Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-5266525-20140725073220

Essence Reaver on Xin is just insane! It's more or less to him what Chalice and Revolver combined is to AP midlaners. He becomes a sustain monster on par with the likes of Swain and Warwick with none of their mana issues and that's without even getting into the chunk of AD and cooldown reduction (both of which Xin scales really well with).

The steep price point and the fact that it's a full offensive item are its only sore spots, really. Jungle Xin probably doesn't need it since he has Spirit Stone and Elder Lizard, but lane Xin could make great use of it if he got ahead because you'd easily outsustain your opponent and could heal off any damage you took in a trade even if you didn't just win the trade outright.