DONGHUANG
Support
Roaming
Donghuang in Honor of Kings is a tanky support hero known for his ultimate’s unique suppression mechanism, which counters many control heroes. To build Donghuang effectively, focus on items that enhance his durability, movement speed, crowd control, and cooldown reduction.
HERO PROFILE
Support/Tank
Attack Support
Recovery/Sustained Crowed Control
Early Game
SKILLS
This is the list of skills of Donghuang
Passive
Soul Sacrifice
Cooldown: 0s, Cost: 0
Dong Huang Tai Yi’s dark energy orbs deal 100 (+50% Magic Attack) magic damage and an additional 3% of the target’s max health as magic damage to enemies. At the same time, Dong Huang Tai Yi restores 100 (+40% Magic Attack) (+3% max health) health. When damaging non-hero enemy units, Dong Huang Tai Yi will restore 1% of his max health.
Tips: Stay close to enemy heroes to drain their life using the dark energy orbs.
Skill 01
Eclipse
Cooldown: 5s, Cost: 60
Unleashes power, dealing 300/360/420/480/540/600 (+40% Magic Attack) magic damage to the surrounding area and creates dark energy orbs around himself. If there are already three dark energy orbs, he restores 150/180/210/240/270/300 (+60% Magic Attack) health instead of creating new orbs.
Hitting targets with the skill will refund 50% of the cooldown and mana cost.
The number of dark energy orbs affects the power of Dark Impact.
Tips: Try to maintain three layers of dark energy orbs at all times to deal high damage and lifesteal from enemies.
Skill 02
Dark Impact
Cooldown: 6s, Cost: 75
Summons the dark energy orbs around himself to strike the target area. Each strike deals 500/600/700/800/900/1000 (+60% Magic Attack) magic damage. Upon casting, he gains a 30% movement speed boost for 1 second, with an additional 10% movement speed increase per dark energy orb.
The first two orbs cause a 50% and 90% area slow, respectively, lasting 1 second. The third orb will stun all targets in the area for 1 second.
Tips: The skill is most effective when three dark energy orbs are active. Due to the skill’s delay in casting, it is recommended to use it in conjunction with teammates’ crowd control.
Ultimate
Forsaken Contract
Cooldown: 60/55/50s, Cost: 100
Suppresses an enemy target for 2 seconds, during which both the suppressed target and Dong Huang Tai Yi are unable to take any action and take equal damage.
Upon casting, he instantly gains three dark energy orbs, and during the suppression, his rotation speed is increased by 25% (every 50 Magic Attack further increases rotation speed by 5%, up to a maximum of 100%).
Tips: Dong Huang Tai Yi’s ultimate is a powerful control skill but lacks damage. It requires teammates to quickly kill the enemy while he has them suppressed. Be cautious of your health, as both Dong Huang Tai Yi and the enemy take the same damage during the ultimate.
BUILD OPTION-1
Boots of Resistance
Guardian – Redemption
Overlord’s Platemail
Longnight Guardian
Ominous Premonition
Succubus Cloak
Fate 10x
Harmony 10x
Void 10x
Flash
COUNTER
This is the list of heroes that can counter this hero in team fight/solo fight depending on the situation.
Support
DA QIAO
Support
ZHANG FEI
Support
SUN BIN
Support
CAI YAN
Donghuang Synergies
Marco Polo: Donghuang Taiyi’s ultimate can protect allied core damage dealers. When enemy damage dealers dive in, Donghuang Taiyi can easily suppress them with his ultimate. Marco Polo’s first ability deals high explosive damage and can easily eliminate enemy assassins in combination with Donghuang Taiyi. Since assassins have low health, they will take more damage than Donghuang Taiyi, allowing him to continue to absorb damage and act as a front line after eliminating one enemy member.
Ah Ke: Donghuang Taiyi’s long-duration crowd control allows Ah Ke to easily complete backstabs, dealing massive damage to eliminate an enemy and refresh abilities for a chain effect.
Donghuang Counters
Donghuang Taiyi has difficulty last-hitting from a distance in the early game and is somewhat weak. Exploit this by suppressing his development early on. When Donghuang Taiyi controls an ally with his ultimate, avoid attacking him, as any damage he takes will be reflected to the controlled ally.
- Cai Wenji has strong short-term healing abilities, allowing Donghuang Taiyi’s ultimate to deal 500 damage to enemies while only taking 1000 damage himself.
- When the enemy focuses on Donghuang Taiyi’s controlled target, Niu Mo can easily find opportunities to counter and control multiple enemy heroes.
Team Fight Strategy
Eclipse’s first ability only refunds the cooldown when it hits enemy units upon release; his second ability has a high casting delay, so use it in conjunction with teammates’ crowd control abilities whenever possible.
His ultimate ability is a powerful crowd control tool, so coordinate with teammates when roaming. During teamfights, He can act as a tank on the front line, or he can use his second ability to poke from the middle of the formation. Use his ultimate to protect the backline from assassins and secure kills.
