S10 May 2025 Stat Buffs
Enhanced Ultimate's shield
Zhuangzi
(庄周) B Roam Clash Lane Difficulty
Support/Tank
Defensive Support Team Buffs Late Game Easy
Zhuangzi
庄周
B Roam Clash Lane
Difficulty Support/Tank
Defensive Support Team Buffs Late Game Easy
Also known as
Zhuangzi's Chinese name is 庄周.
庄周
Quick summary
Zhuangzi is a mid-tier 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 Zhuangzi, when to avoid them, and how to adapt your build.
Zhuangzi is a balanced Roam Support who wants to engage objectives where durability matters more than burst. Public guide data shows a build centered on Knowledge Gem, Crimson Shadow, Boots of Fortitude, used to protect the marksman, set vision, and engage on cooldown windows. Pick him when the draft lets Zhuangzi reach the targets his kit is designed to threaten; avoid when the enemy is built around percent-HP damage and armor penetration.
Pick Zhuangzi when
- The enemy team has high physical or magic burst that demands a dedicated tank to absorb
- Your team has the structure to use his ability to protect the marksman, set vision, and engage on cooldown windows, since Zhuangzi delivers utility, vision, and timely peel for the carries.
- The enemy draft includes Cirrus, Dian Wei, and Menki, who appear in counter data as matchups Zhuangzi can pressure.
Avoid Zhuangzi when
- Your team comp lacks damage and adding another non-damage pick collapses the win condition
- Your team needs a damage pick more than Zhuangzi's specialty, leaving the role unfilled if you commit here.
- The enemy team is built around answers to Team Buffs, removing the windows Zhuangzi's kit needs to perform.
Power spikes
Early game: focus on safe lane phase and tracking jungle pressure before Zhuangzi's mid-game tools come online.
Core durability online: defensive items like Boots of Fortitude let Zhuangzi stay in fights longer instead of getting blown up
Late game: full build online, Zhuangzi reaches the spike public guides describe — extended fights favor him once items are completed.
Build decisions
Default roam path
Public build references for Zhuangzi recommend Knowledge Gem, Crimson Shadow, Boots of Fortitude, Crimson Shadow - Redemption, 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 Glacial Buckler and Overlord's Platemail. 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 percent-HP damage
Heroes that scale with the target's max HP shred Zhuangzi regardless of armor. Buy magic resist or HP-density items rather than stacking pure armor in those matchups.
Role positioning
Zhuangzi 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 Lady Sun, Marco Polo, and Meng Ya as strong partners for Zhuangzi. Plan engages around Lady Sun's setup window, then second-engage with Butterfly Effect.
Common mistakes
- 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 Zhuangzi'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
Dreamwanderer
“The world where I exist, exists only when I exist.”
Legends tell of a great man with incredible talent who, along with skills such as riding sea creatures, had the power to call elements from dreams into reality, a power often frustrated by the mundane limitations of the real world. This man, driven to explore the limits of his sorcerous abilities, later became known as "Master Zhuangzi" and one of the co-founders of the Jixia Academy.
- Race:
- Unknown
- Height:
- 175 cm
- Style:
- Sorcery
- Nation:
- Jixia Academy
- Title:
- One of the Three Sages of Jixia
Source: Official Honor of Kings — canonical lore for Zhuangzi.
Base Stats
Source: in-game capture (HoK Global v11.x, 2026-04-20)Survivability
3504
Max HP
150
Phys DEF
75
Mag DEF
78
HP/5s
Offense
174
Phys ATK
200%
Crit DMG
Utility
380
Move Speed
600
Max Mana
15
Mana/5s
Melee
Range
Current patch rates
Source: Camp APIRoam
- Win rate
- 50.2%
- Pick rate
- 0.7%
- Ban rate
- 1.0%
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.
Presets
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.
Skills
passive Nature's Will
Periodically removes crowd control effects and increases Movement Speed and damage reduction.
skill1 Kaleidoscope
Triggers Nature's Will, releasing dream butterflies in a fan-shaped area, inflicting damage and slowing enemies in range.
skill2 Sleep Starts
Deals damage to enemies in range and increases ally Movement Speed Grants a stack each time dealing damage, up to 5 stacks. Each stack increases skill damage. Passive: Periodically casts Sleep Starts.
ultimate Butterfly Effect
Removes crowd controls from allies within range and increases shield.
Skins
4 skins
Sky Shepherd
Dream Architect
Inkscape
Natural Scientist
Playstyle
Engage on cooldown windows where carries can free-cast, not before your team is in position.
Patch History
S6 Jul 2024 Stat Buffs
Reduced his Ultimate's cooldown and buffed his shield
Show details
The interval between each use of Zhuangzi's Ultimate is too long. Also, his shield is often overlooked by his teammates. By buffing the shield, we've made Zhuangzi useful even if he is unable to cleanse teammates of crowd controls.