S12 Oct 2025 Stat Buffs
Increased Skill Damage
Li Bai
(李白) C Jungle Difficulty
Assassin
Roving Assassin Gap-Close/Cleanup Late Game Very Hard
Li Bai
李白
C Jungle
Difficulty Assassin
Roving Assassin Gap-Close/Cleanup Late Game Very Hard
Also known as
Li Bai's Chinese name is 李白.
李白
Quick summary
Li Bai is a situational Jungle Assassin who wants to close distance and snowball off picks. Public guides recommend a build starting with Relentless Blade and Smite.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Li Bai, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Li Bai is a situational Jungle Assassin who wants to snowball with kills off early ganks. Public guide data shows a build centered on Relentless Blade, Boots of Dexterity, Meteor, paired with Smite, used to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks. Pick him when the draft lets Li Bai reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy chains crowd control that stops the engage before damage lands.
Pick Li Bai when
- The enemy team has carries with limited self-peel that Li Bai can reach before the team can react
- Your team can engage first, letting Li Bai second-wave into low-health targets
- The enemy draft includes Dun, Lian Po, and Liu Shan, who appear in counter data as matchups Li Bai can pressure.
Avoid Li Bai when
- Enemy peel is strong and Li Bai cannot reach the backline without dying first
- Your team has no primary engage, leaving the cleanup pick with nothing to follow up on
- A stronger pick in the same role is open and the matchup does not specifically reward Li Bai's Gap-Close.
Power spikes
Early game: jungle clear into level-4 ganks is the first window where Li Bai can translate routes into kills.
Ultimate unlocked: Flickering Flurry converts mobility into burst, the moment Li Bai starts threatening picks across the map
Late game: full build online, Li Bai reaches the spike public guides describe — extended fights favor him once items are completed.
Build decisions
Default jungle path
Public build references for Li Bai recommend Relentless Blade, Boots of Dexterity, Meteor, Axe of Torment, Bloodsoul, and Rapacious Bite, with Mutation, Red Moon, and Hunt arcana. Run Smite as the battle spell. Use this as the baseline assassin plan before adapting to the enemy draft.
Situational item pivots
Spare options listed in build data include Bloodweeper, Master Sword, Overlord's Might, Sage's Sanctuary, Destiny, and Shadow Ripper. Treat these as situational swaps when the default path is not enough — for example, swapping in defensive items against burst comps or penetration items against stacked armor.
Matchup logic
Versus crowd control
Reliable hard control stops Li Bai's engage before the combo lands. Bait the most threatening control skill before committing Flickering Flurry, and wait for ally engage to absorb peel.
Role positioning
Li Bai 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 Lady Zhen, Luna, and Shi as strong partners for Li Bai. Plan engages around Lady Zhen's setup window, then second-engage with Flickering Flurry.
Common mistakes
- Engaging without follow-up — gap-close gets you to the target, but a solo dive without ally damage trades 1-for-1.
- Engaging first instead of second — cleanup picks lose their value as primary engagers.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Li Bai'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
Lyricist
“A sword on my hips and a song on my lips: That's how I travel!”
Li Bai is an eternal romantic and individualist, a poet swordsman who can split a hair with his blade while composing poetry that will be recited in courts across the land. Born in Alsahraa, he was well-versed in the writings of Madinat Erudit's sages from an early age, which inspired his personal expression of freedom. He spent much of his youth wandering the world at his leisure, developing a swordmanship that was as unpredictable as his whereabouts. However, after witnessing his hometown's destruction and the framing of his friends, the swordsman embarked on a quest for truth and justice.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 184 cm
- Style:
- Martial Arts
- Nation:
- Chang'an
- Title:
- Swordmaster
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Li Bai.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3257
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
49
HP/5s
Offense
171
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
385
Move Speed
560
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.
Populer
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Populer
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Presets
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
low
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
maniac
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
low
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Presets
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Presets
Skills
passive Way of the Sword
Basic Attack hits grant stacks. At 4 stacks, increases Physical Attack and unlocks the Ultimate.
skill1 Stupor Slash
Dashes and leaves an after image at the start point while stunning and damaging enemies in his path.Can dash again before cooldown starts, and a third time to return to the after image.
skill2 Stroke of Genius
Removes crowd control effects from self and becomes untargetable. Damages enemies in range, leaving behind a sword formation. Enemies that touch the edge of the formation are damaged, slowed, andsundered.
ultimate Flickering Flurry
Transforms into a phantom, continuously slashing at the specified area. Li Bai is untargetable while the skill is active, and all debuffs are removed Deals AoE damage, but damage is diminished upon hitting multiple enemy heroes.
Skins
5 skins
Sword and Song
White Phoenix
Sentient Weapon
Power of Precision
Van Helsing
Playstyle
Built around Flickering Flurry (transforms into a phantom, continuously slashing at the specified area). Track cooldowns and only dive when the target's defensive skills are down.
Patch History
S8 Jan 2025 Stat Buffs
Increased base stats and Ultimate damage.
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Li Bai has an agile combat style. We have increased his stats to improve his survivability if he makes a mistake.
S6 Aug 2024 Stat Buffs
Skill 1 damage increased.
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Increasing Skill 1's damage allows Li Bai to deal good damage before he gets his Ultimate