Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-4019444-20110726033735/@comment-192.12.13.1-20110727152910

Irelia, Jarvan, Renekton, Udyr, Warwick, Gangplank, Trundle, Nocturne, and re-buffed Jax all outclass Xin Zhao against teams with some semblance of a brain. Otherwise, they're all about the same. Irelia is much, much more sustainable in lane (especially after 6) and has an escape mechanism that doesn't require 3 auto-attacks. Jarvan is naturally tankier, has a % hp damage-dealer, armor reduction, armor/AS buff to his teammates, and is one of the best initiatiors in the game (hands down). Renekton scales with AD, as does Nocturne. Udyr and Warwick have essentially infinite lane sustain; Warwick is a good initiator and can build as tanky as he likes (20% HP Q on a 6sec cooldown that restores 80% of damage done? Yes, please!), and even with the Wriggle's 'nerf' (more like a bug fix), Udyr outlanes Xin and doesn't drop instantly to AoE. Trundle is an excellent jungler and is naturally beefier (and can take down tanks' resists like no other!) and Gangplank is still freakishly ridiculous. Nocturne is one of the best assassin + gank combinations in the game and has natural survivability due to a spell shield and MS buff when escaping. Jax scales.

The main point I'm trying to make here is that Xin Zhao doesn't scale and doesn't have the natural survivability that many tanky DPS have. Whereas Renekton had both tankiness and damage output in excess before he was nerfed, Xin Zhao does not really have anything other than an early game - sort of like the LeBlanc of AD champions, although not quite as bad as Urgot in terms of late-game presence.