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Xing Tian - Still Best Sustain Bruiser S3

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by GeNeReDeR updated April 26, 2016

Smite God: Xing Tian

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Xing Tian Build

Defensive Build (Support)

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Hide of the Urchin Hide of the Urchin
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Rod of Asclepius Rod of Asclepius
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord
Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus

Offensive Build (Solo Lane)

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Mystical Mail Mystical Mail
Build Item Spear of the Magus Spear of the Magus
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Rod of Asclepius Rod of Asclepius
Build Item Mantle of Discord Mantle of Discord

Joust (ADC Counter)

Build Item Shoes of Focus Shoes of Focus
Build Item Mystical Mail Mystical Mail
Build Item Gem of Isolation Gem of Isolation
Build Item Rod of Asclepius Rod of Asclepius
Build Item Void Stone Void Stone
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade

Support Start

Build Item Watcher's Gift Watcher's Gift
Build Item Shoes Shoes
Build Item Ward Ward
2
Build Item Mana Potion Mana Potion
3

Relic Options

Build Item Cloak of Meditation Cloak of Meditation
Build Item Magic Shell Magic Shell
Build Item Heavenly Wings Heavenly Wings
Build Item Blink Rune Blink Rune
Build Item Cursed Ankh Cursed Ankh
Build Item Sundering Spear Sundering Spear

Xing Tian's Skill Order

Furious Roar

1 X Y
Furious Roar
2 4 8 12 16

Hook Slam

2 A B
Hook Slam
3 7 11 15 19

Sky-Cutting Axe

3 B A
Sky-Cutting Axe
1 6 10 14 18

Whirlwind of Rage and Steel

4 Y X
Whirlwind of Rage and Steel
5 9 13 17 20
Furious Roar
2 4 8 12 16

Furious Roar

1 X
Xing Tian shouts from his chest with great force, damaging enemies and reducing their Basic Attack damage. Enemies also take damage over time based on their max health.

Ability Type: Line
Damage: 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 210 (+60% of your Magical Power)
Damage (DoT): 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5% per second
Damage Reduction: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%
Duration: 4s
Range: 45
Cost: 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75
Cooldown: 14s
Hook Slam
3 7 11 15 19

Hook Slam

2 A
Xing Tian first launches an attack with his axe, knocking the opponents into the air before slamming them into the ground and rooting them.

Ability Type: Cone, AOE
Axe Damage: 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 (+25% of your Magical Power)
Slam Damage: 55 / 85 / 115 / 145 / 175 (+45% of your Magical Power)
Root Duration: 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2s
Radius: 25, 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 14 / 13.5 / 13 / 12.5 / 12s
Sky-Cutting Axe
1 6 10 14 18

Sky-Cutting Axe

3 B
Xing Tian leaps forward, dealing damage to enemies when he lands, and he may leap again within 4s. While in the air, Xing Tian has increased protections, which are refreshed if he connects with a target.

Ability Type: Leap
Damage: 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 (+30% of your Magical Power)
Protections: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40
Duration: 6s
Radius: 12
Cost: 60
Cooldown: 15s
Whirlwind of Rage and Steel
5 9 13 17 20

Whirlwind of Rage and Steel

4 Y
Xing Tian spins and hits enemies with his axe, hooking them and spinning them on it up to three times in succession, before throwing them. Deals damage on the hook, on each spin, and on the throw. Targets who fail to be hooked will still take damage while in the area.

This ability has a casting time of 1s.

Ability Type: Radius
Damage: 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 (+35% of your Magical Power)
Max Damage: 125 / 225 / 325 / 425 / 525 (+175% of your Magical Power)
Radius: 20
Cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110
Cooldown: 90 / 85 / 80 / 75 / 70s

Chapter Title

WARNING: This Guide (especially Offense Build) is about a Xing Tian play style that is all about quick actions! Go in fast, do your thing, go out fast again!

Xing Tian has had his best days in season 2, there is no doubt but now people just underestimate him strongly. He still is a very powerfull Bruiser and can be a good support choice in terms of disrupting the enemy, denying some of their ADC damage and combo breaking.

His play style is definitly more the one of a Warrior but that can be again a good choice in some team setups. In draft pick matches like a ranked conquest you can use Xing Tian as a counter pick to an enemy team with high ADC-damage like 2 Hunters or Osiris/Bakasura/Arachne/... (your Breath ability will break there basic attack damage potential) or Positioning-sensitive Mages like Zeus (Invading those Targets with your Sky-Cutting Axe is fairly easy). There are many Options you name it!

Setting up kills for your teammates, what is a very big part of a support's job is very hard with Xing Tian, but can be done. Buy Gem Of Isolation, Close the gap to your target by Sky-Cutting Axe, slow them with Breath and even more with Hook Slam. Slowing your target and just stick to them like one annoying gum on their shoe is key. Always use Breath also as a tool for denying ADC damage, that would hurt your teammates badly, use Hook Slam to disrupt enemies in combos and use your Ultimate to reposition may be even many targets into area damage your teammates can provide. Enemies might buy Purification to beads out of your ult but once it is used and on cooldown you and your team have a 160s time window to succeed with your next ult for example.

Where Xing Tian really stands out is his sustain. Mostly by his passive. While in laning phase try to concentrate on maintaining 12 stacks of your passive like all the time your HP is below 90% (if the mana is available). There for I use Sky-Cutting Axe: Jumping into Archer Minions and re-jumping into Melee Minions gives you a lot of health regeneration and is pretty save to do, because of your speed and protection buff while in air.

Always Initiate with Sky-Cutting Axe. It will give you a very high amount of Protections for a short time and should be your most used ability in my personal opinion. It is your biggest tool for closing gaps and if Gem Of Isolation equipped even slow the target for a high amount of time (wait a bit between both jumps). Still best slowing tool once you have Gem Of Isolation is Breath with a total amount of 6 seconds of slow next to Hook Slam what will almost root enemies because Gem Of Isolation stacks on top of its built-in slow.

The last thing i want to talk about is the items i chose to use in this builds. You are pretty much the most mobile guardian in the game. Use this to your advantage. Get in, do your thing quick, get out again, so your passive has time to heal you back up. To improve this strategy I like to go Rod Of Asclepius on him. Extra movement speed will also help collecting enemies while Ult'ing. Usually i don't like Mystical Mail to much but with Xing Tian designed to be one annoying gum of the opponents shoe it can deal a ton of damage. Shoes Of Focus will help his mana hunger especially in the early game. Gem Of Isolation is kind of a must-have but the buying order is not always the same depending on your role.

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