Yao's Skill and Build Explanation in Honor of Kings

Yao's Skill and Build Explanation in Honor of Kings

Yao Honor of Kings has high mobility and its attacks are very deadly.

If you understand how to play, Yao's skills, build items, arcana, battle spells and skill combos can be weapons to kill your enemies.

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With fast moves and high damage, he can confuse the enemy.

For those of you who want to use Yao Honor of Kings, this article is a build guide that you can apply.

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Yao Honor of Kings

Yao aka Starblade is one of the heroes Fighter and Assassin are often used by Junglers in Honor of Kings (HOK).

Yao Honor of Kings has high mobility, large burst damage and flexible role (fighters and jungler).

He can also refresh his skills with the Ultimate Skill 'Return to Dust' which can make him return to his original position and disrupt the enemy's formation.

Passive Skills

His passive skill is called 'Gift of the Stars', he will restore his health when his skill hits the target.

If he uses the Ultimate Skill 'Return to Dust' it will increase the next skill and using this skill will increase the next basic attack.

Skill 1

His 1st skill is called 'Starlight Slice', it will deal damage to nearby enemies.

Skills 2

His skill 2 is called 'Starburn', he will move quickly, causing damage and slowing down enemies in his path.

Ultimate Skills

His Ultimate Skill is called 'Return to Dust', he will return to his location, remove Star Reduction and deal damage to enemies in his path.

During passive, some of the damage received will be converted into Star Reduction after a delay.

Build Items

A suitable item build must support high physical damage, cooldown reduction so that his skills can be used frequently, especially dash and Ultimate, mobility or movement to return to the fight and defense because he can be a target for ganks or counters.

Below are the recommended build items for Yao Honor of Kings, namely:

Delicious Bite

This item will provide +90 Physical Attack, +5% Cooldown Reduction, +8% Movement Speed.

Rapacious Bite can strengthen Yao's physical damage because his skill deals a lot of physical hits.

Its cooldown reduction allows for more frequent dashes and ultimates. Its extra movement speed makes it easier for mobility, pursuit, and escape.

With movement speed + cooldown reduction, he is more active in using Skill 2 'Starburn' to enter the enemy line and use his ultimate faster.

Boots of Resistance

Extra Magical Defense +120 and its passive will reduce crowd control duration.

Even though Yao focuses on damage, he is quite vulnerable if the enemy has a lot of magic damage or crowd control.

When Yao dashes in with Skill 2 'Stardust' or enters a teamfight, this item provides extra defense against crowd control or magic attacks that stop him before he can combo.

Axe of Torment

This item will provide +85 Physical Attack, +10% Cooldown Reduction, +500 Max HP and Physical Penetration or reduction of enemy defense.

This item is very good because it can add strong damage + cooldown reduction + a little survivability with extra HP so it is suitable for Yao.

With cooldown reduction, Yao can use her dash and ultimate. With high physical attack and reduced enemy defense, all her skills deal more damage.

Master Sword

This item will provide 80 Physical Attack, +20% Critical Rate, +500 Max Mana, +500 Max HP, passive movement speed +12% for 2 seconds after using the skill.

Additionally, she can increase her attack and critical damage, boosting her basic attack damage after using a skill (her passive will boost subsequent basic attacks). Her extra movement speed also plays a significant role in her mobility.

After Skill 2 or a passive skill upgrade, her basic attacks will be stronger. Items that enhance her basic attacks and critical hits are very helpful.

Siege Breaker

This item will provide +180 Physical Attack (according to sources) and passive extra damage to enemies with HP below 50%.

Apart from that, this item is very good to use in the late game because it can finish off targets or enemies who have low HP.

Because Yao is tasked with picking up enemies or entering when conditions are chaotic.

After the dash enters and slows down the enemy, he can use his basic attack or skill to lower the enemy's HP and this item helps finish off enemies with low HP.

Spikemail

This item will provide +30 Physical Attack, +360 Physical Defense and passively reflects ~25% of damage to enemies.

