Support Xin Zhao Build

General

1. You're a healer, Harry.
2. Even though Xin Zhao is not typical support, you are gonna support your team very effectively. With heals, shields and buffs:
• Heal summoner spell.
• Guardian and Font of Life runes.
• Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari and Moonstone Renewer and other items.

1. 🛡️ Play safe, stay in the back and play like support, so you can stay and heal more.
2. ⚔️ Sometimes, you can go in and play more aggressively when the opportunity is right.
3. 💖 Focus on healing and shielding to keep allies alive.
4. ✨ Use Redemption, Locket, and Heal on cooldown for healing.

General

1. Your first rush is Redemption.
2. Your second rush can be Locket of the Iron Solari (vs AoE), Moonstone Renewer (sustain).
3. Also, Echoes of Helia is pretty good because you can proc it consistently with Font of Life (slow/cc).
4. Rush second Locket if your team already doing teamfights or when an enemy team has champions with super aoe damage (example: like Fiddle's ult). Otherwise, get Moonstone Renewer #2. The third item should be whatever you did not buy - Locket of the Iron Solari or Moonstone Renewer. That's your core.
5. Another decent item if you have carry/strong bruiser/strong tank is Knight's Vow.
6. Try to use summoner spell Heal on cooldown. With Moonstone Renewer, ideally there should be at least two people for maximum healing effect.
7. Later in the game, for maximum support - you can sell boots for sixth item.
8. You can get items like Ardent Censer (some auto attackers needed) or Staff of Flowing Water. It will be triggered often enough that it will be worth.
9. Interesting item is Cryptbloom. If you want to go full healing, you can get it like #4+ item.

Runes

1. With Cosmic Insight rune from Inspiration tree:
• Redemption and Locked of the Iron Solari has 81.92 sec cooldown (down from 90 sec).
• Shurelya's Battlesong has 68.12 sec cooldown (down from 75 sec).
2. Guardian is important rune. It is going to provide tons of shielding. Remember that you need to be close to your allies to proc it.
• You can also manipulate it - for example, you can stick to one ally, or avoid some spells that's gonna only waste it.
3. You will be triggering Font of Life effect, which will heal your allies. It also chains off Moonstone Renewer!
4. Font of Life total healing is not properly calculated in a post-game lobby. Value is bigger in the game vs. what's displayed in statistics. You heal more!
5. Another important rule is Cosmic Insight, it reduces cooldown for your active items (so more heals/shielding) and Heal summoner spell.

Redemption

1. Try to use Redemption on cooldown, when your allies are missing some health. It is best to use when they are grouped. Especially if you already have Moonstone Renewer, it is best to wait (or ping) until they group together, so you can have them all healed.
2. Remember that you can use Redemption for the damage. However, in general, it is not worth it. Keep it to heal your team!
3. Be careful when using Redemption while you are dead, and you are about to be respawned. The camera will go to your position, and you can cast it in the spawning pool by mistake. Watch out for bad timing!

Peel

1. You can be a really good peeler. You have Three Talon Strike (Q) that knocks enemies up, Wind Becomes Lightning (W) that slows, and Crescent Guard (R) that knocks enemies away.
2. For Crescent Guard (R) knock back, make sure that you don't auto attack the enemy first, so they won’t be Challenged and can actually be knocked back.
3. You can anti-engage. Enemy going ham? Stay close to your team and use Crescent Guard (R) to push them away if they dive in.

Engage

1. Your Audacious Charge (E) lets you quickly jump onto enemies to start fights or peel divers off your carries.

Utility

1. Your Wind Becomes Lightning (W) provides vision and slow in a cone, which can help zone enemies away from objectives.
2. You can use Crescent Guard (R) to split fights, isolating the enemy front line from their back line.

Champion

1. Always keep auto attacking - this gives you great sustain, especially early on.
2. When you stacked your Determination (Passive), you can use it with your Wind Becomes Lightning (W) for extra damage and poke.

Three Talon Strike (Q)

1. Three Talon Strike (Q) resets your auto attack. So proper use is: auto attack first, then use Q for reset and immediate next auto.
2. Always count your Three Talon Strike (Q) attacks. You can attack minions twice, then Audacious Charge (E) (combined with Flash) and knock unsuspecting enemies up!

Xin Zhao Combos

1. Combo #1: You can cast Wind Becomes Lightning (W) and Flash. It works forward/backward and sideways. This lets you get some cool kills.
2. Combo #2: You can cast Wind Becomes Lightning (W), Flash then use Audacious Charge (E) to reach. That's a super cool combo that lets you catch people off guard and engage from miles away.
3. Combo #3: You can cast Crescent Guard (R), then Flash. This way you do some surprise damage, or even throw enemies into your team if used properly (keep track of who is Challenged!)
4. Combo #4: Prepare your Three Talon Strike (Q) to have knock up ready, then you can Flash into an enemy team, use Crescent Guard (R) to knock everyone back and immediately knock your target up to keep him in place. You can follow up with Audacious Charge (E) and Flash if needed.
5. Combo #5: You can Audacious Charge (E) to a minion + Wind Becomes Lightning (W) during dash animation for surprise hits. This is especially cool, when your build revolves around W (Lethality, Crit, AP builds)

Riot

1. Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
2. Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.