
Xin Zhao
Every 3rd attack, Xin Zhao deals bonus true damage and heals for a portion.
- Damage8
- Durability6
- Magic3
- Difficulty2
- Mobility8
- CC8
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JunglePrimary
How to play as Xin Zhao
Jungle: track Scuttle, gank weak lanes, scale to objectives.
How to beat Xin Zhao
Jungle: ward objectives, never walk blind into brush.
Strong against
Mid
ADC
Support
How to play as Xin Zhao
Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket Enchant + Knight's Vow.
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Abilities
Determination
PCThree Talon Strike
PCActive: Xin Zhao empowers his next three basic attacks on-attack within 5 seconds to each have an uncancellable windup, deal bonus physical damage and reduce his other abilities' current cooldowns by 1 second. Each attack refreshes the duration.
The third attack airborne the target for 0.75 seconds.
Three Talon Strike's bonus damage is affected by critical strike modifiers.
Wind Becomes Lightning
PCActive: Xin Zhao slashes in an arc and, after the cast time, thrusts his spear in a line in the target direction. Each strike deals physical damage to enemies hit, modified to 50 to 100 for 16% against minions. The thrust deals increased damage, further by %, and slows enemies hit by 50% for 1.5 seconds. Enemy champions and monsters hit are also marked 24px|link=Challenged for 3 seconds, during which they are standard sight.
The durations of Three Talon Strike, Audacious Charge bonus attack speed, and Crescent Guard are delayed relative to Wind Becomes Lightning's cast time after 0.2 seconds of its activation.
Wind Becomes Lightning's damage healing Xin Zhao for 33.3% of his life steal.
Audacious Charge
PCActive: Xin Zhao dashes to the target enemy's location, dealing magic damage to enemies near them and slow them by 30% for 0.5 seconds. Audacious Charge's range is increased against 24px|link=Challenged targets.
Xin Zhao then gains bonus attack speed for 5 seconds.
Three Talon Strike and Crescent Guard can be cast during the dash.
Crescent Guard
PCPassive - Challenge: The last enemy champion hit by Xin Zhao's basic attacks or Audacious Charge is marked Challenged for 3 seconds.
Active: Xin Zhao sweeps his spear around him, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies, capped at 600 against monsters, and airborne all non-Challenged targets hit up-to 700 units over 0.75 seconds, as well as stun them for the same duration.
For the next 4 seconds, Xin Zhao is invulnerable against enemy champions far away from him.




















