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The Patch History of Xin Zhao

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TLDR: 16 consecutive nerfs > 2 consecutive buffs > 4 consecutive nerfs > 14 consecutive buffs (rework) > 9 consecutive nerfs > 1 buff > 2 consectuive nerfs > 1 buff > 4 consecutive nerfs > 4 consecutive buffs > 1 nerf > 3 consecutive buffs > 7 consecutive nerfs > 2 consecutive buffs.

Total nerfs - 16 + 4 + 9 + 2 + 4 + 1+ 7 = 43 nerfs Total buffs - 2 + 14 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 27 buffs

V1.0.0.96: Added.

V1.0.0.97: Base attack speed nerfed Attack speed per level nerfed Audacious Charge slow nerfed Audacious Charge slow duration nerfed Audacious Charge area of effect radius nerfed Crescent Sweep base damage nerfed Crescent Sweep current health damage nerfed

V1.0.0.100: Audacious Charge functionality nerfed

V1.0.0.106: Audacious Charge functionality nerfed

V1.0.0.109: Three Talon Strike cooldown nerfed Crescent Sweep base damage nerfed

V1.0.0.115: Battle Cry duration nerfed Crescent Sweep armor and magic resistance duration nerfed Audacious Charge cooldown nerfed

V1.0.0.116: Base attack damage buffed Attack damage per level nerfed Battle Cry attack speed buffed Crescent Sweep armor and magic resistance nerfed

V1.0.0.120: Crescent Sweep current health damage nerfed Crescent Sweep armor and magic resistance nerfed

V1.0.0.124: Three Talon Strike knock up duration nerfed Audacious Charge slow duration nerfed

V1.0.0.131: Crescent Sweep armor and magic resistance buffed

V1.0.0.143: (Reworked on July 18, 2012) Base attack speed buffed Attack speed per level buffed Passive healing removed Passive armor Reduction added Three Talon Strike 3-second cooldown reduction added Three Talon Strike attack damage ratio buffed Three Talon Strike cooldown buffed Battle Cry healing added Battle Cry duration nerfed Battle Cry 8-second cooldown reduction removed Battle Cry cooldown buffed Battle Cry mana cost nerfed Audacious Charge damage buffed Audacious Charge slow buffed Audacious Charge slow duration buffed Audacious Charge range nerfed Audacious Charge cooldown buffed Crescent Sweep knockback added Crescent Sweep bonus attack damage ratio added Crescent Sweep cooldown nerfed Crescent Sweep armor and magic resistance nerfed

V1.0.0.144: Base attack damage nerfed Attack damage per level buffed Audacious Charge damage nerfed

V1.0.0.148: Three Talon Strike bonus damage nerfed Audacious Charge functionality nerfed

V1.0.0.152: Base movement speed buffed

V3.03: Audacious Charge damage nerfed Audacious Charge cooldown nerfed Crescent Sweep damage nerfed Crescent Sweep cooldown nerfed

V4.5: Base armor buffed

V5.5: Battle Cry heal buffed Audacious Charge damage buffed

V5.9: Crescent Sweep 0.75-second stun added

V5.13: Battle Cry ability power ratio nerfed

V5.14: Battle Cry nerf reverted

V6.3: Battle Cry heal 20% bonus attack damage ratio added Battle Cry reduced damage crit added Audacious Charge cooldown nerfed

V6.4: Battle Cry attack speed nerfed Battle Cry ability power ratio nerfed Warlords Bloodlust attack speed removed Warlords Bloodlust healing nerfed

V6.9 Devourer removed Rageblade nerfed

V6.12: Base health buffed Health per level buffed

3 Comments

MLDzXnRRR3 votes

And?

TheOvermind1 votes

So now we can conclude that you simply can't buff something that's broken. We've learned that buffing a badly designed champion makes them go rampant and demolish everything in his path and then he gets guttenbito unviability, only to be buffed again , and then the same problems arise.

With champions like these , only one thing works: throw them in the dumpster until their VGU

Swiftstrike41 votes

Yeah, if you listened to the League podcast Riot has a fraught history with Xin in the fact that if they buff him too much he deals too much damage too fast and blows somebody up. Basically he becomes a diver assassin. Then if they nerf him he is largely useless not really dealing enough damage to kill really anyone and just is annoying.

I like the simplicity of his kit (I think low skill cap champions are important for new players), but right now his itemization route isn't great and his dash is pretty crummy against good players.

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