Xin Zhao·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Xin Zhao Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Triumph in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Eclipse. For your last 3 items, you should build Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver and finish with The Collector. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 48.9% winrate over 1 258 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Eclipse as a third item. You want to finish the build with Blade of The Ruined King, Black Cleaver and The Collector. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 43.0% win rate across 149 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Xin Zhao Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Eclipse as third item. The last 3 options are Sundered Sky, Black Cleaver and Blade of The Ruined King. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 44.4% win rate over 126 matches played.

Situational Xin Zhao Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Xin Zhao build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.