S12 Oct 2025 Stat Buffs
Increased Skill Damage
Butterfly
B Jungle INTL EXCLUSIVE Difficulty
Assassin/Fighter
Assassin Fighter Cleanup Late Game Hard
Butterfly
B Jungle INTL EXCLUSIVE
Difficulty Assassin/Fighter
Assassin Fighter Cleanup Late Game Hard
Quick summary
Butterfly is a mid-tier Jungle Assassin who wants to play cleanup. Public guides recommend a build starting with Relentless Blade.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Butterfly, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Butterfly is a balanced Jungle Assassin who wants to finish off low-health targets after the enemy uses their key skills. Public guide data shows a build centered on Relentless Blade, Lightfoot Shoes, Rapacious Bite, used to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks. Pick her when the draft lets Butterfly reach the targets her kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the matchup denies the windows her kit needs.
Pick Butterfly when
- Your team can engage first, letting Butterfly second-wave into low-health targets
- Your team has the structure to use her ability to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks, since Butterfly delivers tempo from objectives and cross-map kill threats.
- The enemy draft includes Heino, Gan & Mo, and Diaochan, who appear in counter data as matchups Butterfly can pressure.
Avoid Butterfly when
- Your team has no primary engage, leaving the cleanup pick with nothing to follow up on
- Your team needs a tank pick more than Butterfly's specialty, leaving the role unfilled if you commit here.
- The enemy team is built around answers to Cleanup, removing the windows Butterfly's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: jungle clear into level-4 ganks is the first window where Butterfly can translate routes into kills.
Ultimate online: Death Dealer provides the cleanup finisher once the enemy commits cooldowns
Late game: full build online, Butterfly reaches the spike public guides describe — extended fights favor her once items are completed.
Build decisions
Attack-speed cleanup jungle core
Butterfly's official build runs an attack-speed cleanup jungle path. Relentless Blade and Rapacious Bite scale physical attack from monster kills, while Lightfoot Shoes and Boots of Dexterity ramp her movement and attack speed so she can chase and clean up after the first engage. Axe of Torment is the anti-squishy core for punishing carries.
Durability & survivability tail
Master Sword (enhanced basic attacks) adds steady output, Nettle Gauntlet (offense and defense) keeps her durable, and Boots of Resistance shortens crowd control. Pure Sky (temporary damage reduction), Blood Rage (temporary shield), Destiny (negates fatal damage) and Sage's Sanctuary (on-the-spot resurrect) are the survivability picks that let Butterfly dive in and still escape.
Matchup logic
Versus disengage tools
Heroes with strong disengage neutralize cleanup windows. Hold Death Dealer until the disengage is used, then commit on the second engage.
Role positioning
Butterfly is a Jungle pick whose value depends on tempo from objectives and cross-map kill threats. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights her kit is not designed to win.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Liu Bang, Yaria, and Liu Shan as strong partners for Butterfly. Plan engages around Liu Bang's setup window, then second-engage with Death Dealer.
Common mistakes
- Engaging first instead of second — cleanup picks lose their value as primary engagers.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Butterfly's commit reaches the target alive.
- Pathing predictably and getting tracked by the enemy jungler — vary first clear and rotate based on ward placement rather than muscle memory.
Background
Death's Whisper
“Butterfly, set to dance.”
In the eyes of the people, Butterfly is an top-notch mercenary with neither emotion nor desire. Rumor has it that the reason she works so hard to complete her mission is to repay a debt to the Mercenary Guild. However, what no one knows is that this girl, orphaned since childhood, has certain fond memories of her childhood despite her arduous training under the guild, thanks to a man named Allain. Thus, she has followed his trail to Navenia, vowing to find her precious companion even if he no longer remembers her.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 165 cm
- Style:
- Martial Arts
- Nation:
- Navenia
- Title:
- Navenia Mercenary
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Butterfly.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3400
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
57
HP/5s
Offense
175
Phys ATK
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
380
Move Speed
Melee
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.
Jungle Full AD lethality
Safe defaultStart here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Populer
Jungle Full AD lethality
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Jungle AD penetration
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Presets
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
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Skills
passive Assassination
Butterfly gains 2 stacks of mark from defeating heroes and 1 stack fromassisting or killing monsters/minions. At 3 stacks, the next skill used willnot enter cooldown.
skill1 Whirlwind
Butterfly deals damage to enemies around her and gains a shield. HerMovement Speed increases during this time.
skill2 Sword Propel
Butterfly deals damage in the target direction and inflicts slow.
ultimate Death Dealer
Butterfly jumps to the target and deals damagelf the target is defeated within a certain period of time, the cooldown of thisskill is refreshed.
Skins
2 skins
Rockstar
Sunken Fable
Playstyle
Butterfly's signature tool is Death Dealer (jumps to the target and deals damagelf the target is defeated within a certain period of time, the). Wait for a flank where the enemy carry has no peel, then commit your full combo.
Patch History
S6 Aug 2024 Stat Buffs
Increased the duration of Ultimate's Mark.
Show details
"The Mark from Butterfly's Ultimate is a crucial mechanic. We've increased the duration of the Mark to give her more room for error and better leverage this feature."