Game patch, matey 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1

Arrr, reference patch 16.20.1

Xin Zhao

the Seneschal of Demacia

Xin Zhao be a durable champion who creates space through control, protection or a committed front line. This overview keeps th' explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and th' present in-battle tooltip.

JungleArrr, mostly physical damageArrr, melee attacks

Unfurl matchup chart Seek counters Arrr, status effects

Arrr, usual roleJungle

ClassArrr, fighter · Tank

DifficultyArrr, low · 2/10

Arrr, basic attacksMeleeArrr, melee basic attacks · 175 range.

Arrr, damage profileArrr, mostly physical damageMost normal kit pressure be physical. Armour may lend a hand, but inspect whether attacks or tricks be th' main source.

Arrr, reference patch16.20.1

Arrr, strengths and limits

What Xin Zhao does well, and what can go wrong

These be kit-level patterns, nay a promise that every course or matchup plays th' same way.

Arrr, good patterns

Arrr, combines damage and durability in committed skirmishes or extended exchanges.
Arrr, creates space through durability, control or a reliable front-line threat.

Arrr, limits to respect

Can be worn down or controlled afore reaching th' range where th' kit be strongest.
Durability does nay make an unsupported engage seaworthy or guarantee enough damage to finish a target.
Basic attacks require belay access, so foe range, slows and displacement can deny a clean trade.

Arrr, riot ally tips

Use these while learning th' champion

Xin Zhao be a great initiator to combat. Lead th' front to set sail a fight and use yer ultimate to do th' most damage possible.

Try to position yourself so yer ultimate's knockback be most effective.

Riot foe tips

What an foe be told to watch fer

Xin Zhao be a powerful initiator wit' both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units 'round him. Try having yer crew stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.

Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes fer damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.

Arrr, practical champion reading

Arrr, how to read Xin Zhao in a real fight

Use these patterns to ask better questions afore choosing an gear, target or commitment. They describe th' kit, nay a promised result.

Arrr, damage delivery

Arrr, primarily physical pressure

Armour can reduce th' broad physical profile. Separate basic attacks from physical tricks afore relying on an gear passive that only affects attacks.

Arrr, fight rhythm

Arrr, repeated access matters

Th' threat grows while this champion can keep attacking a useful target. Break target access, create distance or use control afore th' repeated pattern settles in.

Arrr, range and access

Needs belay access fer basic attacks

Range, slows, displacement and terrain can deny th' clean contact this champion wants. Course th' course in as carefully as th' damage after arrival.

Typical crew job

Arrr, create space and absorb attention

Th' kit be most often most valuable when it controls an entrance, protects a carry or begins a fight crewmates can actually reach. Durability does nay make an isolated engage seaworthy.

Control inspect

Identify th' exact movement restriction

Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement captain's answer.

Arrr, protection and sustain

Inspect whether recovery changes th' fight

Anti-heal or anti-shielding be situational. Buy it only when th' effect be materially protecting targets and yer champion can apply th' captain's answer reliably.

Arrr, resource pattern

Arrr, mana and cooldowns both matter

A spell being available does nay mean th' shipshape sequence be sustainable. Watch th' resource bar as well as th' setup and escape cooldowns.

Defensive gear reference

What can help against Xin Zhao?

Set sail wit' th' threat that be actually affecting th' clash. These be conditional comparisons, nay an automatic counter loadout.

Pre-battle choices

Arrr, dEFENSIVE BOOTS

Plated Steelcaps most often fit better

Armour and attack reduction address repeated physical basic attacks. Th' passive does nay reduce every physical trick.

Pick Mercury's Treads instead when magic damage or reducible crowd control across th' full crew matters more booty.

Arrr, repeated attacksDisplacementSlowsArrr, healing or sustainHull-scaling or true damage

Arrr, pHYSICAL DEFENCE

Arrr, physical defence

Armour · hull · role-appropriate defence

Armour can reduce physical damage, but Plated Steelcaps' passive be specific to attacks.

Clash th' gear to attacks, critical strikes or trick burst rather than buying armour from th' label alone.

Arrr, rEPEATED ATTACKS

Arrr, repeated attacks

Arrr, Plated Steelcaps · Frozen Heart

These can reduce attack-focused pressure when their stats fit yer champion.

Do nay use this as an captain's answer to physical spells that be nay attacks.

Arrr, cONTROL AND ONE KEY SPELL

Arrr, control and one key spell

Arrr, Mercury's Treads · Quicksilver Sash · Banshee's Veil · Edge of Night

Tenacity and a removable-control active can lend a hand agin' th' relevant disabling effects. Airborne and displacement effects be nay solved simply by stacking Tenacity.

Inspect th' present tooltip and whether th' exact effect can be shortened, removed or blocked.

Arrr, rEPEATED SLOWS

Arrr, repeated slows

Arrr, Boots of Swiftness

Slow resistance can be more booty useful than Tenacity when repeated slowing strength be th' main problem.

It gives no armour or magic resistance, so compare th' rest o' th' opposing crew.

Arrr, mEANINGFUL HEALING

Arrr, meaningful healing

Arrr, bramble Vest or Thornmail · Morellonomicon · Mortal Reminder

A role-appropriate Grievous Wounds gear can reduce healing.

Buy it only when healing be materially changing fights and yer champion can apply it reliably.

