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 Lethal Tempo 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 in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Black Cleaver as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Titanic Hydra. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Sundered Sky and finish with Wit's End. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 56.6% winrate over 1 081 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 Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Eclipse, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver and Death's Dance. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 52.4% win rate over 740 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Lethal Tempo as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Approach Velocity 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 Eclipse as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Death's Dance and Titanic Hydra. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 48.2% win rate across 456 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Xin Zhao Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Eclipse as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sundered Sky as third item. The last 3 options are Sterak's Gage, 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 52.5% win rate over 295 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.