Xin Zhao·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Xin Zhao Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Magical Footwear and Approach Velocity 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 Eclipse as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Titanic Hydra. For your last 3 items, you should build Sundered Sky, Death's Dance and finish with Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 55.3% winrate over 463 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Xin Zhao Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Approach Velocity in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Black Cleaver, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Titanic Hydra as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius and Unending Despair. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 48.4% win rate over 93 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Revitalize 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 Titanic Hydra as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Black Cleaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Riftmaker, Spirit Visage and Sunfire Aegis. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 61.7% win rate across 60 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.