DIAO CHAN
Mage
Mid Lane
Diaochan in Honor of Kings is a mobile mage known for her true damage, crowd control, and quick cooldowns. To maximize her effectiveness, build items that boost her magic damage, cooldown reduction, and survivability. Her effectiveness hinges on precise positioning, skillshot accuracy, and timely engagement.
HERO PROFILE
Mage/Assassin
Forward Mage
Sustained/True Damage
Late Game
SKILLS
This is the list of skills of Diao Chan.
Passive
Explosion of Fragrance
Cooldown: 0s, Cost: 0
Diaochan’s skills apply a Flower Seal to enemies, lasting 8 seconds. When the seal stacks up to 4 layers, it triggers, healing Diaochan for 130–260 (+1.5% of additional health) health. It also deals 180 (+43% Magic Power) true damage to nearby enemies and reduces their movement speed by 50% for 1 second.
Tips: Every time Diaochan uses another skill, the Flower Seal explosion will deal area damage and slow enemies. This explosion damage ignores the enemy’s armor and is true damage.
Skill 01
Returning Lotus
Cooldown: 5/4.8/4.6/4.4/4.2/4s, Cost: 60
Diaochan throws a blossom ball in the specified direction. After a while, the ball returns to Diaochan. Both the throw and return deal 180/220/260/300/340/380 (+57% Magic Power) magic damage to enemies along its path.
Tips: This skill deals damage twice in a straight line. Due to its delay, you need to predict the enemy’s movement to cast it effectively.
Skill 02
Petals in the Wind
Cooldown: 9/8.6/8.2/7.8/7.4/7s, Cost: 80
Diaochan instantly disappears and reappears at a specified location, releasing 3 blossom balls to attack nearby enemies. Each ball deals 140/155/170/185/200/215 (+28% Magic Power) magic damage. If the blossom balls hit an enemy, it will reduce the cooldown of Heart’s Knot by 4 seconds.
Tips: This skill allows Diaochan to reposition and deal 3 instances of damage to the nearest enemy. If all 3 hits are on the same enemy, the passive slow effect will trigger. It can also be used to escape through walls, but use it cautiously without the ultimate.
Ultimate
Flowery Potential
Cooldown: 15/13.5/12s, Cost: 120
Diaochan blooms in an area, forming a magical array. The array deals 210/245/280 (+50% Magic Power) magic damage when it appears and disappears. While Diaochan is within the array’s range, Falling Cherry Blossom and Heart’s Knot receive additional cooldown reduction.
Tips: This ultimate is a powerful AOE skill. Although the damage is average, it triggers the passive effect over a large area, making Diaochan’s other skills deal more damage and reducing their cooldown.
BUILD OPTION-1
Boots of Tranquility
Holy Grail
Augur’s Word
Breakthrough Robe
Savant’s Wrath
Splendor
Nightmare 10x
Harmony 10x
Compassion 10x
Intimidate
COUNTER
This is the list of heroes that can counter this hero in team fight/solo fight depending on the situation.
Mage
MAI SHIRANUI
Mage
SHANGGUAN
Mage
LIANG
Teammates Recommendation
- Dreambuilder: Diaochan is a hero who is quite afraid of control, and she needs a teammate to withstand the attack from the enemy for her. Dreambuilder’s ultimate can remove most of the control and increase damage resistance, improving Diaochan’s survivability and combat ability. It is a perfect match for Diaochan.
- Bai Qi: When facing heroes who cut into battle, Diaochan needs to maintain a safe distance. Bai Qi can not only taunt with his ultimate, allowing Diaochan to deal damage in a safer environment, but also control a group of enemies when they are standing close together (taunt effect), allowing Diaochan to deal more AOE true damage freely.
Counter Hero
- Zhang Liang’s hard control can easily control Diaochan.
- Hua Mulan’s ultra-high burst output can quickly kill Diaochan who is not positioned well.
Tips:
- Assassin heroes should wait for Diaochan to use her dash skill before engaging.
- Use heroes with hard crowd control. After Diaochan dashes in, control and kill her.
- Try not to stand too close to avoid being hit by Diaochan’s AOE on multiple enemies.
Team Fight Strategy
In the laning phase, as long as she is safe, Diaochan can use her second skill to hit the enemy, then follow with her first skill for damage. Thanks to the cooldown reduction when her second skill hits, Diaochan can flexibly choose to continue engaging or retreat after the dash. Don’t be stingy with her ultimate; cooldown reduction during team fights is extremely important.
During team fights, Diaochan should wait for the enemy heroes to use some of their control skills before using her second skill to dash in, followed by her ultimate and first skill. This way, Diaochan’s cooldowns can be quickly refreshed, allowing her to frequently use her first and second skills for damage output. Consider using the invulnerability skill to prevent being quickly killed by focused fire.
