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Zhang Fei

Zhang Fei

张飞

C Roam
Difficulty

Support/Tank

Defensive Support Crowd Control/Team Buffs Balanced Medium

Also known as

Zhang Fei's Chinese name is 张飞.

张飞

Quick summary

Zhang Fei is a situational Roam Support who wants to soak engage and create space. Public guides recommend a build starting with Knowledge Gem and Heal.

Current patch decision guide

When to pick Zhang Fei, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.

Updated 2026-05-31

Zhang Fei is a situational Roam Support who wants to lock down team fights with crowd control. Public guide data shows a build centered on Knowledge Gem, Guardian, Guardian - Redemption, paired with Heal, used to protect the marksman, set vision, and engage on cooldown windows. Pick him when the draft lets Zhang Fei reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy is built around percent-HP damage and armor penetration.

Pick Zhang Fei when

  • Your team needs a setup hero whose Leaping Savior creates kill windows for the carry
  • The enemy team has high physical or magic burst that demands a dedicated tank to absorb
  • The enemy draft includes Arli, Consort Yu, and Marco Polo, who appear in counter data as matchups Zhang Fei can pressure.

Avoid Zhang Fei when

  • The enemy team is loaded with cleanse, dashes, and immunity that bypass crowd control
  • Your team comp lacks damage and adding another non-damage pick collapses the win condition
  • A stronger pick in the same role is open and the matchup does not specifically reward Zhang Fei's Crowd Control.

Power spikes

Early game: focus on safe lane phase and tracking jungle pressure before Zhang Fei's mid-game tools come online.
Ultimate online: Unbridled Outburst extends control duration, making team fights snowball off a single hit
Late game: Lightfoot Shoes, Boots of Tranquility, and Frigid Charge on the bar means Zhang Fei can soak commits in 5v5 team fights for his carries.

Build decisions

Default roam path

Public build references for Zhang Fei recommend Knowledge Gem, Guardian, Guardian - Redemption, Lightfoot Shoes, Boots of Tranquility, and Frigid Charge, with Nightmare, Fate, and Harmony arcana. Run Heal as the battle spell. Use this as the baseline support plan before adapting to the enemy draft.

Situational item pivots

Spare options listed in build data include Blazing Cape, Eye of the Phoenix, Sage's Sanctuary, Dawnlight, Ominous Premonition, and Succubus Cloak. 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 mobility

Dashes and immunity skills bypass Zhang Fei's control. Force the enemy mobility before committing Unbridled Outburst, and aim control on stationary targets like channeling carries.

Role positioning

Zhang Fei is a Roam pick whose value depends on utility, vision, and timely peel for the carries. Stick to the role plan rather than forcing fights his kit is not designed to win.

Synergies

Public synergy data lists Garo, Lady Sun, and Luara as strong partners for Zhang Fei. Plan engages around Garo's setup window, then second-engage with Unbridled Outburst.

Common mistakes

  • Throwing Leaping Savior on the front-line tank instead of saving it for backline carries.
  • Building damage items hoping to deal kills, when the team needs the durability that makes you a tank in the first place.
  • Engaging without checking enemy summoner-spell cooldowns, which often decide whether Zhang Fei's commit reaches the target alive.
  • Forgetting vision while looking for picks — losing the marksman because the support roamed without setting wards is a recurring mistake.

Background

The Beast

Three Kingdoms
“There's a beast within me...”

This strong man in armor with the flowing hair and resolute look on his face is Zhang Fei, one of the great mechanical masters of Shu. However, from a young age, he had to endure the curses of his relatives and the disgust of his neighbors—all because of the ferali blood that runs through his veins. In the end, this fact would even destroy his family. Having lost everything, he imprisoned himself in the depths of a dungeon to work as a mechanical master, but the person who provided shelter was actually the culprit of it all. When he is pushed to his limits, the master who can manipulate the most delicate of machines will reveal his true nature as a horrifying human-ferali hybrid, and when this happens, the rage-filled Zhang Fei is unstoppable.

