Here's a guide to master Bai Qi, the Ultimate Weapon of Yong.
Honor of Kings introduced the Ultimate Weapon of Yong, Bai Qi in the Season 10 update. Bai Qi is a tank-fighter hybrid that has extremely high health regeneration and lifesteal. He excels at drawing attention to himself while dealing damage to every opponent that is close to him.
Bai Qi was born in the Soughtlands. From his youth, he was already sent to Yong as a military test subject. However, when the Blood Clan invaded the Southlands, Bai Qi was injured while protecting the Lord of Yong, Zheng. The power of the Blood Clan ravaged his body through his wounds. Now, Bai Qi has become a hunched, decaying monster who sweeps the battlefield as the Ultimate Weapon of Yong.
Here’s a breakdown of Bai Qi's skills, his best equipment and arcana, plus a few tips on how to play him effectively:
Skills breakdown
Passive: Reaper's Revenge
Bai Qi gains Shadow Power when dealing or taking damage, which increases his movement speed by up to 70 and healing by up to 80%.
Skill 1: Blood Echo
Bai Qi swings his scythe, dealing (180 to 400 +40% Physical Attack) physical damage to enemies in range and recovering (90+2% extra Health) Health.
Passive: Bai Qi has a 20% chance of instantly using this skill whenever he takes damage.
This skill can be charged up. The longer he charges for, the higher the damage and recovery effect, up to three times the base damage and recovery. The effect is halved against non-hero units.
Skill 2: Deathscythe
Bai Qi summons scythes which retract after 1.2 seconds and pull enemies back, dealing (325 to 650 + 120% extra Physical Attack) magical damage and slowing them by 25% to 50% for 2.5 seconds.
Passive: He deals 30% extra damage to enemies below 30% Health.
Ultimate: Lay Waste
Bai Qi instantly gains maximum Shadow Power and jumps to the target location, dealing (300 to 460 + 100% Physical Attack) magical damage and taunting enemies. Base taunt duration is one to 1.5 seconds, and every 1,000 extra Health he has increases the duration by 0.2 seconds, to a maximum of 2.5 seconds.
Arcana
This build uses three Arcana for Chano: 10 Stealth, 10 Void, and 10 Fate. These Arcana focus on enhancing his overall important status, making him stay in the lane and fight longer. A boost to his physical defense and Max Health improves his survivability, while Cooldown Reduction will make his first skill more spammable.
Equipment
1. Boots of Resistance
Boots of Resistance skyrocketed his survivability with increased Movement Speed and Magical Defense. Furthermore, a 25% Resistance boost makes him harder to control by the opponent, giving him the opportunity to use his first skill again.
Stats:
- +120 Magical Defense.
Passive - Swift
Movement Speed +60
Passive - Tough
Resistance +25%
2. Blazing Cape
Blazing Cape is the go-to for every tank
Stats:
- +240 Physical Defense.
- +1,000 Max Health.
Passive - Conflagration
Burns enemies within a range of 400 every second, dealing 1.5% Health as magical damage. Deals double damage to minions and monsters.
Passive - Imperil
When an enemy is inflicted with a burning effect, it reduces their Health recovery and Lifesteal by 35%. Lasts 2.5 seconds.
3. Overlord's Platemail
Overlord's Platemail gives a massive increase to Bai Qi's Health with its passive. It also gives Bai Qi a regeneration that can be boosted with his Reaper's Revenge. Overall, a must have item for the tank-fighter hybrid.
Stats:
- +100 Physical Defense.
- +50 Magical Defense.
- +1,500 Max Health.
Passive - Fated
Increases Health b y4%
Passive - Recovery
Recovers 0.5% Health every second. The recovery effect is doubled after three seconds if not attacked by an enemy hero or tower.
4. Longnight Guardian
The primary equipment to deal with burst damage. Longnight Guardian give Bai Qi a Health regeneration if taking damage over 30% of his health over a short time. The regeneration it get will be boosted even more with his passive.
Stats:
- +360 Magical Defense.
- +1,000 Max Health.
Passive - Guardian
When taking damage exceeding 30% or Health within three seconds, the user recovers a total of (320+ 8% Health) Health over three seconds with a cooldown of seven seconds.
5. Spikemail
Spikemail is an item to deal with high Physical Attack heroes. This item will return some of the damage the user gets back to the attacker as magical damage. Furthermore, it also gives the user a means to counter burst physical damage heroe,s as it will deal a percentage of the user's Health to an area around them.
Stats:
- +30 Physical Attack.
- +360 Physical Defense.
Passive - Spiked Armor
Return 25% of the physical damage taken back at the enemy as magical damage. This damage diminishes with distance, down to 70% at a distance of 800.
Passive - Countersiege
When taking physical damage exceeding 2,000 within 2 seconds, charge forth, dealing 8% magical damage to all enemies within a range of 400 with a cooldown of three seconds.
6. Ominous Premonition
Sunchaser bolsters Chano's Attack Range and Movement Speed when used. It will increase his attack speed, give him a 10% critical rate, and slightly increase his movement speed. Don't forget to upgrade it to Sunpool when it's available.
Stats:
- +270 Physical Defense.
- +1,200 Max Health.
Passive - Cold Steel
When taking damage, it reduces the attacker's Attack Speed by 40% and Movement Speed by 7.5% to 15% for three seconds.
Situational: Sage's Sanctuary, Eye of the Phoenix and Phantom
These are essential situational items for the late game. Sage’s Sanctuary provides a second life to the user. Phantom can be build if Sage's Sanctuary has been broken to boost his damage and survivability massively. Meanwhile, Eye of the Phoenix can be bought to negate Health Regeneration Reduction debuff.
How to play Bai Qi
Bai Qi is extremely tanky early on and can trade efficiently due to his Blood Echo. Consider playing aggressively using your passive and lifesteal to pressure your enemy out of lane in the early game. After clearing the first wave, consider ganking the other lane or giving information regarding the enemy Jungler position.
In team fights, Bai Qi needed to be in the front of the team, soaking damage and gathering the enemy to his position. The more melee heroes in the enemy team, the better it is for Bai QI as he can recover his health easily if he hits multiple enemies with his Blood Echo. His taunt can also be used to gank unsuspecting enemies carries and push them out of position with his Deathscythe.
Bai Qi is extremely reliant on the enemy to focus on him while he deals damage with his Blood Echo. While it is nice to be the centre of attention, he is also weak to the Health Regeneration Reduction effect, as it will significantly reduce his survivability.
