Xin Zhao·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Xin Zhao Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Alacrity and Triumph in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Eclipse. For your last 3 items, you should build Sundered Sky, Sterak's Gage and finish with Blade of The Ruined King. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 48.4% winrate over 401 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Xin Zhao Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Magical Footwear with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Eclipse as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sundered Sky, Sterak's Gage and Death's Dance. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 45.5% win rate over 55 matches.

Situational Xin Zhao Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Xin Zhao build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.