Race:
Hybrid
Height:
186 cm
Style:
Martial Arts
Nation:
Shu
Title:
General of Shu

Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Zhang Fei.

Base Stats

Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)

Survivability

3538
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
86
HP/5s

Offense

168
Phys ATK
200%
Crit DMG

Utility

375
Move Speed
100
Max Mana
5
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.

Tank support

Tanky teamfight

Best when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.

Position 5
Knowledge Gem → Guardian → Guardian - Redemption → Lightfoot Shoes → Boots of Tranquility → Frigid Charge → Blazing Cape → Eye of the Phoenix → Sage's Sanctuary → Dawnlight → Ominous Premonition → Succubus Cloak

Full tank

Tanky teamfight

Best when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.

Position 5
Guardian - Redemption → Boots of Resistance → Blazing Cape → Dawnlight → Frigid Charge → Sage's Sanctuary → Boots of Tranquility

preajustes

Tank support

Tanky teamfight

Best when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.

Position 5
Knowledge Gem → Crimson Shadow - Redemption → Boots of Tranquility → Blazing Cape → Succubus Cloak → Ominous Premonition → Overlord's Platemail → Sage's Sanctuary

Presets

Skills

passive Dark Potential

Human Form: Hits from Basic Attacks and skills grant madness. Ferali Form: Casting the skill reduces the Movement Speed of enemies in range.

skill1 Forbidden Domain

Deals damage to enemies in range. Knocks back enemy heroes.

skill2 Leaping Savior

Jumps to the target location, granting a shield to nearby teammates. Gains extra Madness for every teammate he shields.

ultimate Unbridled Outburst

Roars and transforms, gaining brief Invincibility, then a shield. The roar forms a gust of wind that damages, knocks back, and stuns enemies. While inside the wind, Zhang Fei gains increased Movement Speed

ultimate Mad Slaughter

Deals damage to targets ahead.

ultimate Stampede

Jumps to the target area, dealing damage to nearby enemies.

Skins

4 skins
Zhang Fei skin: Manul: Fluffy

Manul: Fluffy

Zhang Fei skin: Mask Spirits

Mask Spirits

Zhang Fei skin: Prowess

Prowess

Zhang Fei skin: Blessed Warrior

Blessed Warrior

Playstyle

Zhang Fei leans on Stampede (jumps to the target area, dealing damage to nearby enemies). Shadow your carry and time your protection to overlap the enemy's burst window.

Patch History

S14 Apr 2026 Stat Buffs

Human and transformed damage scaling increased

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Skill 1: Forbidden Domain base damage increased from 450 (+100 per skill level) (+100% Physical Attack) to 600 (+120 per skill level) (+150% extra Physical Attack). Skill 1: Mad Slaughter base damage increased from 450 (+100 per skill level) (+100% Physical Attack) (+4% max Health) to 600 (+120 per skill level) (+150% extra Physical Attack) (+4% max Health). Skill 2: Leaping Savior base damage increased from 380 (+50 per skill level) (+94.5% Physical Attack) (+4% max Health) to 480 (+96 per skill level) (+120% extra Physical Attack) (+4% max Health), and enhanced basic attack increased from 40 (+10 per skill level) (+100% Physical Attack) to 220 (+110 per skill level) (+100% extra Physical Attack). Ultimate: Unbridled Outburst base damage increased from 500 (+250 per skill level) (+65% Physical Attack) to 600 (+300 per skill level) (+150% extra Physical Attack), and enhanced basic attack increased from 40 (+10 per skill level) (+100% Physical Attack) to 220 (+110 per skill level) (+100% extra Physical Attack). Source: 2026/04/29 international update screenshots.

S12 Oct 2025 Stat Buffs

Upgraded Skill Effects

S6 Jul 2024 Mechanics Upgrade

Added a launch effect to his Skill 1 and Skill 2 while he is transformed by his Ultimate.

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We wanted to make his skills better match his massive body

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