S11 Jun 2025 Stat Nerfs
Ultimate damage reduced
Dian Wei
(典韦) A Jungle Difficulty
Fighter
Berserker Cleanup Late Game Medium
Dian Wei
典韦
A Jungle
Difficulty Fighter
Berserker Cleanup Late Game Medium
Also known as
Dian Wei's Chinese name is 典韦.
典韦
Quick summary
Dian Wei is a strong Jungle Fighter who wants to play cleanup. Public guides recommend a build starting with Relentless Blade and Smite.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Dian Wei, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Dian Wei is a strong Jungle Fighter who wants to punish overextended carries once cooldowns are gone. Public guide data shows a build centered on Relentless Blade, Lightfoot Shoes, Meteor, paired with Smite, used to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks. Pick him when the draft lets Dian Wei reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the matchup denies the windows his kit needs.
Pick Dian Wei when
- The enemy team relies on long-cooldown engage skills that leave them vulnerable post-fight
- Your team has the structure to use his ability to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks, since Dian Wei delivers tempo from objectives and cross-map kill threats.
- The enemy draft includes Zhou Yu, Yixing, and Mi Yue, who appear in counter data as matchups Dian Wei can pressure.
Avoid Dian Wei when
- The enemy team disengages well, so cleanup windows never open
- Your team needs a tank pick more than Dian Wei's specialty, leaving the role unfilled if you commit here.
- The enemy team is built around answers to Cleanup, removing the windows Dian Wei's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: jungle clear into level-4 ganks is the first window where Dian Wei can translate routes into kills.
Ultimate online: Leap of Fury provides the cleanup finisher once the enemy commits cooldowns
Late game: full build online, Dian Wei reaches the spike public guides describe — extended fights favor him once items are completed.
Build decisions
Crit cleanup jungle core
Dian Wei's official build runs a crit cleanup jungle path. Relentless Blade and Rapacious Bite scale physical attack from monster kills (with Smite for objectives), Lightfoot Shoes and Meteor add mobility and cooldown reduction, and Eternity Blade adds the high crit damage to clean up after the first engage. Axe of Torment is the anti-squishy core.
Durability & survivability tail
Master Sword (enhanced basic attacks) adds steady output, Spikemail reflects damage in extended fights, Boots of Resistance shortens crowd control, and Sage's Sanctuary (on-the-spot resurrect) is the late insurance. The recommended arcana are Calamity, Unparalleled, Stealth and Eagle Eye, supporting a crit-leaning jungler that survives the dive.
Matchup logic
Versus disengage tools
Heroes with strong disengage neutralize cleanup windows. Hold Leap of Fury until the disengage is used, then commit on the second engage.
Role positioning
Dian Wei 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 his kit is not designed to win.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Ming, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bang as strong partners for Dian Wei. Plan engages around Ming's setup window, then second-engage with Leap of Fury.
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 Dian Wei'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
Berserker
“The beast within me has awoken!”
Wild and tenacious yet also a kind soul, Dian Wei the berserker had always lived a conflicted life. Born with ferali blood, he found it difficult to control the animal within, and the conflict between the beast and his gentle nature caused him a great amount of pain. Things only improved when he encountered Little Lute, a young girl whom he felt he truly wanted to protect. From then on, he was content to shackle himself with heavy armor and become a trapped beast. This is both his punishment and his atonement.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 183 cm
- Style:
- Martial Arts
- Nation:
- Wei
- Title:
- General of Wei
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Dian Wei.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3475
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
52
HP/5s
Offense
171
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
385
Move Speed
580
Max Mana
14
Mana/5s
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.
Arcana
Jungle AD penetration
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Arcana
Jungle AD penetration
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Jungle AD penetration
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Skills
passive Mounting Rage
Gains stacks upon getting defeats and assits,for up to 20 stacks.Physical atack increases with each stack
skill1 Holding on to Sanity
Removes crowd controls,gains a movement speed bonus,and enhances the next basic atack to deal extra damage
skill2 Outburst
Damages and slows enemies in range . He becomes enhanced on hit.While enhanced,he gains atack speed and lifesteal.
ultimate Leap of Fury
Jumps to the target,damaging and slowing them while enhancing himself.While enhanced,deals extra true damage to enemies.
Skins
4 skins
Winged Tiger
Warfire
Blue Screen
Junkyard Protector
Playstyle
Dian Wei's win condition runs through Leap of Fury (jumps to the target,damaging and slowing them while enhancing himself.While enhanced,deals extra true). Use your mobility to reach the back line, but bait the enemy's lockdown before you dash in.
Patch History
S9 Apr 2025 Stat Changes
Adjusted the early and late-game damage of enhanced Basic Attacks
S8 Feb 2025 Stat Changes
Crowd Control Effects Adjusted
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"Dian Wei's skills allow him to clear enemy crowd control effects. We've reduced his own crowd control effects to give the enemy a chance to escape from his attack range."
S8 Jan 2025 Mechanics Upgrade
Standardized enhanced Basic Attack mechanic.
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The enhanced Basic Attack's dash prevented Dian Wei from fully utilizing his Attack Range advantage and would even put him in danger in some situations. Hence, we have improved this mechanic so the dash effect remains the same without a target.
S6 Jul 2024 Mechanics Upgrade
Added a dash to his Skill 1 and reduced the extra true damage from his Ultimate
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Dian Wei's high Attack Speed and recovery allow him to fight for sustained periods of time. However, without a dash, it's difficult for him to chase and approach enemies who have movement skills. That's why we decided to add a dash to his enhanced Basic Attack while making a minor adjustment to the extra true damage dealt by his Ultimate.