CAI YAN
Support
Roaming
Cai Yan in Honor of Kings is a support hero specializing in healing and crowd control. To maximize her effectiveness, build To maximize Cai Yan’s effectiveness, focus on a build that enhances her healing abilities, boosts her cooldown reduction, and increases her survivability. Items that provide magical power, health, and defense are crucial, allowing her to sustain her team in prolonged fights while staying resilient on the battlefield.
HERO PROFILE
Support
Buff Support
Team Buff/Recovery
Balanced
SKILLS
This is the list of skills of Cai Yan
Passive
Cant Touch This
Cooldown: 0s, Cost: 0
When Cai Wenji takes damage, her movement speed increases by 35–70% for 2 seconds, and she heals for 250–530 (+50% magic attack) health per second for 2 seconds. This effect can only be triggered once every 10 seconds.
Tips: Cai Wenji’s passive can be triggered by any attack, including minions and jungle monsters, making it easier to escape or support allies in a gank. This ability slows enemies, aiding in retreat.
Skill 01
Healing Hymn
Cooldown: 15/14.4/13.8/13.2/12.6/12s, Mana Cost: 100
Cai Wenji plays a melody, increasing her movement speed by 40% and healing allied heroes for 60/72/84/96/108/120 (+20% magic attack) health every 0.5 seconds for 3 seconds. Non-hero units receive 50% of this effect.
Tips: Allies within the skill’s range continuously regenerate health and gain movement and attack speed. To maximize the benefit, cast the skill close to multiple allies.
Skill 02
Earworm
Cooldown: 10/9.6/9.2/8.8/8.4/8s, Mana Cost: 70
Cai Wenji emits a sound wave that bounces between enemies, dealing 270/324/378/432/486/540 (+48% magic attack) magic damage and stunning them for 0.75 seconds with each bounce. Each wave can bounce up to 6 times, with the same target being hit a maximum of 2 times. The second hit on the same target deals only 25% of the initial damage and stun duration.
Tips: This skill is highly effective when enemy heroes are clustered together, providing significant crowd control. It is also more accurate when used defensively during a retreat.
Ultimate
Tune of Tranquility
Cooldown: 60/55/50s, Mana Cost: 120
Cai Wenji plays her instrument, healing the allied hero with the lowest health in the area for 90/135/180 (+45% magic attack) health every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds, while also increasing their physical and magic defense by 200/300/400 (+30% magic attack).
Tips: During team fights, try to include as many allies as possible within the skill’s range to reduce the damage they take. If enemies remain in the ultimate’s area for more than 2 seconds, their armor and magic resistance will be greatly reduced, which can be particularly problematic for enemy tank heroes.
BUILD OPTION-1
Crimson Shadow – Redemption
Boots of Deftness
Holy Grail
Savant’s Wrath
Augur’s Word
Dawnlight
Saint 10x
Harmony 5x
Hunt 5x
Tribute 10x
Heal
COUNTER
This is the list of heroes that can counter this hero in team fight/solo fight depending on the situation.
Support
GUIGUZI
Best Team Synergy for Cai Yan
Little Lute excels when paired with heroes who benefit from her crowd control and healing abilities. Here are some ideal teammates for Cai Yan.
Guitarist (Gao Jianli)
As one of the strongest AOE burst mages in this version, Gao Jianli can deal massive damage with his ultimate while being immune to damage. Paired with Little Lute’s healing and increased defenses, they can dominate team fights.
Judge Dee (Di Renjie)
Judge Dee excels at close-range combat, and his second skill’s crowd control removal ensures he won’t be easily burst down in team fights. Little Lute’s healing, stun, and increased defenses help him survive against enemy assassins.
- Tanky Frontliners: Heroes like Lu Bu and Guan Yu are excellent partners for Little Lute, as they can initiate fights and soak up damage while benefiting from her healing and crowd control.
- High-Damage Carries: Pairing Cai Wenji with heroes like Judge Dee, Luban No 7 and Lady Sun allows her to protect and enable these damage-dealers, ensuring they can safely deal massive amounts of damage during fights.
- Dive Assassins: Heroes like Lam, Zilong and Diao Chan can capitalize on Little Lute’s crowd control, diving into the enemy backline to eliminate high-priority targets.
Countering Cai Yan
Prince of Lanling
Lanling’s stealth and burst capabilities make it easy to approach and kill Little Lute.
Mulan
Mulan’s high burst damage can quickly eliminate a poorly positioned Little Lute.
- Interrupt her abilities: Little Lute relies heavily on her abilities to support her team. Interrupting her casting with crowd control can significantly hinder her effectiveness.
- Focus her in team fights: Little Lute is relatively squishy, making her an easy target if caught out of position. Focusing her down in team fights can cripple the enemy’s support capabilities.
General Tips to Counter Cai Yan
Assassins should try to catch Cai Wenji alone, as her solo fighting capabilities are weak. Dodge Little Lute’s second skill’s crowd control effect through proper positioning. When Cai Wenji casts her ultimate, look for opportunities to interrupt it as soon as possible.
Team Fight Strategy and Battle Tactics for Cai Yan
During the laning phase, try to use your second skill to clear minion waves, preferably with a teammate. Little Lute’s support abilities can amplify your teammate’s damage output advantage. When casting your ultimate, be mindful of your position to avoid being interrupted easily.
In team fights, Little Lute should stay close to her team’s ranged physical and magical damage dealers, providing them with protection, continuous healing, and crowd control against enemies. When the enemy tanks dive into the backline, activate Cai Wenji’s ultimate to remove their resistances after a short duration, making it easier for your team to take them down.
By following this in-depth Honor of Kings Little Lute pro build guide, you will be well-equipped to dominate the battlefield with the Support Expert. Master her abilities, build the optimal items, and synergize with your teammates to unleash the full potential of Cai Wenji.
With practice and dedication, you will find yourself climbing the ranks and leading your team to victory with Little Lute (Cai Yan).