Arrr, hEALTH-SCALING OR TRUE DAMAGE

Hull-scaling or true damage

Shields · sustain · positioning · exact resistance inspect

Raw hull or one resistance may be incomplete agin' percent-hull, lost overboard-hull or true-damage mechanics.

Read th' present trick tooltip afore choosing defence; these mechanics do nay all use th' same counter.

Normal Draft and Ranked role sea chart

Where Xin Zhao fits on Summoner's Rift

Each course be assessed separately. Unfurl a role to reach its queue-specific loadout and matchup preparation.

TopUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Xin Zhao be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Top course. Top most often needs independent laning, durable trading or reliable side-course pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

Inspect this role

JungleArrr, primary role

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Xin Zhao has an established clear th' deck and sea chart course that can function without course income while contesting camps and prizes.

Inspect this role Unfurl matchup

MidUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Xin Zhao be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Mid course. Mid most often needs solo-course safe harbour plus wave control, roaming or reliable burst pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

Inspect this role

BotUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Xin Zhao be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Bot course. Bot most often needs dependable duo-course scaling and sustained damage wit' shared early pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

Inspect this role

SupportUnestablished course

Old chart, matey. Recommendations await inspection. Xin Zhao be normally played Jungle and does nay currently have a reviewed Support course. Support most often needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low doubloons income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, nay a standard recommendation.

Inspect this role

Arrr, kit reference

Xin Zhao tricks

Trick names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads be independently written; th' present in-battle tooltip remains authoritative.

Tricks Data Dragon 16.20.1Cooldown / Cost / Range Data Dragon 16.20.1

Passive

Determination

Arrr, what it doesEnglishEvery third attack deals bonus damage and heals Xin Zhao.

Arrr, practical readDetermination be an automatic part o' th' kit involving damage. Track when its condition be active instead o' treating every fight th' same way.

Protection

Th' protection or sustain be part o' th' cast's value. Compare its timing wit' incoming damage rather than reading only th' offensive effect.

Q trick

Three Talon Strike

Arrr, what it doesEnglishXin Zhao's next 3 standard attacks deal increased damage with the third attack knocking an opponent into the air.

Arrr, practical readThree Talon Strike contributes damage. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 7/6.5/6/5.5/5 secCost30Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 375 units

W trick

Wind Becomes Lightning

Arrr, what it doesEnglishXin Zhao slashes in front of himself with his spear, then thrusts it forward, slowing affected enemies and marking them as Challenged.

Arrr, practical readWind Becomes Lightning contributes a slowing effect. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 12/11/10/9/8 secCost60Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 1000 units

E trick

Audacious Charge

Arrr, what it doesEnglishXin Zhao charges to an enemy, gaining increased Attack Speed and dealing damage to all enemies in the area, slowing them briefly. This Ability gains increased range against Challenged targets.

Arrr, practical readAudacious Charge contributes a slowing effect and basic-attack interaction. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 11 secCost60Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 650 units

Arrr, cast commitment

This cast has a wind-up, charge or channel. Movement, interruption or a changing target state can matter afore th' effect completes.

Ultimate

Crescent Guard

Arrr, what it doesEnglishXin Zhao passively challenges an enemy he damaged recently. When activated, Xin Zhao deals damage to nearby enemies based on their current Health and knocks non-challenged targets back, becoming impervious to damage dealt by champions outside of the circle created.

Arrr, practical readCrescent Guard contributes damage. Its value changes wit' cooldown, range and target access; recognise th' setup afore moving into its effective area.

CooldownArrr, 120/110/100 secCost100Arrr, listed rangeArrr, 500 units

Arrr, levels 1–18

Xin Zhao · Health, arr / Mana, arr · Tricks

Base values exclude gear, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns be th' listed base cooldown afore trick haste.

Arrr, level 1620 Health, arr274 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 3776 Health, arr355 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 61,039 Health, arr491 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 111,550 Health, arr757 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 162,154 Health, arr1,070 Mana, arr

Arrr, level 182,422 Health, arr1,209 Mana, arr

Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1

Basic trickThree Talon Strike

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 7 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 6.5 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 6 secArrr, rank 4Arrr, 5.5 secArrr, rank 5Arrr, 5 sec

Basic trickWind Becomes Lightning

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 12 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 11 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 10 secArrr, rank 4Arrr, 9 secArrr, rank 5Arrr, 8 sec

Basic trickAudacious Charge

Can receive its first aboard point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

Arrr, all ranksArrr, 11 sec

UltimateCrescent Guard

First aboard rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.

Arrr, rank 1Arrr, 120 secArrr, rank 2Arrr, 110 secArrr, rank 3Arrr, 100 sec

Unfurl every levelHull and mana from level 1 to 18

Rank	Health, arr	Mana, arr	Trick milestone
1	620	274 Mana, arr	Pick th' first aboard basic trick
2	696	314 Mana, arr	Stow another basic trick or rank
3	776	355 Mana, arr	Stow another basic trick or rank
4	860	399 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
5	948	444 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
6	1,039	491 Mana, arr	First aboard ultimate rank normally available
7	1,134	540 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
8	1,232	592 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
9	1,334	645 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
10	1,440	700 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
11	1,550	757 Mana, arr	Arrr, second ultimate rank normally available
12	1,664	815 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
13	1,781	876 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
14	1,902	939 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
15	2,026	1,004 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
16	2,154	1,070 Mana, arr	Arrr, final ultimate rank normally available
17	2,286	1,139 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point
18	2,422	1,209 Mana, arr	Spend one trick point

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