S14 Mar 2026 Stat Nerfs
Adjusted skill damage
Marco Polo
(马可波罗) S Farm Difficulty
Marksman
Nimble Marksman Ranged Harass Balanced Hard
Marco Polo
马可波罗
S Farm
Difficulty Marksman
Nimble Marksman Ranged Harass Balanced Hard
Also known as
Marco Polo's Chinese name is 马可波罗.
马可波罗
Quick summary
Marco Polo is a top-tier Farm Marksman who wants to output sustained ranged damage. Public guides recommend a build starting with Boots of Dexterity and Stun.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Marco Polo, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Marco Polo is a top-tier Farm Marksman who wants to control space with safe ranged abilities. Public guide data shows a build centered on Boots of Dexterity, Doomsday, Sparkforged Dagger, paired with Stun, used to farm the safe side, scale into late game, and protect priority targets. Pick him when the draft lets Marco Polo reach the back-line scaling window without being caught out; avoid when the matchup denies the windows his kit needs.
Pick Marco Polo when
- The enemy team plays dive comp, giving you space to poke before they engage
- The enemy team has front-line targets that Marco Polo can chip down with sustained ranged damage
- The enemy draft includes Cirrus, Mai Shiranui, and Wukong, who appear in counter data as matchups Marco Polo can pressure.
Avoid Marco Polo when
- The enemy has hard engage that closes distance through poke patterns
- The game is decided early before the marksman can hit core item spikes
- The enemy team is built around answers to Ranged Harass, removing the windows Marco Polo's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: farm safely behind the support, surviving lane phase to reach the marksman scaling window.
Mana sustain online: poke patterns become repeatable once cooldown reduction and mana regen items come online
Late game: with full damage online, sustained DPS outpaces enemy healing in extended fights.
Build decisions
Attack-speed marksman core
Marco Polo's official build supports his Ranged Harass pattern. Boots of Dexterity (attack speed) and Sparkforged Dagger (chain-lightning basic attacks) ramp his on-hit output, while Doomsday scales basic-attack damage and Daybreaker's Virtue adds the marksman-focused sustain damage. Shadow Ripper (crits boost attack speed) reinforces the attack-speed snowball as the fight goes long.
Control, defense & utility
Frigid Charge and Amble - Winter add group crowd control to peel for himself, Frostscar's Embrace slows with enhanced attacks, and the defensive tail — Sage's Sanctuary (resurrect), Succubus Cloak (anti-magic), Blood Rage (shield) and Blazing Cape — keeps the immobile-leaning carry alive. The recommended arcana are Red Moon, Fate, Hunt and Eagle Eye, with Stun as the battle spell to lock down a chasing assassin.
Matchup logic
Versus hard engage
Marco Polo loses value when forced into close-range fights. Stick with the front line, hold a flash or repositioning skill, and avoid being caught alone in the river.
Role positioning
Marco Polo is a Farm pick whose value depends on sustained ranged damage in extended team fights. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights his kit is not designed to win.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Dharma, Liu Shan, and Zhang Fei as strong partners for Marco Polo. Plan engages around Dharma's setup window, then second-engage with Fevered Barrage.
Common mistakes
- Spending mana on poke that does not threaten kills, leaving you empty for the actual fight.
- 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 Marco Polo'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
Gunslinger
“An entire world is waiting to be discovered out there!”
Marco Polo bears many titles—traveler, adventurer, polyglot... Free-spirited, intelligent, and passionate, he has an insatiable thirst for knowledge. The intrepid lad was raised by his uncle after losing his father at a young age. However, he also inherited a fragment of the ancient Arcana from his father, which was the key to the origins of knowledge. Once he deciphered the information pertaining to the source of knowledge, he followed in his father's footsteps, carrying his twin guns to the distant eastern continent on his own quest for knowledge.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 179 cm
- Style:
- Martial Arts
- Nation:
- Navenian Clans
- Title:
- Explorer
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Marco Polo.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3207
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
46
HP/5s
Offense
175
Phys ATK
10%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
360
Move Speed
200
Max Mana
50
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.
Crit attack speed
Safe defaultStart here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.
Attack speed
Beginner friendlyBest if you want a simpler setup with fewer situational pivots.
Attack speed
Beginner friendlyBest if you want a simpler setup with fewer situational pivots.
BUILD
Crit attack speed
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Crit attack speed
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Attack speed
Beginner friendlyBest if you want a simpler setup with fewer situational pivots.
BUILD
Attack speed
Beginner friendlyBest if you want a simpler setup with fewer situational pivots.
Attack speed
Beginner friendlyBest if you want a simpler setup with fewer situational pivots.
Build
Crit attack speed
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Skills
passive Chain Reaction
Basic Attack and skill hits inflict stacks on the opponent, dealing extra truedamage at max stacks. Extra Attack Speed bonuses increase the number ofbullets fired by Skill 1 and 3.
skill1 Resplendent Revolver
Fires in the target direction for a period of time and gains increasedMovement Speed while firing.
skill2 Roaming Gun
Teleports in the target direction.Passive: Gains Attack and Movement Speed when a nearby enemy hero is within range.
ultimate Fevered Barrage
Shifts in the target direction and deals damage over time to nearby enemies within range.
Skins
6 skins
Mirage Streamer
Interstellar Ranger
Deepsea Explorer
Shadowslinger
Funky Western
Shan Hai Trees
Playstyle
Marco Polo's signature tool is Fevered Barrage (shifts in the target direction and deals damage over time to nearby enemies within range). Reposition between every volley rather than standing still to deal damage.
Patch History
S13 Dec 2025 Stat Changes
Adjusted Skill Damage
S6 Jul 2024 Mechanics Upgrade
Smoothed Attack Speed gains, improving growth.
Show details
Marco Polo's current Attack Speed benefits don't pay off much until the late game, so we gave the Attack Speed boost of his Skill 1 and Ultimate more specific tiering to ensure that early-game Attack Speed boosts provide a corresponding reward.