Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-93.137.152.219-20120907024308/@comment-5266525-20120907152811

I don't know what ELO you play at, but old Xin was a borderline troll pick, and everybody knew it.

His core problem was just lacking any form of scaling whatsoever. He had a tiny AP ratio on E but that was pointless. Bruiser Xin simply fell off ridiculously early because he had no way of increasing his damage and all he had to offer then was a 1 sec knockup and a slow. The only way to keep him relevant was to build him full glass cannon... but then he'd just melt in any teamfight regardless of what happened.

New Xin has both his new passive AND some true scaling. His Q now properly scales with his attack damage and so does his ult. Ability power is more viable to build on him because his heal has a pretty nice ratio on it now, though the base is lower. And he has better utility with his ultimate, of course.

He still has a few problems, such as a lack of solid escape (his ultimate can do that, sort of, but it's a bit iffy) but he's just a lot better now.