How do you guys build your Xenial? I picked him up after putting some time in with Arum and I love the feeling of flying into a team fight and completely turning the tides. I know his main role is DS lane, but I find it hard to keep up with some of the other DS heros. I started playing more with him as support roam and have been getting better results, but his kit still confuses me.

I’ve tried running the recommended punish build, but I never seem able to find the time to farm up stacks, especially if my team decides to be too aggressive. I feel like the builds haven’t been updated in quite some time and some of the newer warriors can over bully Xen. I’ve noticed I have to focus way more on my build and adjust it accordingly. Does anybody just leave their whole build empty and buy on the fly with pre-purchase?

I know this won’t matter much with the new jungle and item tweaks when they drop, since it changes the stacks even more. I like the idea of throwing in holy of hollies for they extra HP and AP and I also don’t see a lot of people using rock shield anymore. Also how do you get over the mid game slump? If you have any tips or interesting builds I’m all ears.

TL:DR 1. Do you play Xen DS or AD/Roam. 2. Do you have a harder time keeping up with other DS lane heros? 3. What build do you use and have you tried experimenting? (If you use jungle items, how do you find time to farm?) 4. Does anybody ever build on the fly because I hate the store system. 5. Why no rock shield?