S12 Oct 2025 Stat Buffs
Increased Skill Damage
Liu Bei
(刘备) C Jungle Difficulty
Fighter
Berserker Dash/Cleanup Early Game Medium
Liu Bei
刘备
C Jungle
Difficulty Fighter
Berserker Dash/Cleanup Early Game Medium
Also known as
Liu Bei's Chinese name is 刘备.
刘备
Quick summary
Liu Bei is a situational Jungle Fighter who wants to play dash. Public guides recommend a build starting with Relentless Blade and Smite.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Liu Bei, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Liu Bei is a situational Jungle Fighter who wants to reposition through fights with multiple dashes. Public guide data shows a build centered on Relentless Blade, Boots of Dexterity, Axe of Torment, paired with Smite, used to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks. Pick him when the draft lets Liu Bei reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the matchup denies the windows his kit needs.
Pick Liu Bei when
- Your team needs a slippery damage threat that survives by movement rather than durability
- The enemy team relies on long-cooldown engage skills that leave them vulnerable post-fight
- The enemy draft includes Lady Zhen, Nuwa, and Xiao Qiao, who appear in counter data as matchups Liu Bei can pressure.
Avoid Liu Bei when
- The enemy stacks point-and-click hard control that bypasses dodging
- The enemy team disengages well, so cleanup windows never open
- A stronger pick in the same role is open and the matchup does not specifically reward Liu Bei's Dash.
Power spikes
Early game: Liu Bei is listed as an early-game threat in public guide data — convert the early window into objectives before scaling picks come online.
Cooldown reduction online: dash skills come back fast enough to chain through fights
Late game: cooldowns become short enough that Leading the Charge influences every team fight rather than being a one-shot tool.
Build decisions
Default jungle path
Public build references for Liu Bei recommend Relentless Blade, Boots of Dexterity, Axe of Torment, Rapacious Bite, Master Sword, and Doomsday, with Red Moon, Hunt, and Eagle Eye arcana. Run Smite as the battle spell. Use this as the baseline fighter plan before adapting to the enemy draft.
Situational item pivots
Spare options listed in build data include Ominous Premonition, Sage's Sanctuary, and Destiny. 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 point-click control
Targeted stuns ignore mobility. Save the longest dash for the moment after the targeted control lands, not before.
Role positioning
Liu Bei 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 Donghuang, Guiguzi, and Zhuangzi as strong partners for Liu Bei. Plan engages around Donghuang's setup window, then second-engage with Hearts and Minds.
Common mistakes
- Burning all dashes to engage, leaving none to escape if the engage fails.
- Engaging first instead of second — cleanup picks lose their value as primary engagers.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Liu Bei'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
Pointblank
“Loyalty is what's needed the most to get ahead in this world!”
As the lord of Shu, Liu Bei's most fateful decision properly begins with a meeting between the two lords and future enemies, him and his old friend Cao Cao, a very different kind of ruler known for his tyranny and calculating manipulation. It was Liu Bei's acknowledgment of the secret "Heavenly Scrolls" handed into his safekeeping that initially sparked Liu Bei's great war. Liu Bei's journey past the principality of the conniving Duke Du You found him the recipient of an orphaned child due to his reputation for kindness and, unwilling to abandon him to the conflict, agreed to take him into his care. The forces of Liu Bei were then intercepted by a group of feralis who sought to slay the child as well as an equally strong group of ferali hunters opposed to the same. A battle ensued, during which an enchanted box given along with the baby fell out of his swaddling. The box fell on the ground and, breaking, released all the memories that had been locked within by some unknown sorcery of Liu Bei's former life. He looked around at his companions with new eyes and assured in his conviction of an important mission left unfinished in his last life.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 178 cm
- Style:
- Martial Arts
- Nation:
- Shu
- Title:
- Lord of Shu
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Liu Bei.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3402
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
40
HP/5s
Offense
175
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
380
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.
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Teratas
Skills
passive Reinforced Shells
When Basic Attacks hit a hero, it increases his Physical Pierce.
skill1 Dual Shot
Increases Movement Speed and enhances the next Basic Attack to damage twice.
skill2 Leading the Charge
Dashes forward, damaging and knocking back enemies in the way.
ultimate Hearts and Minds
Removes crowd control, increases Physical Attack, and gains crowd control immunity and a shield.
Skins
6 skins
Romantic Prelude
Funky Toymaker
Lovers Across Time
New York Godfather
Mask Spirits
Desert Ranger
Playstyle
Liu Bei leans on Hearts and Minds (removes crowd control, increases Physical Attack, and gains crowd control immunity and a shield). Use your mobility to reach the back line, but bait the enemy's lockdown before you dash in.
Patch History
S7 Dec 2024 Stat Buffs
Increased BA range, reduced Skill 1 CD in early game
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Liu Bei's shotgun is most effective up close, and Skill 1 is his core damage and mobility skill, so we have reduced its cooldown in the early game to improve his leveling efficiency. The range of his shotgun has also been increased to give him some mid-range coverage.
S6 Sep 2024 Stat Buffs
Increased Ultimate's attack and shield.
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Do no evil no matter how small, and do not avoid doing good no matter how small.