S13 Dec 2025 Stat Changes
Adjusted Skill Damage
Erin
(艾琳) B Farm Difficulty
Marksman
Deft Marksman Sustained Damage Mid Game Medium
Erin
艾琳
B Farm
Difficulty Marksman
Deft Marksman Sustained Damage Mid Game Medium
Also known as
Erin's Chinese name is 艾琳.
艾琳
Quick summary
Erin is a mid-tier Farm Marksman who wants to output sustained ranged damage. Public guides recommend a build starting with Grand Staff.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Erin, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Erin is a balanced Farm Marksman who wants to win extended trades with regeneration. Public guide data shows a build centered on Grand Staff, Boots of Dexterity, Golden Blade, used to farm the safe side, scale into late game, and protect priority targets. Pick her when the draft lets Erin reach the back-line scaling window without being caught out; avoid when the matchup denies the windows her kit needs.
Pick Erin when
- The enemy lacks reliable healing reduction, leaving sustain unchecked
- Your team needs a primary damage carry that scales with items and team-fight positioning
- The enemy draft includes Ying, Han Xin, and Lam, who appear in counter data as matchups Erin can pressure.
Avoid Erin when
- The game state demands burst rather than slow attrition
- The enemy stacks dive and assassins, making it impossible for the marksman to free-cast in fights
- The enemy team is built around answers to Sustained Damage, removing the windows Erin's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: farm safely behind the support, surviving lane phase to reach the marksman scaling window.
Lifesteal item online: trade patterns flip from neutral to favorable once sustain stacks with damage
Late game: with full damage online, sustained DPS outpaces enemy healing in extended fights.
Build decisions
Magic-marksman attack-speed core
Erin is a magical marksman, and her official build reflects that. Grand Staff (magical attack) and Golden Blade (keeps enhancing basic attacks) ramp her on-hit magical output, while Boots of Dexterity adds attack speed and Boots of the Arcane plus Twilight Stream (magical pierce) make her hits punch through resistances. Savant's Wrath greatly boosts her magical attack for sustained damage.
Lifesteal, anti-tank & scaling
Insatiable Tome adds magical lifesteal for sustain in extended fights, Sage's Tome rounds out her scaling, and Void Staff is the anti-tank penetration core against health-stacked frontlines. This is a hybrid attack-speed/magic setup that fits her Sustained Damage specialty, grinding targets down with empowered basic attacks rather than burst.
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
Erin is a Farm pick whose value depends on sustained ranged damage in extended team fights. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights her kit is not designed to win.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Dun, Wuyan, and Xiang Yu as strong partners for Erin. Plan engages around Dun's setup window, then second-engage with Waltz - Laurel Blossom.
Common mistakes
- Forcing all-ins against opponents already wearing anti-heal — your healing barely activates.
- Auto-attacking instead of repositioning when the enemy assassin is missing — losing the marksman loses the fight.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Erin'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
Laurel Princess
“Ideanor is close by, I can feel it!”
Erin is a curious and ebullient young elf princess who was born in the Luminescent Forest. Unfortunately, her position also forced her into endless insufferable rituals, dances, and a perfectly ordered life as determined by elvish custom. These restraints prompted Erin to flee the forest for the human world and her own adventure just before her coming-of-age ceremony...
- Race:
- Elf
- Height:
- 165 cm
- Style:
- Sorcery
- Nation:
- The Luminescent Forest
- Title:
- Elf Princess
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Erin.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3245
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
39
HP/5s
Offense
166
Phys ATK
10%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
370
Move Speed
100
Max Mana
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.
Mage support
Utility supportBest when your team needs peel, setup, or safer fight control more than damage.
Mage support
Utility supportBest when your team needs peel, setup, or safer fight control more than damage.
Critical strike
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Presets
Critical strike
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Populer
Critical strike
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Critical strike
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Attack speed
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Crit attack speed
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Attack speed
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Skills
passive Elf Dance
Her Basic Attack grants Energy. At max Energy, she speeds up, gains a stack of Laurel, and enhances her next Basic Attack. The speed-up increases with her Magical Attack. Her Pierce and Lifesteal stats are linked, using whichever is higher.
skill1 Dance - Leaf Greeting
Shoots a leaf to deal damage and gain marks. The leaf then forms a circle, damaging and slowing enemies. Magical Attack reduces the skill's cooldown.
skill2 Twirl - Forest Whisper
Recovers full Energy and gains marks, immunity to slow, and Attack Speed.
ultimate Waltz - Laurel Bloom
This skill is unlocked when Erin gains enough Laurels. She consumes Laurels to deal damage and gain Movement Speed, while reducing the cooldown of Skill 2.
Skins
4 skins
Wishing Crane
Violet Bloom
Forest Keeper
Ballerina
Playstyle
Erin's signature tool is Waltz - Laurel Bloom (this skill is unlocked when Erin gains enough Laurels). Hold a safe back-line position and only step up once the enemy frontline's engage is spent.
Patch History
S8 Jan 2025 Stat Buffs
Increased Skill 1's damage and Physical Defense.
Show details
During the 'I'm a dev for HoK!' event in Honor of Kings Camp, there were many calls to buff Erin, so we have increased her viability in the early game.
S6 Sep 2024 Stat Buffs
Improved base stats.
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Erin can explore both physical and magic equipment. We're improving her base stats to ensure she remains strong under different playstyles.