The good ole trinity force ezreal build is back along with a really interesting tank
xin zhao setup that many korean pros have been abusing in solo queue.
We'll be breaking down both those setups along with 8 other new korean builds that you're
going to wana spam to climb fast for 11.8.
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Ever since her buffs from a few patches back many korean high elo players like khan and
nuguri have started abusing ignite and teleport on there akali top.
The strategy has really started to rise in popularity as it was only run in about 30
percent of games pre buff but now has over a 70 percent play rate in korea diamond and
above.
Not only has ignite surpassed the playrate of flash but players are winning 48 percent
of the time with ignite as opposed to 45 percent with flash.
So everything stat wise just adds up really nicely.
The buffs akali received a while back were to her late game while her early game was
actually nerfed.
By running ignite you put the enemy in a predicament where they wont want to fight you which is
exactly what you want.
As long as you survive the first few levels with akali then her scaling power is so much
better than before and thanks to ignite you have that extra pressure to do so.
Flash also isn't as necessary on akali because the mobility and stealth allow her to maneuver
out of sticky situations.
The build for akali top is riftmaker into demonic embrace and then zhonyas third.
Take fleet footwork as the keystone combined with resolve secondary for some much needed
sustain early on.
Domination secondary is very overrated on akali now after the ravenous hunter nerfs
so whether you're playing akali mid or top look to swap over to resolve.
second wind and overgrowth are the two best options.
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Full tank gragas top has really been flying under the radar the past while now and gets
even stronger for 11.8.
The build is a sunfire aegis rush into frozen heart second and thornmail third.
Spirit visage can be swapped for thornmail if you're in need of some magic resist.
Frozen heart has been buffed for 11.8 with the armor increased from 70 up to 80.
Pre buff frozen heart was already the highest win percent second item pickup on gragas so
its a must buy now when up against an AD top whos auto attack reliant.
The frozen heart passive reduces the enemies attack speed by 15 percent and also cuts off
the damage from incoming attacks by 0.5 percent of your max health.
The build can work really well against picks like jax, fiora and irelia.
Even though you'll be lacking a bit of one shot power compared to building AP, the damage
tank gragas can deal is nothing to scoff at as base damage on his abilities are quite
high.
The rune setup for your tank gragas that korean pros are using is grasp of the undying with
demolish, second wind and revitalize.
Inspiration is run for secondary taking biscuits and cosmic insight.
Zac is back in a really good spot for 11.8 so lets get you set up with the new korean
build that pyosik has been spamming.
The majority of zac players default to sunfire cape every game but pyosik has been running
a frostfire gauntlet rush.
Frostfire is very underrated on zac because it synergizes much better with his kit than
sunfire does.
Zac scales extremely well with health because his passive, Q, W and ultimate all have max
health scaling.
The mythic bonus on frostfire gauntlet provides you with 100 extra health per legendary item.
This is much more useful for zac than the 5 percent tenacity the sunfire mythic passive
provides.
With zacs W ap ratio buff this patch, demonic embrace is another item to watch out for to
spice things up as a second or third item purchase.
A frostfire gauntlet rush into demonic embrace second and spirit visage third will give you
really insane carry power for 11.8.
If you want to go the full tank route though that's completely viable as well with a thornmail
second and spirit visage third.
Aftershock is the best keystone for zac with font of life, conditioning and revitalize.
Take inspiration for secondary running free boots and cosmic insight.
The most popular build in korean masters and above for xin zhao is surprisingly full tank.
Just like zac the build consists of rushing frostfire gauntlet.
We've seen the build pulled out in the pro scene over the past week and well respected
jungle pros like canyon have been using it in solo queue.
The tank setup allows xin zhao to play much more aggressively and play off of his stronger
engage range with the buffed w into e combo.
The slow from gauntlet provides great value for xin as his trading pattern always revolves
around throwing in autos.
You're definitely much more of a disruptor in fights than a huge damage threat so in
games where you're team is lacking a frontline this setup can work extremely well.
The second item purchase for this tank build is a randuin's omen which just adds to your
sticking power and disruption thanks to the active slow.
Round your core build out with a thornmail third.
The rune page for tank xin is also different from that of fighter or assassin xin.
Instead of hail of blades you'll be running conqueror as the keystone.
The ability for you to stick in fights and contribute as a sustained threat is much better
when building tank so going for the sustained damage rune choice is what pros are liking.
Triumph, alacrity and coup de grace are the other primary runes and grab domination secondary
with sudden impact and relentless hunter.
A new nidalee build that turns her into a sniper consists of running horizon focus second.
Horizon focus is one of the more undervalued items in the game right now as it actually
performs very well on lots of champions after its buffs from 11.3.
The ability power was flat out increased from 100 up to 115 and the hypershot minimum range
was reduced from 750 down to 700 units.
On someone like nidalee who always looks to combo by landing a spear first and then jump
in for the assassination, horizon focus works perfect.
Upon landing a spear at over 700 units the hypershot passive will activate giving nidalee
10 percent bonus damage on that target for the next 6 seconds.
Horizon focus not only gives nidalee insane damage on that initial spear hit but it makes
her follow up one shot completely busted.
Its like a pseudo deathfire grasp in a way if you're an OG and remember the item way
back in the day.
Your rush item on nidalee will be night harvester and then after horizon focus go into a zhonyas
or lich bane third depending on which you think fits best for the game.
Take dark harvest as the keystone with sudden impact, eyeball collector and relentless hunter.
absolute focus and gathering storm synergize really well as secondary runes.
