Win, Pick and Ban Rates
Change vs 2026-09-25
- Tier
- unchanged
- Win Rate
- +0.3pt
Statistics from the official in-game HoK Camp (as of 2026-10-09).
Base Stats
- Max HP
- 3539
- Max MP
- 600
- Physical Attack
- 180
- Magic Attack
- 0
- Physical Armor
- 150|20%
- Magic Defense
- 75|11.1%
- Movement Speed
- 375
- Attack Range
- Melee
- HP Regen / s
- 84
- MP Regen / s
- 15
Transcribed from the in-game hero status screen. Arcana bonuses are excluded.
Recommended Builds
When the enemy roster leans on healing and you want to push up and chip them down yourself.
Crimson Shadow - Radiance opens, handing allies half of its 20% attack speed and 15% cooldown reduction aura. Axe of Torment lands third, bringing 80 physical attack and 90-180 physical penetration online ahead of the defensive pieces. Blazing Cape follows in the fourth slot, burning everything within 375 range and cutting enemy healing and lifesteal by 35%. Blood Rage lands fifth, adding 1.5% of bonus HP to every basic attack, so the +5387 max HP total makes each hit heavier.
When the enemy damage is mostly physical and you need to hold the front line through team fights.
Guardian - Starspring opens, passing allies within 800 range half of its 65-130 physical and magic defense and its 0.6% max HP regen every 5 seconds. Glacial Buckler arrives third for 240 physical defense and 20% cooldown reduction, and Ominous Premonition adds 300 more physical defense in the fifth slot. Totals land at +888 physical defense and +32% cooldown reduction, well past build 1's +223 and +16%. Sage's Sanctuary finishes it, reviving Liu Shan on the spot two seconds after death with 2000-3000 HP, twice per match.
This is what the Popular tab of the in-game Recommended Loadout screen showed on 2026-08-28. The number on each arcana is how many of the 30 slots it fills; each colour adds up to 10. The game also shows a rank and a win rate, but those shift from day to day, so they are not reproduced here.
Strategy Guide
A siege-specialist support tank who jams towers, breaks them, and heals off the scrap. He attacks the enemy's win condition at the structural level, with a stun and charge for ordinary fights.
Best for: players who put tower destruction at the center of the win plan — jam one, break it, heal off every swing, and answer only the question of which tower falls and when.
The speed bonus peaks the instant you cast and decays from there. Start the run-in immediately. A 1s launch straight into a 1s stun buys your team two full seconds on a target that cannot act.
His skills deal full damage to structures and hand back Health every time they connect (280 at level 1). Disrupting the tower is a crowd control skill's job, so time your stay around Skill 2 — 7.5s cooldown at level 1. Win the fight, skip the recall, take the tower.
These combos are not official data. They are this site's own write-up, built only from the skill data transcribed from the in-game display; nothing that the skill text does not state is included.
- One-of-a-kind siege power — he jams towers while tearing them down directly
- Knock-up and stun in one kit make his CC chain fully self-sufficient
- Skill 1's shield and speed make the first step of every engage a safe one
- HP refunds on every structure hit keep him healthy through long sieges
- Every skill is point-blank — good kiting means he never touches anyone
- Skill 1's speed boost is his only gap-closer, so mobile enemies slip away
- His personal damage is modest; without allied follow-up, the CC achieves nothing
Liu Shan roams with his team while constantly shopping for the next structure to touch — a habit no other support needs. His Passive lets skills damage towers, CC skills jam them for 1.2 seconds, and every skill hit on a structure refunds 280 HP. Early on, though, the star is Skill 2: time the tip of the fan-shaped stun with your jungler's gank and the kill is all but booked. His range is short, so always approach behind Skill 1's shield and speed boost. At the 4:00 Tyrant, stand at the front and use the stun to shut down anyone contesting.
Liu Shan's mid game peaks in the seconds right after a won fight. The moment the enemy backs off, march to the nearest tower, jam it with Skill 2, and start swinging: the tower's counterattack stops for 1.2 seconds, your skills damage it directly, and the HP refunds let you finish sieges other teams would abandon. With two defensive items around eight minutes, you're also a real engage threat — Skill 1 in, empowered basic knock-up, Skill 2 stun. Take mid's first tower early and your roaming radius explodes.
Late-game Liu Shan closes matches with a two-part threat: the CC chain and the siege. In fights, rotating Skill 1's empowered knock-up, Skill 2's stun, and the Ultimate's spinning slow locks enemies down for over two seconds singlehandedly. But what makes him genuinely scary past ten minutes is what happens after the fight. Win at Overlord and he jams towers and the crystal into silence while dismantling them — ending games at the moment other teams would recall to heal. Decide what you're breaking after you win before you ever commit to the engage. That's the Liu Shan way.
Your role is to hold enemies in place where your team's damage can reach them. Enter behind Skill 1's shield and speed, open with the empowered basic knock-up, land the Skill 2 fan stun on the enemy carry, then keep the Ultimate spinning for the area slow. Since other skills stay castable during the spin, the CC never has to stop. The thing to fear is distance: every tool in the kit is point-blank, so chasing deep and dying alone is the classic Liu Shan mistake. Meeting the enemies who dive your backline is the far more reliable version of the same fight.
Counters & Synergies
Countered-by and synergy picks are this site's own reading, based on each hero's kit. What the official app publishes is how often heroes are picked together (see "Frequently Paired With" below); it does not publish any rating of how well they match up.
Frequently Paired With
The figures are the "match rate" published by the official in-game HoK Camp: how often these heroes ended up on the same team (fetched 2026-08-14). It is not a win rate, so a higher number does not mean a stronger pairing.
First Skill to Level Up
Source: the official in-game HoK Camp (fetched 2026-08-14). What to level after this depends on the matchup.
Skills
Magnetic Barrier
| Details | Lvl 1 | Lvl 15 |
|---|---|---|
| Health Recovery | ||
| Health Recovery | 280 | 672 |
Overcharge!
| Details | Lvl 1 | Lvl 2 | Lvl 3 | Lvl 4 | Lvl 5 | Lvl 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | ||||||
| Cooldown | 9 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7 |
| Base Damage | ||||||
| Base Damage | 350 | 400 | 450 | 500 | 550 | 600 |
| Movement Speed | ||||||
| Movement Speed | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 100% |
| Shield | ||||||
| Shield | 650 | 780 | 910 | 1,040 | 1,170 | 1,300 |
Robo Smash
| Details | Lvl 1 | Lvl 2 | Lvl 3 | Lvl 4 | Lvl 5 | Lvl 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | ||||||
| Cooldown | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6 |
| Base Damage | ||||||
| Base Damage | 400 | 480 | 560 | 640 | 720 | 800 |
Take It for a Spin
Other skills can be used while spinning.
| Details | Lvl 1 | Lvl 2 | Lvl 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | |||
| Cooldown | 40 | 35 | 30 |
| Base Damage | |||
| Base Damage | 380 | 570 | 760 |
| Slow | |||
| Slow | 15% | 22.5% | 30% |
Other Roam Heroes
Stats: official HoK Camp, as of
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