Bruiser build for durable first entry: Xin Zhao must be able to cross the first screen, condemn a poorly covered target, then stay alive long enough for his team to truly profit from the chaos created. The cleaned build must therefore protect access as much as post-contact presence.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost -100gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,200 total cost
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Xin Zhao wins through tempo, not scaling. Build maximizes dueling and survivability to convert engages into kills or objectives.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
3 attaques Q Three Talon Strike stack Conqueror ultra-quickly in any fight.
The third-Q knock-up procs the shield mid-gank — you dive, you knock up, you soak.
Reduces incoming damage after his knockup Q to maintain his pressure in fights.
Accumulated HP to be hard to kill during his ganks aggressive.
E (Audacious Charge) dash triggers penetration physical on each engage.
