Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-188.129.49.76-20130313080513/@comment-5266525-20130314004404

^^ Just about everyone will demolish Master Yi in dueling early on. He doesn't have carry-level damage the whole game long.

^ Xin is slow. He really is. He'll get even slower too unless you either spend your early gold on Wriggles or go full on melee carry. The former will solve the problem but it's not exactly good for build versatility and the latter is just a retarded idea.

It's also the reason he's vulnerable to counterjungling - he can't just simply recover by safely farming if he gets screwed by some means. If he catches you in his jungle he'll probably tear you apart, yeah - but that's IF he catches you.

Also, Xin ult is not a reliable escape, being a knockback that's partially determined by enemy positioning. And once you've blown it to save your ass anyway you cannot use it as an initiation.