Xin Zhao Mid

Edit: I made the moba guide http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/xin-zhao-mid-to-triumph-461024 Hi I am stormthrust, #1 Xin Zhao mid NA with 600,000 champion points on xin. Why xin mid you ask? Xin zhao jungle went from being god tier to literally the worst (#46/46) jungler in the game due to riot's decision to remove devourer and replace it with blowrazor. Also the 1000$ price increase to guinsoos didn't help either. Why not xin zhao top? Well currently we are in a tank meta with sion, maokai, ekko, and others tearing it up on top of the rift. Also the crit removal from warlords bloodlust removed phantom dancer xin zhao from being a better version of olaf. Bruiser xin zhao is also one of the worst top laners in the game (#46/48) because he needs attack speed and there are no attack speed items that give armor and mr (see more on this here http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/YGYwgsYu-build-something-ad-out-of-stinger). The argument against xin zhao adc is simply that he is melee so anyone gold + will kite him easily. Xin Zhao support is basically inconsistent alistar with a weaker ult and only a self heal.

Now that we see that mid is the only option left for my favorite champion xin zhao, we must progress. Itemization is currently very nice for ad mid laners with the addition of duskblade, maw still being decent (although the AS removal killed it for jungle xin), and solid boot choices. Without any further ado, i present to you my xin zhao mid build: standard: against ap mid: Tabis, berserker greaves, merc treads and maybe lucids are the only viable alternative boot choices