S13 Jan 2026 Stat Buffs
Increased Skill Damage
Ao'yin
(敖隐) S Farm Difficulty
Marksman
Artillery Marksman Crowd Control/Recovery Late Game Hard
Ao'yin
敖隐
S Farm
Difficulty Marksman
Artillery Marksman Crowd Control/Recovery Late Game Hard
Also known as
Ao'yin is also known as Loong (敖隐) in Chinese Honor of Kings references.
敖隐LoongAo YinAoyin
Quick summary
Ao'yin is a top-tier Farm Marksman who wants to output sustained ranged damage. Public guides recommend a build starting with Meteor and Flash.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Ao'yin, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Ao'yin is a top-tier Farm Marksman who wants to create engage windows with stuns and slows. Public guide data shows a build centered on Meteor, Boots of Tranquility, Axe of Torment, paired with Flash, used to farm the safe side, scale into late game, and protect priority targets. Pick him when the draft lets Ao'yin reach the back-line scaling window without being caught out; avoid when the matchup denies the windows his kit needs.
Pick Ao'yin when
- The enemy team has multiple high-mobility threats that need to be locked down before they reach your backline
- The team draft favors extended team fights where healing scales
- The enemy team relies on grouped fights or channeled abilities, exactly what Downpour interrupts best.
Avoid Ao'yin when
- Your team lacks the follow-up damage to convert your control windows into kills
- The enemy already builds anti-heal items, neutralizing your sustain plan
- The enemy team is built around answers to Crowd Control, removing the windows Ao'yin's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: farm safely behind the support, surviving lane phase to reach the marksman scaling window.
Ultimate online: Riding the Wind extends control duration, making team fights snowball off a single hit
Late game: full build online, Ao'yin reaches the spike public guides describe — extended fights favor him once items are completed.
Build decisions
Core crit & cooldown path
Ao'yin's official camp build leans into his crit and recovery identity. It opens with Meteor (physical attack plus cooldown reduction) and Boots of Tranquility to keep his Dragon Soul skills available, then builds Eternity Blade and Master Sword to convert that uptime into high crit damage and enhanced basic attacks. Axe of Torment is the anti-squishy core that helps him punish backline carries during his control windows.
Anti-tank & survivability pivots
Against frontline-heavy drafts, Starbreaker (anti-tank) is the standard add to cut through stacked armor. The defensive tail of the build — Sage's Sanctuary (on-the-spot resurrect), Destiny (negates fatal damage), Pure Sky and Immovable - Sky Dome (temporary damage reduction), and Blood Rage (temporary shield) — are situational picks layered in when Ao'yin is being focused, trading raw output for the survivability to keep landing his slows and stuns.
Arcana & battle spell
The recommended arcana are Calamity (critical rate), Stealth (physical attack and movement speed), and Eagle Eye (physical attack and physical pierce), matching a crit-oriented marksman that still wants enough mobility to kite. Flash is the default battle spell for creating distance or repositioning to land Ao'yin's knock-back and dive.
Matchup logic
Versus mobility
Dashes and immunity skills bypass Ao'yin's control. Force the enemy mobility before committing Riding the Wind, and aim control on stationary targets like channeling carries.
Role positioning
Ao'yin is a Farm pick whose value depends on sustained ranged damage in extended team fights. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights his kit is not designed to win.
Common mistakes
- Throwing Downpour on the front-line tank instead of saving it for backline carries.
- Forcing all-ins against opponents already wearing anti-heal — your healing barely activates.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Ao'yin's commit reaches the target alive.
- Auto-attacking through enemy dive instead of repositioning — losing the marksman in early fights collapses the late-game win condition.
Background
Loong
“The dragon soars above the abyss, and will not stop until his name is known!”
He comes from an ancient race of dragons that disappeared from the world a long time ago. After a transformative experience that changed his life, this childish young man returned to the world a hundred times more resolute than before. He vowed to return the true name of his vanished race to this world. In this vast world, all that's left of this ancient race will be watching him as he attempts to reclaim what was lost.
- Race:
- Dragon
- Height:
- 176 cm
- Style:
- Sorcery
- Nation:
- No Faction
- Title:
- Descendant of Dragons
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Ao'yin.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3256
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
44
HP/5s
Offense
165
Phys ATK
10%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
365
Move Speed
600
Max Mana
15
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 AD lethality
Safe defaultStart here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.
Full AD lethality
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Arcana
Full AD lethality
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Critical strike
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Damage
Critical strike
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Presets
Full AD lethality
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Critical strike
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Damage
Full AD lethality
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Critical strike
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Skills
passive Hidden Dragon
The Dragon Souls from his last 2 skill uses grant effects to his Basic Attacks, which deal physical damage to up to two enemies. He gains 1 mark upon using skills, for up to 3 marks. Basic Attacks expend all marks for various effects, striking once per mark.
skill1 Flaming Palm
Deals physical damage and true damage. Attaches a Fire Dragon Soul to his sword. Basic Attacks deal more damage when this Soul is attached. Enhanced Basic Attacks will deal both physical damage and true damage.
skill2 Downpour
Deals physical damage and recovers Health upon hit. Attaches a Water Dragon Soul to his sword. Basic Attacks restore Health and Mana when this Soul is attached. Enhanced Basic Attacks will deal physical damage and restore Health, but restore less for hits on non-hero units.
ultimate Riding the Wind
Gains Movement Speed that diminishes over time, deals physical damage, and knocks back enemies. Attaches a Wind Dragon Soul to his sword. Gains Movement Speed while this Soul is attached, 50% extra if on both swords. Enhanced Basic Attacks will deal physical damage and knock back enemies.
ultimate Infinite Vastness
Soars into the sky for up to 4.5s, then dives forward to damage and slow enemies. Landing deals equal damage and applies Dread. Gains Attack Speed and Attack Range. Basic Attacks hit 2 more enemies. Can switch Dragon Souls mid-flight.
Playstyle
Stay near the carry and time shields/heals to overlap the enemy's damage window, not before. Land control on the enemy carry, not the front-line tank — chain follow-up damage from teammates immediately after. Position behind your front-line, save flash for the dive, and let the support set vision.
Patch History
S13 Dec 2025 Stat Changes
Adjusted Skill Damage