Fighter
Dian Wei
典韦
Fighter
Dian Wei's Chinese name is 典韦.
Quick summary
Dian Wei is a strong Jungle Fighter who wants to play cleanup. Public guides recommend a build starting with Relentless Blade. Watch for Sun Bin-style counters in the enemy draft.
When to pick Dian Wei, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Dian Wei is a strong Jungle Fighter who wants to punish overextended carries once cooldowns are gone. Public guide data shows a build centered on Relentless Blade, Boots of Tranquility, Axe of Torment, used to clear camps efficiently and convert pressure into ganks. Pick him when the draft lets Dian Wei reach targets that aren't built around Sun Bin-style answers; avoid when the matchup denies the windows his kit needs.
Default jungle path
Public build references for Dian Wei recommend Relentless Blade, Boots of Tranquility, Axe of Torment, Rapacious Bite, Spikemail, and Demonsbane. Use this as the baseline fighter plan before adapting to the enemy draft.
Situational item pivots
Spare options listed in build data include Blood Rage, Sage's Sanctuary, and Destiny. 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.
Versus Sun Bin
Sun Bin and Diaochan are flagged in counter data as a direct answer to Dian Wei. Read the enemy's primary win condition, time Dian Wei's key cooldowns to the moment that condition activates, and don't pre-commit when the matchup answer is still up.
Versus disengage tools
Heroes with strong disengage neutralize cleanup windows. Hold Leap of Fury until the disengage is used, then commit on the second engage.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Zhuangzi and Sun Bin as strong partners for Dian Wei. Plan engages around Zhuangzi's setup window, then second-engage with Leap of Fury.
Berserker
“The beast within me has awoken!”
Wild and tenacious yet also a kind soul, Dian Wei the berserker had always lived a conflicted life. Born with ferali blood, he found it difficult to control the animal within, and the conflict between the beast and his gentle nature caused him a great amount of pain. Things only improved when he encountered Little Lute, a young girl whom he felt he truly wanted to protect. From then on, he was content to shackle himself with heavy armor and become a trapped beast. This is both his punishment and his atonement.
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Dian Wei.
Survivability
Offense
Utility
Jungle
Rates are role-specific snapshots from the current Honor of Kings Camp data refresh.
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.
Start here if the draft looks standard and you want the safest all-around setup.
Teratas
Best when you are ahead and can keep tempo through picks and fast clears.
Best when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Best when the enemy team has multiple frontliners or early defense items.
Gains stacks upon getting defeats and assits,for up to 20 stacks.Physical atack increases with each stack
Removes crowd controls,gains a movement speed bonus,and enhances the next basic atack to deal extra damage
Damages and slows enemies in range . He becomes enhanced on hit.While enhanced,he gains atack speed and lifesteal.
Jumps to the target,damaging and slowing them while enhancing himself.While enhanced,deals extra true damage to enemies.
Winged Tiger
Warfire
Blue Screen
Junkyard Protector
Wait for the first engage to use up enemy defensives, then second-engage to clean up.
Increased skill damage
Skill 1 - Holding on to Sanity | Base Damage: 200 (+40/lvl) (+50% extra PATK) → 220 (+44/lvl) (+50% extra PATK). Skill 2 - Outburst | Base Damage: 250 (+30/lvl) (+100% PATK) → 350 (+70/lvl) (+110% extra PATK).
Ultimate damage reduced
Adjusted the early and late-game damage of enhanced Basic Attacks
Crowd Control Effects Adjusted
"Dian Wei's skills allow him to clear enemy crowd control effects. We've reduced his own crowd control effects to give the enemy a chance to escape from his attack range."
Standardized enhanced Basic Attack mechanic.
The enhanced Basic Attack's dash prevented Dian Wei from fully utilizing his Attack Range advantage and would even put him in danger in some situations. Hence, we have improved this mechanic so the dash effect remains the same without a target.
