Xing Tian

How to play Xing Tian

Xing Tian is a melee guardian from the Chinese pantheon who deals magical damage. Top players mostly play Xing Tian in the Support role (76% of games) and the Solo lane (24% of games).

In your kit, Sky-Cutting Axe (double leap, dot refresh) is your way in and out of fights. Hook Slam (knock-up, root, slam) is your main crowd control. Furious Roar (attack damage debuff) adds damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Whirlwind of Rage and Steel (grab spin, delayed throw), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Smouldering Rage: ability stacks, sustain.

Community guides level Furious Roar, Hook Slam and Sky-Cutting Axe first. Max Furious Roar first, then Hook Slam, then Sky-Cutting Axe.

Your job is to start fights and protect your team, not to get kills. Move in when your team is close enough to follow up, then stay near your hunter and protect them from anyone who jumps on them. Your build makes you very hard to kill, so you can stand in front and absorb damage. As support, stay with your duo lane partner early and use your crowd control to set up kills.

Start with Bluestone Brooch, then buy Gauntlet of Thebes. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Prophetic Cloak and Shifter's Shield, and you finish with Stampede, Genji's Guard and Freya's Tears. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

If you own Aspect of Relentless Spite, it reworks Smouldering Rage (spite resource), Sky-Cutting Axe (double leap, dot refresh) and Whirlwind of Rage and Steel (spite-fueled spin). It changes what to build, so turn on Aspect in the tool when you play it.

Top players win most often against Hercules, Ix Chel and Nox, and struggle against Amaterasu, Guan Yu or Xbalanque. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.