S12 Nov 2025 Stat Changes
Adjusted Recovery
Donghuang
(东皇太一) B Roam Clash Lane Difficulty
Support/Tank
Offensive Support Recovery/Sustained Crowd Control Early Game Hard
Donghuang
东皇太一
B Roam Clash Lane
Difficulty Support/Tank
Offensive Support Recovery/Sustained Crowd Control Early Game Hard
Also known as
Donghuang's Chinese name is 东皇太一.
东皇太一
Quick summary
Donghuang is a mid-tier Roam Support who wants to soak engage and create space. Public guides recommend a build starting with Boots of Resistance and Flash.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Donghuang, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Donghuang is a balanced Roam Support who wants to win extended trades with regeneration. Public guide data shows a build centered on Boots of Resistance, Crimson Shadow - Radiance, Ominous Premonition, paired with Flash, used to protect the marksman, set vision, and engage on cooldown windows. Pick him when the draft lets Donghuang reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy is built around percent-HP damage and armor penetration.
Pick Donghuang when
- The team draft favors extended team fights where healing scales
- The enemy team relies on hard engage that you can read and recover from
- The enemy draft includes Allain, Cirrus, and Kaizer, who appear in counter data as matchups Donghuang can pressure.
Avoid Donghuang when
- The enemy already builds anti-heal items, neutralizing your sustain plan
- The enemy chains crowd control faster than recovery cooldowns refresh
- The enemy team is built around answers to Recovery, removing the windows Donghuang's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: Donghuang is listed as an early-game threat in public guide data — convert the early window into objectives before scaling picks come online.
Lifesteal item online: trade patterns flip from neutral to favorable once sustain stacks with damage
Late game: Longnight Guardian, Overlord's Platemail, and Eye of the Phoenix on the bar means Donghuang can soak commits in 5v5 team fights for his carries.
Build decisions
Sustained-control tank core
Donghuang's official build supports his Recovery and Sustained Crowd Control identity as a Roam tank. Boots of Resistance shortens incoming crowd control so he can hold his channel, Longnight Guardian (resists burst damage) and Overlord's Platemail (extra Health) front-load durability, and Crimson Shadow - Radiance adds area damage and vision around his lockdown.
Peel, sustain & utility
Ominous Premonition (slows attackers) and Glacial Buckler (group damage and slow) add peel for the backline, while Eye of the Phoenix (Health regen) keeps Donghuang healthy through extended fights. The recommended arcana are Fate, Harmony and Void, with Flash for the engage. This setup maximises his ability to lock a target down and survive while the team follows up.
Matchup logic
Versus anti-heal
Healing reduction items cut sustain by a large margin. Track when the enemy buys the anti-heal item and adjust your trade aggression accordingly.
Role positioning
Donghuang is a Roam pick whose value depends on utility, vision, and timely peel for the carries. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights his kit is not designed to win.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Erin, Fang, and Garo as strong partners for Donghuang. Plan engages around Erin's setup window, then second-engage with Forsaken Contract.
Common mistakes
- Forcing all-ins against opponents already wearing anti-heal — your healing barely activates.
- Using the recovery skill on the first crowd control, then dying to the follow-up chain.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Donghuang's commit reaches the target alive.
- Forgetting vision while looking for picks — losing the marksman because the support roamed without setting wards is a recurring mistake.
Background
Harbinger
“The eclipse is near... and so is my miracle!”
He did not want to settle for the end that all mediocre beings inevitably march toward, so he completed the trials and became Donghuang the Seer. However, even when the truth about the Wonder was exposed and it was revealed that nothing had changed, he still chose to devour their power and became a demigod. Now he resides in his palace high above Misty Marshes, and is revered by the Omniscient. This, however, is not his final goal. One day, he will take all the powers of the Wonder and reign absolute over this world.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 215 cm
- Style:
- Sorcery
- Nation:
- Misty Marshes
- Title:
- Ruler of Donghuang City
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Donghuang.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3309
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
80
HP/5s
Offense
168
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
365
Move Speed
620
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 tank
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Sustained AP
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Tanque
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Tanque
Full AP burst
Utility supportBest when your team needs peel, setup, or safer fight control more than damage.
Dano
Full tank
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Arcana
Skills
passive Soul Sacrifice
Every time a dark orb passes through an enemy, it damages and restores Health to him.
skill1 Eclipse
Deals damage to enemies in range and summons a dark orb. Donghuang can have up to have 3 dark orbs at a time. Hitting enemies with this skill reduces its cooldown.
skill2 Dark Impact
Unleashes up to 3 dark orbs at the target location, increasing own Movement Speed and dealing damage to enemies in range. The 1st and 2nd dark orbs slow enemies. The 3rd dark orb stuns enemies.
ultimate Forsaken Contract
Suppresses an enemy hero and summons 3 dark orbslf he or the target is damaged during suppression, the other will take thesame amount of damage.
Skins
5 skins
Doomdealer
Sky Devourer
Underworld Sun
Interstellar Judge
Ruler of the Sea
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. Engage on cooldown windows where carries can free-cast, not before your team is in position.