Titanic Hydra Xin Zhao Build

General

1. You play Bruiser stacking HP, auto attacking and rushing one specific item. You adapt to enemy team, building tanky items.
2. You rush Titanic Hydra.
3. Titanic Hydra can be your only damage item. Then go full tank.
4. Your auto attacks are quite powerful, thanks to Titanic Hydra and Grasp of the Undying. It's your main source of damage + your abilities.

1. 🌊 Rush Titanic Hydra early - it is your core and defines the build.
2. ⚔️ Play aggressive and look for opportunities to stack Grasp of the Undying and to activate your Titanic Hydra.
3. 💪 Stack health.
4. 🛡️ Adapt your tankiness to the enemy team: build armor, MR, or sustain as needed.

General

1. This build is focused on a single item - Titanic Hydra.
2. How is this build different to other bruisers builds? The main difference is item rush order. You rush Titanic Hydra first, then adapt to the situation!
3. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
4. A very effective way of poking enemies is to use Titanic Hydra Active and hit minions in front of them (closer to them, better the effect).

Items

1. If you want to go more damage, Sundered Sky is an excellent damage item for this build. It scales off your HP (so with Grasp, Overgrowth). It gives damage and pretty good sustain in fights. Remember to switch targets to maximize the effect!
2. Good item for this build is Experimental Hexplate

Adaptation

1. 👊 If ahead, consider adding a second damage item to snowball.
2. 🏰 If behind, focus purely on being frontline with Titanic Hydra as your only damage.
3. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

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.