Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-190.177.240.96-20120104081808/@comment-77.97.134.113-20120106120420

Only noobs build him as a glass canon. They do it either because they don't understand Xin is melee or because hey play against even greater noobs, who can't stop fully-ad built Xin. Either way this is not the way you should build him. I would personally go for Wriggles, Merc Shoes, Hexdrinker or Wit's End. It's important to get some armor and magic resist early so that enemies can't do much to you. Xin's base AD and skills are enough to hurt others. Instead try to not die and capitalise on opposing team wasting their skills and focus on you. The rest of the items should be dependent on the opposing team. I would go for other tanky-dps items e.g. Atma and Frozen Mallet. This will give him more tankyness, team utility and DPS at the same time. Though after buying the first three items you will probably know whether your team is going to win or lose the game. If you are winning and have better farm than enemies - build more AD. Enemies won't have enough armor to counter you. If you are losing - build more resists and attack after they waste most of their abilities at the beginning of the team fight..