Increased Skill Damage
Dolia
(朵莉亚)Support
Dolia
朵莉亚
Support
Also known as
Dolia's Chinese name is 朵莉亚.
Quick summary
Dolia is a strong Roam Support who wants to protect carries through burst windows. Public guides recommend a build starting with Knowledge Gem. Watch for Sima Yi-style counters in the enemy draft.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Dolia, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Dolia is a strong Roam Support who wants to protect priority carries from burst engages. Public guide data shows a build centered on Knowledge Gem, Boots of the Arcane, Crimson Shadow - Starspring, used to protect the marksman, set vision, and engage on cooldown windows. Pick her when the draft lets Dolia reach targets that aren't built around Sima Yi-style answers; avoid when the matchup denies the windows her kit needs.
Pick Dolia when
- The enemy team has burst threats that need to be absorbed by reliable shields
- Your team has the structure to use her ability to protect the marksman, set vision, and engage on cooldown windows, since Dolia delivers utility, vision, and timely peel for the carries.
- The enemy draft includes Dun and Yaria, who appear in counter data as matchups Dolia can pressure.
Avoid Dolia when
- The enemy plays sustained damage rather than burst, which shields cannot absorb in single windows
- Your team needs a damage pick more than Dolia's specialty, leaving the role unfilled if you commit here.
- The enemy already drafted Sima Yi and Guiguzi, who counter data identifies as direct answers to Dolia.
Power spikes
Build decisions
Default roam path
Public build references for Dolia recommend Knowledge Gem, Boots of the Arcane, Crimson Shadow - Starspring, Boots of Resistance, Frosthold Targe, and Dawnlight. Use this as the baseline support plan before adapting to the enemy draft.
Situational item pivots
Spare options listed in build data include Crimson Shadow - Redemption, Cuirass of Swiftness, Frigid Charge, Eye of the Phoenix, and Ominous Premonition. 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 Sima Yi
Sima Yi and Guiguzi are flagged in counter data as a direct answer to Dolia. Read the enemy's primary win condition, time Dolia's key cooldowns to the moment that condition activates, and don't pre-commit when the matchup answer is still up.
Timing the shield
Shields are wasted if applied before the enemy commits damage. Read the enemy engage skill, time the shield to overlap the burst window, and refresh once the cooldown is up.
Synergies
Public synergy data lists Heino and Lu Bu as strong partners for Dolia. Plan engages around Heino's setup window, then second-engage with Celestial Melody.
Common mistakes
- Pre-shielding before the engage actually starts, wasting the absorb window before damage lands.
- Ignoring Sima Yi and Guiguzi on the enemy team when picking fights — counter data flags them as direct answers, so engage timing must respect their cooldowns.
- Forgetting vision while looking for picks — losing the marksman because the support roamed without setting wards is a recurring mistake.
Background
Seasinger
“The waves are the ocean's laughter; the stars are the sky's dreams. That's how the song goes!”
The merfolk have been using their songs to guard the ocean and maintain peace within the waters for millennia. The young mermaid Dolia was born deep below the waves, and she possesses enforcer ancestry. Ever since she was a child, she has had an enchanting singing voice, and her people believed that she had great potential. While searching for treasures in shipwrecks, she used her mermaid's song to help a human boy, Heino, who had been lost at sea. With that, she gained a "secret" human friend, and her fate became inextricably tied to Navenia's. However, the choices and bonds thrust upon them would put an abrupt end to their story... while also opening up a new chapter.
- Race:
- Merfolk
- Height:
- 162 cm
- Style:
- Sorcery
- Nation:
- Navenia
- Title:
- Merfolk Princess
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Dolia.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
Offense
Utility
Current patch rates
Source: Camp APIRoam
- Win rate
- 46.0%
- Pick rate
- 1.8%
- Ban rate
- 0.5%
Rates are role-specific snapshots from the current Honor of Kings Camp data refresh.
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 teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Magita:3
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Presets
Full tank (AP option)
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Support
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Support
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Presets
Full tank (AP option)
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Teratas
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Roam
Full AP burst
Utility supportBest when your team needs peel, setup, or safer fight control more than damage.
Standard build
Beginner friendlyBest if you want a simpler setup with fewer situational pivots.
Skills
Dolia takes on mermaid form when in water (rivers are also considered water), reducing the slows taken by 50% and returning life and mana every second. The mermaid form's Basic Attacks will shoot water arrows for ranged damage. Dolia's [Recovery] is replaced with [Mermaid's Gift], which allows her to create a pact with a selected teammate, and prioritizes her pacted teammate when using [Celestial Melody].
Dolia chants 4 sound waves that spread outward, the first 3 dealing spell damage and 10% slow. The 4th deals more spell damage and 50% slow for 1 second. The sound waves also echo when they hit an enemy, dealing spell damage to those they touch and, if released in water, sending waves of water knocking back nearby enemies (knockback of enemies around you has a stun effect). Non-heroic units provoke a much smaller echo, dealing only 50% of the damage.
Lam enters “Submerged” state, greatly increasing his Movement Speed for 3 seconds. When the duration ends, Lam leaps out of the water, immediately restoring 50% of this skill’s cooldown. While in Submerged state, casting the skill again will cause Lam to surface early, dealing 300 (+120% Bonus Physical Attack) Physical Damage to nearby enemies and slowing their Movement Speed by 50% for 1.5 seconds. Passive: While in river terrain, the Submerged state has no time limit. If an enemy hero with below 30% Health appears within 1500 range, Lam gains 450 Movement Speed.
After Dolia briefly chants, refresh the skill with the longest current cooldown of a friendly within range, taking more cooldown from yourself. If a teammate's skill is not used after being refreshed, [Celestial Melody]'s cooldown recovery speed can be accelerated by 20/30/40%. Teammates do not consume Mana or Energy when using the skill for 5 seconds after the skill is refreshed, and the beatdown benefit caused by the skill is split equally with Dolia. Refreshing skills for contracted teammates is prioritized, followed by non-contracted teammates, or refreshing your own skills if there are no teammates nearby. Failure to refresh a skill returns most of the cooldown of [Celestial Melody].
Skins
2 skins
Book Lovers
Shimmering Seas
Playstyle
Stay near the carry and time shields/heals to overlap the enemy's damage window, not before.
Patch History
Increased Skill Damage
Skill Effects Upgrade
Removed Skill 1's knockback effect on distant enemies.
Show details
"Dolia's Skill 1 already damages and slows enemies in a wide area. By removing the knockback effect for distant targets, we aim to reduce her ability to poke and interrupt enemies."