S14 Apr 2026 Stat Buffs
Increased skill damage
Zhang Fei
(张飞) A Roam Difficulty
Support/Tank
Defensive Support Crowd Control/Team Buffs Balanced Medium
Zhang Fei
张飞
A 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.
Current patch decision guide
When to pick Zhang Fei, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
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, Boots of Resistance, Guardian, 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: Guardian - Radiance, Ominous Premonition, and Succubus Cloak 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, Boots of Resistance, Guardian, Guardian - Radiance, Ominous Premonition, and Succubus Cloak. Use this as the baseline support plan before adapting to the enemy draft.
Situational item pivots
Spare options listed in build data include Frigid Charge, Overlord's Platemail, Glacial Buckler, Sage's Sanctuary, Longnight Guardian, and Blazing Cape. 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
“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
Current patch rates
Source: Camp APIRoam
- Win rate
- 50.0%
- Pick rate
- 1.1%
- Ban rate
- 0.4%
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.
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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.
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
Full tank
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
preajustes
Tank support
Tanky teamfightBest when your team needs a sturdier front line for repeated engages.
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
Manul: Fluffy
Mask Spirits
Prowess
Blessed Warrior
Playstyle
Land control on the enemy carry, not the front-line tank — chain follow-up damage from teammates immediately after. Engage on cooldown windows where carries can free-cast, not before your team is in position.
Patch History
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.
Show details
We wanted to make his skills better match his massive body