Talk:Xin Zhao/@comment-139.130.57.34-20101018010340/@comment-139.130.57.34-20101029020537

How does exhaust decrease your damage? It gives armor pen and magic pen and makes auto-attacks useless. Furthermore, despite his closing in ability, for all intents and purposes he is still a melee champion meaning most of the times, if you're playing a ranged champ, you choose when to engage him (unless you're dumb and farming/jungling alone during the team fight phase).

The worth of exhaust isn't measured by its CD versus his champion ability CDs. It's whenever he engages you, and he is not engaging you every time his abilities are on CCs. Team fights happen roughly between the duration exhaust is up so exhaust is a very valid counter. And again, he's pretty squishy unless going tank. And if he's going tank he has pathetic damage late-game after his initiation ult.