His build can be rounded out by Guardian Angel or tank items. Xin Zhao should rush a Goredrinker into a Sterak’s Gage for more survivability. Xin should start E, Audacious Charge, for the bonus attack speed. Additionally, Xin Zhao’s ultimate sweep ensures that he can stay relevant in the mid and late game. He is nearly unrivaled in early game power. If you want to take charge of a game, Xin Zhao is still a premiere option. Press the Attack or Lethal Tempo are his two Keystone options and both can bring tons of value. He can then spec into more damage with a Sterak’s Gage or Titanic Hydra, or decide to build tanky with items like Thornmail, Anathema’s Chains, or Spirit Visage. Trundle builds Divine Sunderer to beat people up better. He can then choose between W, Frozen Domain, and E, Pillar of Ice, depending on if he needs more dueling power or team utility. He also crushes AD bruisers like Kayn, Olaf, and Rek’Sai. Trundle is an amazing answer to popular beefy picks and engage champions such as Hecarim, Rammus, Tahm Kench, and Sion. Where there are tanks, there are tank busters. After that, just build whatever tank items suit the game best. For items, Frostfire Gauntlet and Sunfire Aegis are both fine Mythics. Celerity, Water Walking, and Nimbus Cloak also all tie in to Nunu’s need to go fast.

It allows him to kite around fights much better once his snowball train lands him in the middle of the opponents. Nunu’s new Keystone of choice is Phase Rush. Nunu maxes Q, Consume, as his main damage tool, followed by E, Snowball Barrage. He clears fast as usual and has the ability to impact the map incredibly often. Nunu is back in the solo queue meta as the tank and gank master that everyone loves (hates). Akshan should always go Press the Attack, as it synergizes with his double hit passive. You can also get a Guinsoo’s Rageblade to forgo crit altogether and go for more on hit damage. Lord Dominik’s Regards is good against tanky teams while Wit’s End can be built into heavy AP. Akshan maxes Q, Avengerang, first, followed by E, Heroic Swing.Īkshan’s best Mythic item is Immortal Shieldbow as it lets him brawl without fear of getting one shot. And of course, his teamwide revival can be game changing. Not only does he deal tons of damage, he’s also incredibly difficult to gank and lock down. If you can get him through the ban phase, Akshan is the best ranged top laner in the game. Nab a Navori Quickblades second which will drastically reduce the cooldown of his Spinning Slash. Galeforce is the best Mythic for this due to the dash. As for items, Tryndamere primarily builds things that help him stick to his targets more. The Lethal Tempo rework did wonders for Tryndamere and should always be taken as his Keystone. Start with a point in E, Spinning Slash, then max Q, Bloodlust, for the greater healing and AD. The Barbarian King excels in farming up a storm, providing heavy split push pressure, and one shotting squishy champions when he decides to group. Tryndamere is still as much of a threat in season 12 as he was at the end of last season. Shen’s Keystone is always Grasp of the Undying, as it synergizes perfectly with his Q auto attacks.

Afterwards, you can either build more tank items, a Titanic Hydra for damage, or even a Redemption for utility and more shielding. Frostfire Gauntlet, Turbo Chemtank, and Sunfire Aegis all work on him depending on the game. Shen can viably build any of the Bami’s Cinder tank Mythic items.

After that, max E, Shadow Dash, for the lower taunt cooldown. Shen still maxes Q, Twilight Assault, as it’s his main damage ability. Once he hits level six, Shen’s ultimate is the fastest way to join your team for a fight. With the change to Teleport that prevents using it on wards or minions pre-14 minutes, Shen is now the best Top laner at making cross map plays.

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