Xin Zhao·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Xin Zhao Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Sundered Sky as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Sterak's Gage, Frozen Heart and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 55.3% winrate over 17 899 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Xin Zhao Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Eclipse, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Sundered Sky as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Sterak's Gage, Frozen Heart and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 54.9% win rate over 15 297 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Titanic Hydra as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Sundered Sky as a third item. You want to finish the build with Sterak's Gage, Frozen Heart and Wit's End. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 55.6% win rate across 4 018 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Xin Zhao Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Triumph as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Eclipse as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Sundered Sky as third item. The last 3 options are Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance and Frozen Heart. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.0% win rate over 3 615 matches played.

Situational Xin Zhao Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Xin Zhao build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.