his Q by mere miliseconds if it was a duel of 1 on 1.

Of course, I probably did something wrong in there and I could have done something better, but when I tried to duel him or Trundle I struggled way more than I expected, coming that I did well in duels most of the time.

I won most of my other fight's due to playing with friend's and coordinating to try to have numerical superiority, but I didn't know how to deal with Yi or Trundle on 2 different games (to be fair once Trundle got ganked like 3 or 4 times for being reckless he stopped being dangerous, but before that.

The worst was on Illaoi. Even before she got fed I didn't have the balls to gank her, and when alone, I still got wrecked, even having sundered sky and black cleaver.

Is it just a thing that Xin struggles with or can something be done to work with that? With other character's like Shyvana, Anivia or Hwei I got it easier on just waiting for the moment to get a W and jump in and win

I've tried a couple of AD xin with sundered and black cleaver first two items and i've lost them all or barely scrape by.

On the other hand, if I build AP xin with statik, DnD and like Death's dance I win. Am I crazy?

I play jungle and all I see is AD Xin.

Till the sundered sky nerf is it always worth to build it first or just build it? Maybe Titanic Hydra or eclipse first could be better?

I see ppl recomend a lot of builds, but not the ss and black cleaver that much which is the recomneded highest win rate one.

I heared about the dusk and dawn build, it seems intresting to be an ap bruiser. What items should i chose for that one? Especially that sundered will get nerfed.

Hi, I had started playing Xin Zhao in the top lane before the nerfs and all the buffs he received, but lately I've really struggled with him, so I'm wondering if he's still viable? And if so, what's the best build and any tips for playing him?

(Silver/gold) my duo wants to learn xin zhao jng, and I play galio mid. Question is what is the most consistent/core items to go on xin both solo and when we duo? Have been playing league for years, so it's mainly the itemization and runes we're unsure of (just follow opgg?).