If Yao gets into the middle of the enemy team or becomes a target, he needs defense so he doesn't get kicked out straight away.

This item provides great physical defense and an effect that reflects damage which makes it difficult for the enemy.

When Yao uses the Ultimate Skill 'Return to Dash' and returns to his starting position, the enemy chasing him will be hit by the rebound effect or the enemy's damage will be felt even more.

With the combination of the items above, Yao will get maximum damage from physical attacks, cooldown reduction, mobility and defense so that it is very suitable for his agility, back and forth in battle and relying on burst and physical attack skills.

Arcana

Arcana is a passive buff that lasts throughout the match, choosing the right one provides advantages from early to late game.

For Yao who relies on skills plus basic attacks, Arcana which adds physical attack + pierce + movement speed can strengthen his advantage.

In addition, this Arcana adapts to aggressive playing styles, roaming, ganking, and battle conditions so that the Arcana can become a strategy.

When choosing an Arcana that focuses on offensive, you must consider residual defense or lifesteal.

Due to the maximum of 30 Arcana slots, it is very important to have a balanced combination.

In Honor of Kings, there are 3 Arcana Categories, namely Red (attack/offense), Green (Defense) and Blue (Life/Regeneration).

Yao is an aggressive Fighter/Assassin who controls fission damage and focuses on Red Arcana and some Blue and Green for balance.

Below is the Arcana combination for Yao Honor of Kings, namely:

• Eagle Eye (Red) x10: +0.9 Physical Attack and +6.4 Physical Penetration.
• Concealment (Green) x10: +1.6 Physical Attack and +1% Movement Speed.
• Mutation (Blue) x10

With this, Yao's Physical Attack will increase to strengthen skill damage and basic attacks.

Then, Physical Penetration to help fight enemies with high defense.

Extra Movement Speed to strengthen his mobility in dashing in and out of war and Extra Lifesteal to help him survive after entering war.

Battle Spells

Because Yao has high mobility, burst damage and can return to battle, the right battle spell can strengthen his mobility or fast roaming aspects.

This will process farming faster so that he can level up/gain gold and get leads.

In addition, it also helps him to take advantage of infiltration/back-line advantages such as reverse combat.

One of the battle spells that is suitable for use with Yao in Honor of Kings is 'Smite'.

Smite is useful for taking out jungle or roaming monsters due to her role as a Jungler. This allows her to defeat Jungler monsters faster and provide greater control.

This spell will give 1500 instant damage to Jungle monsters or minions and a 1 second stun effect to the enemy target.

By using 'Smite', he can clear faster so he can level up and get a lot of gold and enter the war.

In addition, the control of 'monsters and objections' can make Yao an extra threat to his enemies.

Because Yao has mobility and burst, especially when he has enough gold and level, he can use 'Smite', takeover and go straight into team fights with the lead.

Combo Skills

Below are some Yao Honor of Kings skill combos that you can try, namely:

Combo 1: Skill 2 + Skill 1 + Basic Attack + Ultimate Skill

You can start dashing with Skill 2 'Starburn' to approach the enemy target, then Skill 1 'Starlight Slice' for area damage, then hit 1-2x with passively enhanced basic attacks and use Ultimate Skill 'Return to Dash' for extra damage and return to the starting position.

Combo 2: Skill 1 + Skill 2 + Ultimate Skill

You can start with Skill 1 'Starlight Slice' for initial damage to surrounding enemies, then dash through Skill 2 'Starburn' to chase the enemy, after that the Ultimate Skill 'Return to Dash' as a finishing move or to surprise the enemy.

Combo 3: Basic Attack + Skill 2 + Skill 1 + Ultimate Skill

You can use basic attacks to trigger his passive, then dash with Skill 2 'Starburn' to enter, after that to the damage area of Skill 1 'Starlight Slice' and Ultimate Skill 'Return to Dash' to make it difficult for the enemy to move.

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So, that's the information about the Yao Honor of Kings build that you can put together to fight your enemies.