Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-5209745-20140109080627/@comment-5266525-20140110000512

Yeah, that build wouldn't work on SR. It'll leave you too squishy early since you need to rush all its offensive components and you'll be too squishy late since FH, SV and Mercs won't cover nearly enough of your tankiness needs.

IMO a rushed Brutalizer is jungle Xin's best early item if doesn't get royally screwed in the first ten minutes. It's got a cheap and efficient build path, lets him wreck just about everyone 1v1, pads his clearing issues and he LOVES the 10% CDR. It's also great for helping him to snowball if he manages to cheese a few kills here and there because Youmuu's on him is absolutely insane. Fed Xin Zhao can quite easily 3v1 if he's smart about when to leap in.

It can create problems when trying to maximize CDR on him, since I consider Spirit Visage to be core on basically all of the builds I use on him, so it leaves only 10% left. The only decent 10% CDR item for him left is Gauntlet but then I can't get Trinity if I get insanely fed (though it probably doesn't matter by that point).