Patch 5.13 - The death of AP Xin Zhao

Xemeron·Jul 9, 2015·16 votes·3,296 views

Rest in peace my favorite fun build, I will miss you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVWMAgErKOA

RIOT gets more and more like: Play as WE want or dont play at all!

22 Comments

Ulquiorra995Jul 9, 20154 votes

I think a Rioter stated that they meant to revert it but still accidentally pushed it with this patch. Expect it to be back to .7 next patch.

junglerboy16Jul 9, 20153 votes

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ConturbatioJul 9, 20154 votes

Or rather the arrival of sated devourer AP xin.

Vistha KaiJul 9, 20152 votes

A Rioter confirmed that this change wasn't suppose to be shipped live and will be reverted with the next patch or if a hotfix happens.

commit an heroJul 9, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Vistha Kai,realm=EUNE,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qXMKEcgd,comment-id=0002,timestamp=2015-07-09T11:32:42.112+0000)

A Rioter confirmed that this change wasn't suppose to be shipped live and will be reverted with the next patch or if a hotfix happens.

Next patch? That better be a hotfix. I know it's not a huge deal but that is just sad for a company that is so huge to wait an entire patch to revert a nerf that was never meant to happen.

BeatzBoyFTWJul 9, 20152 votes

{quoted}

~~Rest in peace my favorite fun build, I will miss you.~~

~~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVWMAgErKOA~~

~~RIOT gets more and more like: Play as WE want or dont play at all!~~

Meanwhile, people spamming jungle-buffed items in top & mid which Riot wasn't suppose to make its purpose intended to be.

bradJul 9, 20151 votes

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Meanwhile, people spamming jungle-buffed items in top & mid which Riot wasn't suppose to make its purpose intended to be.

yeah man lol i almost forgot how devourer can get fully stacked without killing any jungle camps

Aych PiiJul 9, 20152 votes

Not really? Unless you're willing to hold onto the item for 40 minutes before it spikes

bradJul 10, 20151 votes

[{quoted}](name=Aych Pii,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=qXMKEcgd,comment-id=000300000000,timestamp=2015-07-09T21:49:02.632+0000)

Not really? Unless you're willing to hold onto the item for 40 minutes before it spikes

/sarcasm

Aych PiiJul 10, 20151 votes

I must have been pretty tired to not notice that. :P

foinhasJul 9, 20152 votes

how to properly play ap xin zhao:

->buy secret agent skin ->get 7 assists -> Gragas "stirred not mixed" -> MissFortune "care for a martini later tonight?" ->leave game because M needs me again

TaredomJul 9, 20151 votes

Yeah, I understand that the new sated devourer was strong as shit on him, but it seems criminal to just gut this build, with what they did, to sustain as well as he USED to be able to, now you HAVE to take smite, you HAVE to build devourer and you HAVE to rush it to 30 stacks.

I understand it's a niche build and quite honestly, I've never built him AP (Accidentally built a roa once trying to quick buy a Righteous Glory, the ending effects made me happy though) but it doesn't seem fair to completely gut a build. Legit you will likely never see this build again, may as well change audacious charge and his w scaling into nothing or small AD ratios because AP Xin just got rekt.

TaredomJul 9, 20151 votes

On a separate note, thinking this might be fun on AD Xin.

s LessThanThreeJul 9, 20151 votes

ive literally never seen an ap xin in ranked and i personally dont want to lol

McAllisterJul 9, 20151 votes

Upvoting the demise of AP Xin, it's silly. Bring it, haters.

BorblandJul 9, 20151 votes

It got nerfed to prevent sated devourer AP Xin Zhao to get out of control.

Mandang0Jul 9, 20151 votes

Are people still pretending they don't know WHY Riot was considering this nerf? It's sated devourer, and if Riot's doing their job, Xin won't be the only one.

Epilogue of LifeJul 9, 20151 votes

Yeah only the person playing it thinks it's fun. The heal was like, so fucking balanced, like that champion totally died if he got ahead in lane, which is so fucking hard to do on a champion with one of the strongest early game...