I used to main ap xin zhao, and he still kinda works, but not as much as ad xin so I was trying to make a build path for attack speed xin. Obviously get devourer asap, but after should I rush bork or hydra. I get both in the end. I tried bork and it had ok clear times but finished bork before hydra. Would I get faster clear times through hydra , or would the attack speed from berserker's, recurve bow, and devourer beat clear times.
Telegraphi1 voteswhy would you get hydra at all on xin? l0l
Strat1 votesIt works on CDR build Xin, but AS-build Xin is stronger so there's no real reason to do it unless your team has plenty of damage and you'd rather have more CC.
i8u2manytimes1 voteswhy would you get hydra at all on xin? l0l
Possibly for faster clear times, mostly for the aoe heal and sated passive
Strat1 votesBotRK synergises better with Devourer since it can proc the on-hit twice. Hydra can work on CDR Xin Zhao but since AS Xin is stronger in general I can only recommend the Devourer + BotRK combo.
i8u2manytimes1 votesThe double cleave passive is still very useful though in my opinion since it applies lifesteal
Strat1 votesOnly if there's minions/monsters/champions in the vicinity. You can't count on unreliable things like that in a team fight. The useful thing about Hydra is that it increases clear time on both laners and junglers while still dealing a nice amount of damage. A Xin with Devourer does not need help clearing the jungle. A BotRK will always deal more damage.
i8u2manytimes1 votesMy build so far is chilling devourer, into beserker's greaves, into bork (starting the bow) hydra, then random tank items or bt depending on situation. So far my games only last to a few kills with hydra since there are many surrenders.
Strat1 votesAvoid Berserker's Greaves. It's a noobtrap on Xin, or really, pretty much any melee champ other than Yi or Tryn.
You want to build either Mobility Boots to cut people off faster, or Merc Treads/Ninja Tabi.
Also, in general, you don't want to build three non-penetration offensive items on Xin. With Devourer and BotRK, you're already dealing plenty of damage. You want to go for survivability. If you want more damage because you're doing well and the enemy is building armor to counter you, go for a BC or a LW.
i8u2manytimes1 votesThx for the tips, will probs only go with bork and devourer then, never really play much ad mele champs since s1, and if I do they have some sort of poke. I mainly bought the boots for the extra attack speed though cause it helps with clear times since they were cheap as well, any other attack speed items I might want, or are those 2 good enough
Strat1 votesThose two combined with your W are more than enough. Remember to use Q for the autoattack reset if you didn't already know (AA - Q for two fast autoattacks). Speeds up your clear times and does faster damage to enemy champ.
The skill combo tends to be E - W & AA (same time) - Q - (AA continuously while following the enemy). Alternatively if you're walking up to the enemy from behind, just do the same combo but delay the E until the enemy uses a dash or something to try and escape.
i8u2manytimes1 votesyeah learnt that from ap xin, also ulti them back before as well
i8u2manytimes1 votesAlso, since I have been playing ap xin, I have been maxing the q for the cdr, then w for the attack speed (since heal is gone and I have no ap now), then e since that only scales on ap, is this good or are there any suggestions for something different? (I do that for great early ganks with knock up and faster clears)