Increased skill damage and recovery
Biron
(狂铁)Fighter
Biron
狂铁
Fighter
Also known as
Biron's Chinese name is 狂铁.
Quick summary
Biron is a strong Clash Lane Fighter who wants to close distance and snowball off picks. Public guides recommend a build starting with Nettle Gauntlet and Flash.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Biron, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Biron is a strong Clash Lane Fighter who wants to pick off isolated heroes once mobility is online. Public guide data shows a build centered on Nettle Gauntlet, Boots of Dexterity, Pure Sky, paired with Flash, used to soak pressure in lane and threaten side objectives. Pick him when the draft lets Biron reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy chains crowd control that stops the engage before damage lands.
Pick Biron when
- The enemy team has carries with limited self-peel that Biron can reach before the team can react
- Your team needs a setup hero whose Storm Strike creates kill windows for the carry
- The enemy draft includes Kongming, Shangguan, and Ziya, who appear in counter data as matchups Biron can pressure.
Avoid Biron when
- The team needs sustained team-fight damage rather than a single-target diver
- The enemy team is loaded with cleanse, dashes, and immunity that bypass crowd control
- The enemy team is built around answers to Gap-Close, removing the windows Biron's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Build decisions
Control bruiser core
Biron's official build supports his Gap-Close and Crowd Control identity. Nettle Gauntlet (offense and defense) and Boots of Dexterity open a durable attack-speed base, while Glacial Buckler (group damage and slow) and Frigid Charge (group crowd control) reinforce his lockdown. Axe of Torment is the anti-squishy core for punishing the carries he locks down.
Sustain, resistance & survivability
Eye of the Phoenix (Health regen) keeps him healthy in lane, Boots of Resistance shortens crowd control, and Pure Sky (temporary damage reduction), Sage's Sanctuary (on-the-spot resurrect) and Destiny (negates fatal damage) are the survivability picks for committing into fights. The recommended arcana are Fate, Mutation, Harmony, Stealth, Hunt and Eagle Eye, with Flash for the engage.
Matchup logic
Versus crowd control
Reliable hard control stops Biron's engage before the combo lands. Bait the most threatening control skill before committing Force Field Suppression, and wait for ally engage to absorb peel.
Role positioning
Biron is a Clash Lane pick whose value depends on a durable front-line presence with steady wave control. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights his kit is not designed to win.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Sun Bin, Zhuangzi, and Dyadia as strong partners for Biron. Plan engages around Sun Bin's setup window, then second-engage with Force Field Suppression.
Common mistakes
- Engaging without follow-up — gap-close gets you to the target, but a solo dive without ally damage trades 1-for-1.
- Throwing Storm Strike on the front-line tank instead of saving it for backline carries.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Biron's commit reaches the target alive.
- Forcing solo engages instead of waiting for ally commit — Biron's value compounds when the team follows up on engages.
Background
Sparkmace
“However great it is, I must conquer my fear!”
Biron was but a lowly commoner, an unremarkable but valiant fighter who grew braver with every battle. Once he'd come of age, Biron became a guard and traveled around Sunset with a merchant caravan, during which time he noticed the minute changes that pollution was causing to Navenia. He therefore paid a visit to Milady, the ruler of the city, and it was this reckless act that lost him his arm, but he did not give up on finding the truth. Instead, he relied on a courage and resolution he never had before to stop the pollution from spreading throughout Navenia.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 171 cm
- Style:
- Martial Arts
- Nation:
- Navenian Clans
- Title:
- Navenian Mercenary
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Biron.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
Offense
Utility
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.
AD penetration
Safe defaultStart here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.
AD penetration
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Full AD lethality
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Presets
Full tank (AP option)
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Bruiser
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Teratas
AD penetration
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Teratas
Skills
Accumulates charge when Basic Attacks or unenhanced skills land hits, for up to 3 bars of charge.While having at least 1 bar, Basic Attack hits recover Health.Using Skill 1, the Ultimate, or an enhanced Basic Attack from Skill 2 will spend 1 bar.
Swings his weapon twice in the target direction, dealing damage andrecovering Health with every hit.While charged, deals more damage and recovers more Health.
Dashes in the target direction, dealing damage to enemies in his path whilegaining an enhanced Basic Attack that deals damage and slows targetsWhile charged, the next Basic Attack deals more damage, and the sloweffect is changed to a launch effect.
Gains a shield while damaging and slowing nearby enemiesWhile charged, the skill deals more damage, grants a stronger shield, andproduces a spark that deals damage to nearby enemies while stealingMovement Speed from enemy heroes.
Skins
5 skins
Deathmerc
Yuji Itadori
Agent Warshadow
Pro Gamer
Fate Arena
Playstyle
Your main threat is Force Field Suppression (gains a shield while damaging and slowing nearby enemies While charged, the skill deals more damage). Hold your engage until your team can follow up, then dive the priority target.
Patch History
Skill 1 recovery effect increased
Increased shield and healing when using defensive equipment.
Show details
Increased shield and healing when using defensive equipment.