YARIA
Support
Roaming
Yaria is a versatile utility support hero in Honor of Kings, excelling at providing shields and control effects to protect allies. Her skills enhance team survivability while disrupting enemies. An optimal build focuses on increasing her magic attack, defense and cooldown reduction, enabling her to maximize her supportive capabilities and empower damage dealers effectively in battles.
HERO PROFILE
Support/Mage
Buff Support
Team Buff’s
Balanced
SKILLS
This is the list of skills of Yaria.
Passive
Deer Spirit
When Yaria is hit by a hard control skill (except suppression), she immediately removes the control and transforms into a deer spirit for 4 seconds. In deer spirit form, all skill cooldowns are refreshed, and she becomes immune to all effects but loses the ability to attack. The tranquil light of the deer spirit slows nearby enemies by 30%. This passive can trigger once every 60–48 seconds (based on hero level).
Tips: Utilize the survival aspect of this passive to take on some of the responsibilities of a frontline role.
Skill 01
Wandering Beam
Cooldown: 10/9.6/9.2/8.8/8.4/8s, Cost: 50
Yaria raises her staff to repel enemies, dealing 250/300/350/400/450/500 (+30% Magic Attack) magic damage. The beam detects heroes within its path and homes in on them, dealing an additional 250/300/350/400/450/500 (+30% Magic Attack) magic damage, knocking them airborne for 0.5 seconds, and revealing them for 5 seconds.
Attached State: Increases detection range by 20%.
Deer Spirit State: Exits deer spirit form, clears all skill cooldowns, and enters combat.
Tips: When attached to a teammate, the detection range of the energy wave is extended.
Skill 02
Forced Accelerating Blitz
Cooldown: 12/11.6/11.2/10.8/10.4/10s, Cost: 50
Yaria automatically strikes nearby enemies for 5 seconds, targeting up to 3 enemies at a time. Each strike deals 200/240/280/320/360/400 (+30% Magic Attack) magic damage. During this skill’s duration, Yaria cannot perform basic attacks.
Attached State: Increases attack range by 20%.
Deer Spirit State: The deer spirit leaps a short distance.
Tips: Since Yaria cannot perform basic attacks during this skill, focus on positioning and dodging enemy skills.
Ultimate
Verdant Protector
Cooldown: 15s, Cost: 50
Yaria attaches herself to a friendly hero, granting them a shield that absorbs 1000/1500/2000 (+60% Magic Attack) (+8% of the target’s bonus HP) true damage. While attached, her skills are enhanced, and cooldowns are immediately reduced by 30%.
Attached State: If the shield breaks, Yaria will be knocked off, and the skill enters cooldown. If she detaches voluntarily, 50% of the cooldown is refunded.
Deer Spirit State: The deer spirit expands the slow effect radius.
Tips: To avoid excessive damage and being forcibly detached, focus on maintaining the shield and utilizing cooldown reduction strategically.
BUILD OPTION-1
Crimson Shadow – Redemption
Boots of Tranquility
Dawnlight
Venomous Staff
Frozen Breath
Succubus Cloak
Fate 10x
Harmony 10x
Void
Heal
COUNTER
This is the list of heroes that can counter this hero in team fight/solo fight depending on the situation.
Support
CAI YAN
Support
MING
HOK Yaria Best Synergy
- Continuous damage dealers like marksmen (Solarus, Luban No 7, Garo) can fully output damage without worrying about ambushes when Yaria is possessing them.
- Yaria has a stable control ability; when paired with high-mobility Junglers (Nakoruru, Lam, Han Xin, Monkey King), it can often create advantageous outnumbered situations.
HOK Yaria Counters
Utilize soft crowd control to limit Yao; when unable to transform into a deer spirit, Yao is still easy to kill.
- Smith and Blade high burst damage can often directly result in kills or break the shield Yaria grants to teammates, making it difficult for Yaria to frequently possess teammates and absorb damage.
- Garo’s frequent critical strikes and crowd control make it difficult for Yaria’s crowd control removal to trigger, reducing the value of Yaria’s possession effect.
Yaria Team Fight Strategy
When the passive is ready, Yao can actively move forward to draw attention and quickly switch between the three states to act as the team’s facilitator.
Use crowd control skills to actively harass the enemy. When facing focused fire, use the ultimate to avoid damage. Be mindful of your positioning and make effective use of your possession state to enhance the abilities of your teammates.
Look for opportunities to switch between possession and deer spirit states to confuse your enemies and maintain your team’s advantage. Coordinate with your team to maximize the benefits of your ultimate ability, shielding the most vulnerable or crucial members at the right time.
How to Play Yaria (Gameplay Strategies)
As a pro gamer, developing gameplay strategies for early, mid, and late game is essential to maximize the potential of Yaria and lead your team to victory.
Early Game:
- Focus on farming and acquiring experience in the lane. Since Yaria has strong crowd control skills, use them to poke and harass enemy heroes, making it difficult for them to farm.
- Be aware of your passive ability and use it to bait the enemy into thinking they can secure a kill, only for you to transform into a deer spirit and escape.
- Look for gank opportunities with your jungler or roaming teammates. Use your crowd control and possession abilities to create outnumbered situations and secure kills or objectives.
Mid Game:
- Start roaming and help your teammates with objectives such as Dragon, Buffs.
- Prioritize possessing the most suitable ally in each situation, whether it’s to help them escape, increase their damage output, or save them from lethal damage.
- Coordinate with your team to set up ambushes, using your crowd control and possession abilities to catch enemies off guard and secure kills with your team Fight.
Late Game:
- Prioritize protecting your team’s main damage dealers during team fights. Use your possession ability to shield them from damage and enhance their capabilities.
- Pay attention to your positioning in team fights, switching between the possession and deer spirit states to maximize your impact and make it difficult for the enemy to focus on you.
- Look for opportunities to use your crowd control skills to catch out-of-position enemies, providing your team with an advantage in team fights.
- In the late game, objectives become crucial. Coordinate with your team to secure objectives such as the Tempest dragon, or turrets.
In summary, A pro gamer’s strategy with Yao revolves around utilizing the hero’s crowd control, protection, and mobility skills throughout the game.
By focusing on farming and experience in the early game, helping teammates and securing objectives in the mid game, and protecting damage dealers and controlling team fights in the late game, Yaria can significantly contribute to the team’s success.
