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Re: League of LegendsXin's ult looks amazing, but is horribly weak in the end-game. I thought that it would scale great, but doesn't scale that great at all, because people pick up armor and it doesn't do as much. Plus, Xin's auto attacks hit twice as hard as his ultimate does, so relying on the ultimate to do the job isn't as good. You're right though, I aim for the carry. Tank goes in. Chaos ensues. The instant the chaos starts, I charge in with Battle Furry and his stun queue'd up and then ult as soon as I land and do as much damage as possible. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 11:36 am · (locked) |
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Yea, when he first came out his Ult did more damage + 25% current HP instead of 20% now. But like i said I have never played xin and it's kinda rare I see him in games nowadays. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 2:36 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
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2010-Sep-2 2:43 pm
It depends on the cycle. When he's free, people love him. Still, most people stick with the generic item build and have him going for a hybrid of survivability/DPS and send him to charge right in.
It doesn't work. I tried. I've played several games as Xin and the only way to do it is to stack +damage, + attack speed and enough armor pen to do damage and adjust your playstyle.
You're an in-and-out ganker. Stay in the bushes, or wait for your team to initiate and utterly clean house with the damage you pull.
The big thing about the character is that he's a "ramp up" character. Some characters are better early game. Some are better mid-game. Some take off at end-game if they haven't been farmed. Xin isn't a great solo ganker until he has a few items under his belt. You may abandon the team ganks/defends in favor of jungling/killing safe creep waves. I am constantly trying to generate as much gold as possible, because shit dies fast when you gather each item. Here's my observations:
Opener: Boots + 3 health pots. Generally, I come out on top almost every time in 2v2 in bush fights. At level 3, I have 1 rank of every ability and i can charge, hit fast and stun.
Level six, the ult is great for ganks as well. Usually level 7-13 is the lull period where I can't get as many kills and result to generating as much gold as possible. I get the cleaver, and this puts me at a good advantage, but I'm busting my butt to farm up a phantom dancer, which usually happens by 13.
At that point, I go to town and start fighting in the team fights, getting some kills. I'll build up an Infinity Edge and when that's done, I can absolutely blast anyone 1v1. Often times, I can beat up 1v2 as well as long as I'm not chain stunned.
From there, it's a second phantom dancer and it's usually GG after that. If the game is still going on, it's a bloodthirster. Nobody survives that combo. Not even tanks. Plus, I'm lifestealing against most players for more than they can do damage to. 2 hits per second, critting for 1000-2000 (high crit chance), lifestealing 30% of that means 600-1200 HP restored per second. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 2:43 pm · (locked) |
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Yea, he's one of the few heroes I'd agree with starting with boots 1.
Also I was thinking that possibly SotO would be a pretty solid pick for him.
I'll probably give him a shot next time he's free. Other than that I'll just still with what I'm normally playing, Nasus, Kassadin, and sometimes Taric. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 2:49 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
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2010-Sep-2 2:50 pm
I haven't tried all of the heroes yet, but my next two to try out are Ezreal, Kog'maw, and Twitch.
I've seen them dominate as well. I know AP Kog'maw isn't preferred, but damn, I would love to drop 1k acids from a distance on a team every 3 seconds. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 2:50 pm · (locked) |
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AD ezreal can get disgusting if fed enough, though he's getting a pretty rough nerf in the next patch.
I haven't played as Kog but he's a harassment god, as soon as they close the range though you're pretty much toast. 80% of the time i see AD Kogs but every once in a while I'll find a good AP kog that makes my life miserable.
As for twitch, only reason I'm not so much a fan of him is as soon as the other team starts buying Oracle Elixirs he's pretty much shut down unless he's smart about popping in at the exact right time. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 2:59 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
Exodus
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2010-Sep-2 3:04 pm
What are they doing to Ezreal? I don't follow the nerfs. I just log in once in a while and play. You're right about Twitch.
I saw an AD Kog that was 2 shotting players. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:04 pm · (locked) |
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Well looks like they updated the patch notes yesterday. In older notes they reduced the damage of flux and shift.
Damage Per Level reduced to 2.6 from 3 Attack Speed Per Level reduced to 2.8 from 3.22 Mystic Shot * Mystic Shot damage reduced to 35/55/75/95/115 from 40/65/90/115/140 Essence Flux * Mana Cost reduced to 70/80/90/100/110 from 80/90/100/110/120 |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:09 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
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2010-Sep-2 3:13 pm
That's not too bad. They didn't change the ratios, did they? |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:13 pm · (locked) |
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AP ratios should stay, they did change the AD ratio for mystic shot in the previous patch but it was minor, from 1.1 to 1.0 |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:27 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
Exodus
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2010-Sep-2 3:28 pm
Oh well. I just like the harass ability that it has.
I wonder if I should just stack a bunch of blood thirsters + one infinity edge. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:28 pm · (locked) |
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Throw in a sheen and that's pretty much the core of AD ez in a nutshell |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:30 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
Exodus
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2010-Sep-2 3:31 pm
Sheen? I forgot about that. yeah, that would be hot. Damn, I completely forgot about that.
I should get a fucking sheen for Xin.
I could probably crit someone for 1800. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:31 pm · (locked) |
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Take it one step further on Xin and build it into a Trinity Force =)
Another item I forgot to mention being a must for AD or AP ez being Chalice, even thought Mystic Shot is fairly cheap, he can still spam the shit out of it.
However in the next patch Sheen/LichBane/Trinity Force are having their "reservoir" system removed so you'll be stuck with a 2sec cooldown for the additional damage effect of those items.
So that plus the reduction to mystic shot that's a pretty hard hit to his damage but similar to the situation with Heimerdinger losing a turret, people will just have to play smarter with him. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:39 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
Exodus
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2010-Sep-2 3:41 pm
I've not seen any good Heimers. It's unfortunate.
I have had a blast with Soraka though. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:41 pm · (locked) |
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That is true, he's still a good pusher though and those turrets can still be a threat if placed right. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:43 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
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2010-Sep-2 3:44 pm
They're good for defense, but they just get soaked up by spells. I've not seen a very successful turret pusher.
All I have to do is right click heimer, his turret decides to target me and my tower targets the turret and it's GG turret. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:44 pm · (locked) |
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The funny thing is even after the changes to Heimer and Shaco, alot of people assume they're pretty much worthless and end up getting wrecked pretty hard. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:53 pm · (locked) |
ExodusYour Daddy Premium Member join:2001-11-26 Earth |
Exodus
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2010-Sep-2 3:54 pm
I love shaco. |
actions · 2010-Sep-2 3:54 pm · (locked) |