S12 Nov 2025 Stat Changes
Adjusted Skill Damage
Sima Yi
(司马懿) D Jungle Mid Difficulty
Assassin/Mage
Burst Assassin Gap-Close Early Game Medium
Sima Yi
司马懿
D Jungle Mid
Difficulty Assassin/Mage
Burst Assassin Gap-Close Early Game Medium
Also known as
Sima Yi's Chinese name is 司马懿.
司马懿
Quick summary
Sima Yi is a struggling Jungle Assassin who wants to close distance and snowball off picks.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Sima Yi, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Sima Yi is a struggling Jungle Assassin who wants to snowball with kills off early ganks. Public guide data shows a build using the standard assassin core path, used to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks. Pick him when the draft lets Sima Yi reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy chains crowd control that stops the engage before damage lands.
Pick Sima Yi when
- Your draft can capitalize on early picks and snowball lane leads
- Your team has the structure to use his ability to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks, since Sima Yi delivers tempo from objectives and cross-map kill threats.
- The enemy draft includes Lu Bu, Wuyan, and Menki, who appear in counter data as matchups Sima Yi can pressure.
Avoid Sima Yi when
- The team needs sustained team-fight damage rather than a single-target diver
- Your team needs a tank pick more than Sima Yi's specialty, leaving the role unfilled if you commit here.
- A stronger pick in the same role is open and the matchup does not specifically reward Sima Yi's Gap-Close.
Power spikes
Early game: Sima Yi is listed as an early-game threat in public guide data — convert the early window into objectives before scaling picks come online.
Mid game: with cooldown reduction online, gap-close skills come back fast enough to chain into multiple fights
Late game: cooldowns become short enough that Barren Lands influences every team fight rather than being a one-shot tool.
Build decisions
Default jungle path
Public build data is incomplete for Sima Yi. Use the in-game recommended preset, then adapt items based on enemy damage type and team needs.
Matchup logic
Versus crowd control
Reliable hard control stops Sima Yi's engage before the combo lands. Bait the most threatening control skill before committing Death Descends, and wait for ally engage to absorb peel.
Role positioning
Sima Yi 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 Kongming and Zhou Yu as strong partners for Sima Yi. Plan engages around Kongming's setup window, then second-engage with Death Descends.
Common mistakes
- Diving while enemy hard control is still up, which directly counters Sima Yi's engage.
- Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Sima Yi'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
Shadowreaper
“A ruined soul, with unfathomable power.”
Sima Yi is like a walking shadow, shrouded in the darkness from head to toe, always waiting for an opportunity to strike. He comes from an illustrious anomalic family, who chose to sacrifice him in cold blood in their struggle for power. Despite spending a short time as a carefree student of the Jixia Academy, he ended up taking the solitary road of vengeance instead. Hidden by his own shadows, he has conjured a giant scythe to reap all who stand before him.
- Race:
- Human
- Height:
- 184 cm
- Style:
- Sorcery
- Nation:
- Wei
- Title:
- Wei Strategist
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Sima Yi.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3257
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
45
HP/5s
Offense
173
Phys ATK
5%
Atk Speed
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
375
Move Speed
80
Max Mana
10
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.
Standard build
Safe defaultStart here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.
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Arcana
#tier-list#sima-yi#smite
Spells
Smite
Skills
passive Quiet Whispers
Gains vision of casters within a range of 2000.
skill1 Shadow Stings
Controls an untargetable spirit, dealing damage upon contact with enemies. The main body gains crowd control immunity. When the duration ends, using another skill or a Basic Attack will cause the main body to teleport to the spirit's location.
skill2 Barren Lands
Damages and silences enemies within a certain range. After a short delay, if Sima Yi is still within the skill's area, he recovers Energy. Passive: A portion of the magical damage taken is converted into Health.
ultimate Death Descends
After a short delay, flies to the target location, dealing damage to enemies at the destination and lower damage to enemies in his path.
Skins
2 skins
Megumi Fushiguro
Dark Magician
Playstyle
Sima Yi's signature tool is Death Descends (after a short delay, flies to the target location, dealing damage to enemies at the destination and). Reset between kills rather than over-staying in a won fight.
Patch History
S10 Jun 2025 Stat Nerfs
Passive Effect Upgrade
S10 May 2025 Stat Nerfs
Ultimate damage reduced
S9 Mar 2025 Stat Changes
Stat Changes