Honor of Kings Mulan: Build, Synergy, Counter (Pro Guides)

Mulan in “Honor of Kings” is a dynamic fighter known for her ability to switch between twin blades and a heavy sword, offering high mobility, damage reduction, control effects, and potent burst damage.

Building her equipment should focus on increasing her attack capabilities, enhancing her durability, and augmenting her control effectiveness. An ideal set boosts her attack damage, speed, and survivability, requiring skillful play to maximize her combat flexibility and impact in team fights and skirmishes.

Recommended Combo Sequence

Blooming Blade, Snaking Strike. Regardless of heavy or dual swords, C C Basic Attack, Snaking Strike. Use basic attacks for output, finally using skill 1 for combo.

Mulan Skills and Abilities

Great Wall Guardian (Passive): When Mulan uses the light sword, she gains 40 movement speed, and her basic attacks and skill damage will stack Equilibrium Marks on enemy heroes, lasting 5 seconds; after stacking 5 layers, it triggers the mark, dealing 140% physical bonus damage, silencing the target, and reducing their movement speed by 90% for 1 second; when Mulan uses the heavy sword, her basic attack’s base attack speed is reduced, but it deals an additional 50% physical bonus damage; and while casting skills, she is in a state of control immunity and receives 40% less damage. Cooldown: 0s Cost: 0
Tips: Mulan’s dual sword form is more suited for assassins, with silence and slow effects effectively chasing enemy backlines and isolated heroes. Mulan’s heavy sword form is more inclined towards warriors, with stronger output capability and physical strength.

Snaking Strike (Skill 01): Mulan charges in a specified direction and slashes, dealing 60/70/80/90/100/110 (+40% physical bonus) damage to the target; if the skill hits the target, a second Sky Splitting Slash can be initiated within 5 seconds.
Cooldown: 8/7.6/7.2/6.8/6.4/6s Cost: 0
Tips: Mulan can quickly approach and chase enemies, or use it to escape the battlefield. In heavy sword form, it’s a range output skill with control, requiring charging, so try to coordinate with teammates for high damage and control effects.

Dagger Waltz (Skill 02): Mulan throws her light sword in a specified direction, dealing 180/200/220/240/260/280 (+90% physical bonus) damage to enemies in its path. The light sword spins at the endpoint for 3 seconds, dealing 100 (+36% physical bonus) damage every 0.5 seconds and reducing movement speed by 50%, lasting 1 second; picking up the light sword reduces the cooldown of Dance of the Swirling Blossom by 5 seconds.
Cooldown: 12s Cost: 0
Tips: Try to place the skill on a path that will damage opponents and through which you will chase, using the skill multiple times by picking up the sword for more output. Enemies close to Mulan will be continuously knocked back.

Blooming Blade (Ultimate): Mulan pulls out the heavy sword for a sweeping attack, gaining 40% damage reduction, dealing 200/280/360 (+110% physical bonus) damage to nearby enemies, and increasing attack power by 60/180/300 for 5 seconds; after pulling out the heavy sword, heavy sword skills are used.
Cooldown: 6s Cost: 0
Tips: In dual sword form, quickly approach the enemy and activate skill 3 while skills are cooling down, using heavy sword form skills in coordination with team control to inflict massive damage on enemies. In team fights, combine team skills with heavy sword form for output, and chase down fleeing enemies with dual sword skills after using skill 3.

Mulan Teammates

Zhuangzi: Zhuang Zhou’s ultimate provides control immunity and damage reduction, which, when stacked with Mulan’s damage reduction skill, ensures survival in team fights. The control immunity ensures Mulan can effectively output damage (easily infiltrating the enemy backline).

Liu Bang: Mulan, a warrior who dives into enemy lines, lacks durability and can be easily focused and killed. With Liu Bang’s ultimate protection, various strategies can be employed, whether initiating team fights, using heavy sword for control, or using the light sword form for silencing multiple enemies, all yielding high returns.

Mulan Counter

Control-heavy tanks can make it difficult for Mulan to perform in dual sword form. High burst and agile skills make it difficult for Mulan to cope in any form.

Counter Techniques

Mulan in dual sword form is fragile, aim to kill quickly; Mulan in heavy sword form is slower, use mobility to dodge her skills. Team Fight Strategy Based on the situation, choose to initiate with dual or heavy sword form to dive the backline/output the frontline, then switch forms during skill cooldowns to use a second wave of skills.

Mulan Usage Techniques

Use the ultimate to switch forms appropriately for different situations; chase enemy backlines and isolated heroes in dual sword form, and in heavy sword form, deliver high output and absorb damage.

Detail 1: Use weapon switching for optimal output.
Detail 2: Continuously control enemies with the heavy sword form.