S12 Nov 2025 Stat Buffs
Increased Skill Damage
Musashi
(宫本武藏) A Jungle Clash Lane Difficulty
Fighter
Assassin Fighter Gap-Close/Cleanup Balanced Hard
Musashi
宫本武藏
A Jungle Clash Lane
Difficulty Fighter
Assassin Fighter Gap-Close/Cleanup Balanced Hard
Also known as
Musashi's Chinese name is 宫本武藏.
宫本武藏
Quick summary
Musashi is a strong Jungle Fighter who wants to close distance and snowball off picks. Public guides recommend a build starting with Boots of Tranquility and Flash.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Musashi, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Musashi is a strong Jungle Fighter who wants to pick off isolated heroes once mobility is online. Public guide data shows a build centered on Boots of Tranquility, Primordial Crystal, Meteor, paired with Flash, used to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks. Pick him when the draft lets Musashi reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy chains crowd control that stops the engage before damage lands.
Pick Musashi when
- The map shape favors gank routes, where mobility translates directly into kills
- Your team can engage first, letting Musashi second-wave into low-health targets
- The enemy draft includes Diaochan, Luna, and Shangguan, who appear in counter data as matchups Musashi can pressure.
Avoid Musashi when
- The team needs sustained team-fight damage rather than a single-target diver
- Your team has no primary engage, leaving the cleanup pick with nothing to follow up on
- The enemy team is built around answers to Gap-Close, removing the windows Musashi's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: jungle clear into level-4 ganks is the first window where Musashi can translate routes into kills.
Ultimate unlocked: Duel to the Death converts mobility into burst, the moment Musashi starts threatening picks across the map
Late game: cooldowns become short enough that Extreme Speed influences every team fight rather than being a one-shot tool.
Build decisions
Cooldown-focused jungle core
Musashi's official build maximises his Gap-Close and Cleanup pattern through cooldown reduction: Boots of Tranquility, Primordial Crystal and Meteor stack CDR so his mobility and combo come back faster, letting him chase down targets repeatedly. Axe of Torment is the anti-squishy core, and Frostscar's Embrace adds an enhanced-basic-attack slow to keep fleeing carries in range.
Sustain & survivability finishers
Sunglow Striker (attack and health) and Bloodweeper (physical lifesteal) give Musashi the sustain to stay in skirmishes, while Pure Sky (temporary damage reduction), Sage's Sanctuary (on-the-spot resurrect) and Destiny (negates fatal damage) are the late-game insurance items. The recommended arcana set is Mutation, Reaver, Stealth, Beast Scar and Eagle Eye, and Flash is the battle spell for closing the final gap or escaping a collapse.
Matchup logic
Versus crowd control
Reliable hard control stops Musashi's engage before the combo lands. Bait the most threatening control skill before committing Duel to the Death, and wait for ally engage to absorb peel.
Role positioning
Musashi 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 Dolia, Guiguzi, and Zhang Fei as strong partners for Musashi. Plan engages around Dolia's setup window, then second-engage with Duel to the Death.
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 Musashi'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
Swordmaster
“My path, is that of the peerless samurai.”
With a longsword in his left hand and a shortsword in his right, the unparalleled swordsmanship of Musashi made him an unstoppable killing machine. While Musashi was spending his days roaming the world and challenging the mighty to a battle of blades, his childhood friend Otsu met a tragic end in his hometown. Stricken with grief, Musashi sealed away his sword for three years, before picking it up again with Otsu's spirit's blessing. Musashi then vowed to fulfill Otsu's wish for him to become the mightiest swordsman in the world.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 181 cm
- Style:
- Martial Arts
- Nation:
- Kyokutou
- Title:
- Kyokutou Swordsman
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Musashi.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3300
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
48
HP/5s
Offense
167
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
385
Move Speed
2
Max Mana
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.
Full AD lethality
Safe defaultStart here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.
Arcana
tank
Jungle Standard build
Beginner friendlyBest if you want a simpler setup with fewer situational pivots.
Jungle Full AD lethality
Burst damageBest when you can reach squishier targets and convert quick kills.
damage
Jungle Standard build
SustainBest for longer fights where healing and uptime matter more than raw burst.
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Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Arcana
dmg
Jungle Full AD lethality
SnowballBest when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Jungle AD penetration
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Jungle Full AD lethality
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Jungle Full AD lethality
Anti-tankBest when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Skills
passive Niten Ichiryuu
Using skills generates Vigor, which is consumed by Basic Attacks to gain enhancement effects. Hitting an enemy reduces the cooldown of Skills 1 and Skills 2. Vigor can stack up to two times. 1 Vigor: Enhances Basic Attack damage. 2 Vigor: Dashes and slows enemies.
skill1 Illuminating Slash
Unleashes sword energy in the target direction, dealing damage to enemies in its path and knocking down projectiles. Becomes immune to crowd control when using the skill.
skill2 Extreme Speed
Dashes in the target direction, dealing damage and gaining a shield upon hitting an enemy.
ultimate Duel to the Death
Dashes to the target, launching them and dealing damage to enemies within range, while delaying the target's recovery effects.
Skins
7 skins
Otherworldly Sentry
ICHIGO KUROSAKI
Plum Samurai
Future Era
Underworld Sentry
Oni Samurai
Spring's Renewal
Playstyle
Musashi leans on Duel to the Death (dashes to the target, launching them and dealing damage to enemies within range, while delaying the). Hold your engage until your team can follow up, then dive the priority target.
Patch History
S10 May 2025 Stat Buffs
Improved shield
S7 Nov 2024 Stat Changes
Balanced Stats to Suit Different Equipment
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"We've made adjustments to Musashi's skill stat bonuses to balance the effectiveness of various equipment builds."