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Milady
(米莱狄) A Mid Difficulty
Mage
Formation Mage Sustained Damage/Pushing Early Game Medium
Milady
米莱狄
A Mid
Difficulty Mage
Formation Mage Sustained Damage/Pushing Early Game Medium
Also known as
Milady's Chinese name is 米莱狄.
米莱狄
Quick summary
Milady is a strong Mid Mage who wants to play sustained damage. Public guides recommend a build starting with Lightfoot Shoes and Flash.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Milady, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Milady is a strong Mid Mage who wants to outlast enemies in long fights through healing. Public guide data shows a build centered on Lightfoot Shoes, Spell Tome, Boots of Deftness, paired with Flash, used to farm safely and rotate to side lanes when the wave allows. Pick her when the draft lets Milady reach the targets her kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the matchup denies the windows her kit needs.
Pick Milady when
- The enemy lacks reliable healing reduction, leaving sustain unchecked
- Your team has the structure to use her ability to farm safely and rotate to side lanes when the wave allows, since Milady delivers consistent damage output and timely roams.
- The enemy draft includes Nakoruru, Pei, and Mai Shiranui, who appear in counter data as matchups Milady can pressure.
Avoid Milady when
- The game state demands burst rather than slow attrition
- Your team needs a jungle pick more than Milady's specialty, leaving the role unfilled if you commit here.
- The enemy team is built around answers to Sustained Damage, removing the windows Milady's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: Milady 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: cooldowns become short enough that Forced Invasion influences every team fight rather than being a one-shot tool.
Build decisions
Default mid path
Public build references for Milady recommend Lightfoot Shoes, Spell Tome, Boots of Deftness, Boots of the Arcane, Sage's Codex, and Venomous Staff, with Nightmare, Hunt, and Mind's Eye arcana. Run Flash as the battle spell. Use this as the baseline mage plan before adapting to the enemy draft.
Situational item pivots
Spare options listed in build data include Mask of Agony, Twilight Stream, Frozen Breath, Savant's Wrath, and Splendor. 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 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
Milady is a Mid pick whose value depends on consistent damage output and timely roams. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights her kit is not designed to win.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Sun Bin, Yaria, and Zhang Fei as strong partners for Milady. Plan engages around Sun Bin's setup window, then second-engage with Chaos Field.
Common mistakes
- Forcing all-ins against opponents already wearing anti-heal — your healing barely activates.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Milady's commit reaches the target alive.
- Greeding farm in mid lane while side lanes get camped — rotation timing matters more than CS lead in most matchups.
Background
Mechaboss
“My artificial servants ensure that the world bends to my will.”
The prideful and autocratic Milady is the consul of Navenia. As a member of a noble family, she received a strict elitist education from an early age, leading her to rule the city as the most formidable member of her family that the residents had ever known. The curse that plagued her family also invigorated her fighting spirit with a firm and clear goal: to lift the curse and assert her supremacy over Navenia. To that end, the legion of machines she's created will clear all obstacles in her path.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 169 cm
- Style:
- Mechcraft
- Nation:
- Navenian Clans
- Title:
- Ruler of Navenia
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Milady.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3213
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
45
HP/5s
Offense
168
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
365
Move Speed
640
Max Mana
16
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.
Mage support
Utility supportBest when your team needs peel, setup, or safer fight control more than damage.
Arcana
Update
Full AP burst
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
Arcana
Skills
passive Mechanical Minions
Summons minions upon killing a unit. Minions attack automatically, then merge into an advanced bot or explode at the end of their duration, dealing damage to nearby enemies.
skill1 Air Superiority
Commands her aircraft to move in the target direction, dealing damage to enemies in its path. Using the skill again splits the aircraft in two, dealing damage and inflicting slow.
skill2 Forced Invasion
Summons mechanical minions in the target area, dealing area damage before automatically attacking nearby enemies.
ultimate Chaos Field
Marks a target enemy or structure, damaging them over time. Non-structures are also stunned and slowed. Nearby mechanical minions are enhanced while marks are active. Marks explode upon expiry, dealing damage proportional to the damage taken while marked.
Skins
7 skins
Swampseer
Golden Vacation
Dragondame
Malefice
Perfect Vacation
Nutcracker Monarch
Precise Deduction
Playstyle
Your main threat is Chaos Field (marks a target enemy or structure, damaging them over time). Look for angles to land your control from max range, then follow with your damage rotation.