Diana is another champion that koreans are secretly abusing horizon focus on.
The bonus damage proc from the hypershot passive not only applies on abilities that are cast
over 700 range but also on abilities that immobilize there target.
When diana dives in and activates ult, it will proc the hypershot passive and allow
her to rain down with a massive burst.
In diamond and above players who purchase horizon focus second are winning 60 percent
of the time as opposed to 52 percent from zhonyas and 58 percent from lich bane.
In games where you feel the extra defensive power from zhonyas is needed then delaying
your horizon focus until third is a good strategy as well.
Regardless, on horizon focus completion your one shot potential rises to a whole nother
level and gives diana the ability to punish positional errors in an instance.
An example full build looks like a night harvester rush into horizon focus second and then hourglass
third.
Electrocute will be the keystone with sudden impact, eyeball collector and relentless hunter.
For secondary runes take shield bash and second wind from the resolve tree.
We've all become pretty accustomed to essence reaver as a rush item on ezreal however that's
all starting to change after the trinity force buffs.
The reduction of attack speed in exchange for more AD and haste is really great for
ezreal since a large majority of his damage comes from abilities.
Top tier pros like deft and uzi have been swapping over to the trinity force build yet
its still very underrated.
With only a 6 percent average play rate at the time of making this video the majority
of the player base have yet to catch on.
Not only have pros been abusing the item but stats help to back up its legitimacy even
further.
Trinity force wins 51 percent of the time as a rush item as opposed to the 48 percent
of essence reaver.
Keep in mind essence reaver was also just nerfed so all these compounding effects have
led to trinity becoming the best mythic on ezreal for 11.8.
After rushing your triforce go into manamune second and serylda's grudge third.
The serylda's buffs have made the item an even better third item purchase.
The rune page has also shifted around for ezreal as of recent.
You still run the standard conqueror with presence of mind, bloodline and coup de grace
however sorcery secondary has fallen in priority.
Most pros are exclusively running inspiration taking biscuits and cosmic insight.
Inspiration secondary even wins more than sorcery in solo queue by a whole 2 percent.
Once everyone swaps over to trinity and begins to take inspiration secondary ezreal may be
in line for a nerf down the road so abuse this new setup while you can.
There's a lot of viable builds for jinx at the moment but one really starting to pickup
traction in high elo and pro play consists of phantom dancer second.
Hurricane and firecannon are still the most popular second item purchases for solo queue
however PD is not too far behind with a higher success rate than both.
Once again we have pros like deft and ghost taking full advantage of this new setup in
solo queue.
Like we've mentioned in previous videos phantom dancer is way more efficient than hurricane
especially if you're only hitting one target.
Once the ramping attack speed kicks in from PD the item is 132 percent efficient which
is just crazy value.
Compare that to the 85 percent efficiency of hurricanes base stats and you see why PD's
win rate is so much higher.
So dont just resort to building hurricane every single game on your jinx.
If you're against an enemy composition who has alot of melee champs or a heavy frontline
then hurricane is still a great pickup.
Vice versa though against a heavy assassin comp or no front line at all you'd be trolling
to build hurricane over PD.
The full build is kraken slayer into phantom dancer and infinity edge.
For runes take lethal tempo, presence of mind, bloodline and coup de grace.
secondaries are from the inspiration tree with free boots and biscuits.
Domination secondary has been performing much weaker on jinx ever since the ravenous hunter
nerfs.
The changes to shurelya's for 11.8 make the item much better on enchanter supports and
someone like lulu will reap great benefits.
The new passive on shurelya's provides your teammate with 25 percent movement speed over
1.5 seconds when you empower or protect them.
This is huge for lulu as it gives her even more peel strength and makes it a nightmare
for dive champions to reach her carries.
Lets not forget the active from shurelya's also gives a huge 60 percent burst of move
speed over 4 seconds warranting shurelya's the ultimate purchase if you're looking to
keep your carries safe.
Sure the healing from moonstone can add up throughout a fight and be really impactful
but if you're ADC gets dove on and has no way to escape, that bit of healing wont mean
anything at all.
Switch things around depending on what you believe will work best for each game.
If the enemy champions don't have any hard engage and are more poke heavy or ranged,
then moonstone healing would be more valuable for you.
Adapt and don't fall into the trap of autopiloting the same build.
Most commonly the shurelya's will be followed up with an ardent second and then staff of
flowing water third.
Guardian is the most popular keystone amongst pros followed with font of life, bone plating
and revitalize.
Grab biscuits and cosmic insight for secondaries.
And our 10th and final korean build of the patch is a hyper aggressive one for rakan
consisting of zhonya's hourglass second.
Often times when you look to dive the backline and play for those multi man picks, you're
team will be lagging behind and leave you cut out to dry.
If only there was a way for you to stall out so that your teammates could capitalize on
pick plays and that's where zhonyas fits in perfectly.
You can look for these insanely aggressive flash dive plays with rakan and trigger your
zhonyas when you start taking focus to give your team time to follow up.
Especially when you're against a heavy AD enemy comp or assassin champions, the zhonyas
purchase will provide you with even more value.
Rakan is already super slippery as is but the zhonyas just takes it one step further.
Start off your build by rushing shurelya's and then transition into the zhonyas second.
Third item will be a zeke's convergence.
For runes take guardian combined with font of life, bone plating and unflinching.
Domination is best for secondary running zombie ward and ultimate hunter.
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