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Angela

Angela

安琪拉

A Mid
Difficulty

Mage

Artillery Mage Burst/Shield Balanced Medium

Also known as

Angela's Chinese name is 安琪拉.

安琪拉

Quick summary

Angela is a strong Mid Mage who wants to delete priority targets in one rotation. Public guides recommend a build starting with Boots of the Arcane and Flash.

Current patch decision guide

When to pick Angela, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.

Updated 2026-05-31

Angela is a strong Mid Mage who wants to open fights with a high-commitment burst combo. Public guide data shows a build centered on Boots of the Arcane, Stone of Sorcery, Scepter of Reverberation, paired with Flash, used to farm safely and rotate to side lanes when the wave allows. Pick her when the draft lets Angela reach the targets her kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy already stacks shields and magic resist.

Pick Angela when

  • Your team lacks reliable burst on isolated picks and needs single-target finishing damage
  • The enemy team has burst threats that need to be absorbed by reliable shields
  • The enemy draft includes Augran, Diaochan, and Jing, who appear in counter data as matchups Angela can pressure.

Avoid Angela when

  • The enemy already invested in magic resist and shields that absorb committed burst windows
  • The enemy plays sustained damage rather than burst, which shields cannot absorb in single windows
  • The enemy team is built around answers to Burst, removing the windows Angela's kit needs to perform.

Power spikes

Early game: focus on safe lane phase and tracking jungle pressure before Angela's mid-game tools come online.
Ultimate unlocked: Blazing Brilliance is the threshold where Angela starts deleting low-resist targets in one rotation
Late game: cooldowns become short enough that Chaos Cinder influences every team fight rather than being a one-shot tool.

Build decisions

Burst-shield mage core

Angela's official build maximises her Burst and Shield identity. Boots of the Arcane (magical pierce) and Stone of Sorcery (magical attack and movement speed) open her scaling, then Scepter of Reverberation makes her skill hits trigger explosions and Savant's Wrath greatly boosts magical attack for heavy burst. Void Staff is the anti-tank penetration core against health-stacked targets.

Lifesteal & survivability finishers

Blood Clan's Grimoire and Insatiable Tome add magical lifesteal so she sustains off her combo, Sage's Tome rounds out her scaling, and Ardent Dominion (shield at low Health), Sage's Sanctuary (on-the-spot resurrect), Splendor (temporary invincibility) and Destiny (negates fatal damage) keep the immobile mage alive. The recommended arcana are Nightmare, Hunt and Mind's Eye, with Flash for repositioning.

Matchup logic

Versus shielded targets

Heroes with shields or damage reduction blunt Angela's burst window. Wait for the shield to lapse before committing Blazing Brilliance, otherwise the combo wastes the cooldown without finishing the kill.

Role positioning

Angela is a Mid pick whose value depends on consistent damage output and timely roams. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights her kit is not designed to win.

Synergies

Public synergy data lists Zhuangzi, Dyadia, and Guiguzi as strong partners for Angela. Plan engages around Zhuangzi's setup window, then second-engage with Blazing Brilliance.

Common mistakes

  • Opening fights when the enemy still has full crowd control, getting deleted before damage lands.
  • Pre-shielding before the engage actually starts, wasting the absorb window before damage lands.
  • Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Angela's commit reaches the target alive.
  • Greeding farm in mid lane while side lanes get camped — rotation timing matters more than CS lead in most matchups.

Background

Scorchette

Sunset
“Knowledge equals power!”

When the mysterious mage Merlyn accidentally trapped herself in a bubble cage, she was forced to occupy the body of Angela, an unsuspecting passerby, in order to escape. Thus, it came to be that this innocent-looking girl is actually an archmage with the ability to wield powerful magic. However, the young Angela had long admired Arthur, the leader of the Knights of the Round Table. This emotion is still there, and it is so strong that Merlyn is finding it impossible to resist.

Race:
Human
Height:
153 cm
Style:
Sorcery
Nation:
Eventide Cathedral
Title:
Enigmatic Mage

Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Angela.

Base Stats

Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)

Survivability

3328
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
47
HP/5s

Offense

172
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG

Utility

360
Move Speed
640
Max Mana
16
Mana/5s
Ranged
Range

Build

How to choose a build

Start with the safe default badge if the draft looks normal, then swap to burst, anti-tank, sustain, or utility builds when the matchup clearly calls for it.

Full AP burst

Safe default

Start here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.

Position 2

arsenais

Full AP burst

Anti-tank

Best when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.

Position 2

Full AP burst

Anti-tank

Best when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.

Position 2

Full AP burst

Anti-tank

Best when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.

Position 2

Teratas

Skills

passive Flame Incantation

Every time she damages an enemy with a skill, she increases her Movement Speed, and the enemy will take more damage from her subsequent skills.

skill1 Scorching Barrage

Unleashes fireballs at the target area that deals multi-phase damage toenemy heroes.

skill2 Chaos Cinder

Hurls a fireball at the target location that turns into a firestorm when it hitsan enemy or reaches its max range, slowing and dealing damage to nearbyenemies.Any enemy that is hit directly by the fireball is stunned.

ultimate Blazing Brilliance

Channels a blazing beam in the target direction, dealing damage over timeGains a shield and immunity while the shield is active.

Skins

7 skins
Angela skin: Ferrier of Souls

Ferrier of Souls

Angela skin: Kuromi's Heart

Kuromi's Heart

Angela skin: Cat and Mouse

Cat and Mouse

Angela skin: Dragon of Voyages

Dragon of Voyages

Angela skin: Candy Twirl

Candy Twirl

Angela skin: Manga Crossover

Manga Crossover

Angela skin: Playful Trickster

Playful Trickster

Playstyle

Hold Blazing Brilliance for isolated targets rather than blowing it on the front line. Stay near the carry and time shields/heals to overlap the enemy's damage window, not before.

Patch History

S14 Apr 2026 Stat Buffs

Scorching Barrage damage increased

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Skill 1: Scorching Barrage base damage increased from 270 (+40 per skill level) (+30% Magical Attack) to 280 (+56 per skill level) (+30% Magical Attack). Source: 2026/04/29 international update screenshot.

S12 Nov 2025 Stat Buffs

Reduced Skill Cooldown

S8 Jan 2025 QoL Changes

Optimized Skill 1's indicator.

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Skill 1: Scorching Barrage

S6 Aug 2024 Stat Nerfs

Increased Ultimate's cooldown in the early and mid game.

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"Angela has powerful burst damage, and her skill cooldowns are relatively short, allowing her to use skill combos to frequently obliterate opponents. We've increased the cooldown time of her Ultimate in the early and mid game to slightly slow down her pace during these stages."

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