• Conqueror – This is the best Keystone rune for Xin Zhao because his multiple instances of damage in a short duration will make you reach the maximum possible bonus damage that Conqueror can give.
• Triumph – Heals you on takedowns and damage is increased against low HP targets. Brutal is a good alternative because it grants bonus AD and armor penetration.
• Hunter – Titan  – Grants bonus HP and tenacity (crowd control resistance) on takedowns. Adaptive Carapace grants a small HP bonus and once you reach 50% HP, you will gain bonus adaptive resistance depending on the damage you took the most in the past minute.
• Pathfinder  – Increases your movement speed in the jungle, bushes, and river when out of battle which increases your ganking potential. Sweet Tooth is a good alternative for top laners for the bonus healing and gold from eating the Honeyfruits.

Smite is a must for junglers as it is impossible to clear jungle camps without it. Upgrade into the Blue Smite because you are already strong in the early game and the slow effect from it will help secure ganks.

Flash is a versatile summoner spell that you can use for all kinds of offensive and defensive situations.

Ignite is a useful spell when playing as a top laner because you are a dueling champion who always wants to be in fights.

The first point will go to E, Audacious Charge because of the increased attack speed to help you clear your jungle. After getting all abilities. We are going to max W, Wind becomes Lightning because it has the best base damage scaling then E, Audacious Charge next for the increased attack speed. We are going to max Q, Three Talon Strike because it scales better with your damage than its ability level. Get a point of Crescent Guard whenever possible.

Xin Zhao is an early game ganker. Abuse his strong early game as much as possible.

Before leaving the base, get your Oracle Lense first to disable wards as you attempt a gank.

In the early game, get your red buff and raptors then head straight to your mid lane and attempt a gank.

You don’t have to get a kill. It’s great if you killed the enemy but burning their flash or forcing a recall is enough to start snowballing a lead.

Do not stay on a bush or lane for more than 10 seconds when attempting a gank. If the lane looks ungankable, do not force it. Move on, farm a little then look for a lane to gank again.

Get your blue buff then attempt to gank the blue side. After your gank attempt, get the river scuttler then Gromps. After that, recall and get a Serrated Dirk and boots.

Kill the Raptor camp again or the Scuttlers on the other side if it is still alive then try to gank the mid once again.

Get Red buff once again then try to gank the red buff side lane. If the red buff is not yet available, gank the side lane first before getting your buff.

In summary, just try to gank and farm in between. Do not get too caught up in ganking as too many failed attempts will put you behind in levels and gold but too much farming and you will lose out in Xin Zhao’s strong early game.

Xin Zhao falls hard in the late game so do not overextend yourself as much once the enemies begin to have three complete items or more.

Transition your game from an assassin who kills enemies to being a bruiser who protects your team and initiates fights.

You are still strong enough to burst down enemies but only if they are isolated and it is much better if they have already expended their abilities so play it safe at the start of the fights because Xin Zhao is great at cleaning up fights in the late game.

Ashe needs a lot of protection and babysitting in the early game. But when she gets her items, she becomes a force to reckoned with. With Xin Zhao’s early game presence, Ashe can farm with peace of mind and carry the game later with Xin Zhao at the front while Ashe hits freely behind him.

Lulu makes you unkillable even if you build full damage thanks to the bonus HP from her ultimate, Wild Growth, and shield from her E, Help Pix! 

Olaf can snowball just as fast if not as hard as Xin Zhao. Xin Zhao might have a little more burst damage but Olaf can last longer and has better sustain than him. If Xin Zhao loses even just one early game jungle contest against Olaf, it’s game over for him. The only thing that Xin Zhao has over Olaf is that his ultimate grants him a stronger team fight presence. Avoid 1v1s against Olaf as much as possible.

Wukong is a jungler who can clear just as fast as you and deal as much damage as you in the early game. He has an advantage over you in terms of mobility and team fights but you can win early game duels against him. Try to snowball on him by counter ganking and invading his jungle because if you don’t win the early game, he’ll most likely come out on top.

Despite his multiple nerfs, Lee Sin is still one of the strongest early game junglers. He has unparalleled mobility and his burst damage is nothing to scoff at. Pray that your teammates play it safe in the early game or else a good Lee Sin will just stomp over them. Try to countergank as much as possible.