October 21 patch
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Meta Analysis
[October 21 Update - Meta Analysis] This update brings balance changes to seven heroes and a new hero, Dunshan. All three nerfed heroes sat at the high end on win rate: Zilong led all 27 junglers at 54.67%, Dun was 2nd of 30 clash heroes at 53.18%, and Lian Po was 7th in clash at 52.34% (all official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16). The four buffed heroes are spread out. Sun Ce was 25th in clash at 48.1% and Yuhuan 16th in mid at 49.84%, both on the low side. Lady Sun was 12th in the farm lane at 49.8% but had the third-highest pick rate there at 1.84%. Arke was already 8th of 27 junglers at 52.09%. Clash loses two and gains one. Dun and Lian Po lose roughly 10% of the base damage on their main skills, while Sun Ce's Skill 1 gains 12%. With the two higher win-rate heroes trimmed, the top of the lane should tighten. In the jungle, Zilong's Skill 2 and ultimate come down while Arke's Skill 1 goes up. Zilong had just dropped from A to B in the October 16 data, while keeping the top win rate. Two changes cannot be read from the numbers alone. Sun Ce's Skill 2 now grows less per level but scales more with Physical Attack, so above 450 Physical Attack it beats the old version. Lady Sun's passive reduction is now a percentage, but the announcement does not say 10% of what. The official statistics still date from October 16, before this patch. The next update will show how these seven heroes actually moved.
New Hero
New hero Dunshan arrives
• Dunshan joins in the no-downtime server update on October 21, 00:00–01:00 (UTC±0)
• Role: support
• Can pick up a teammate and charge into battle together
• Can merge with a turret and repair it
• Skill 2 throws an enemy behind him to start a team fight
• The ultimate blocks projectiles and splits the battlefield
Worth your time
The announcement only outlines the kit and gives no skill numbers. Our Dunshan page will follow once we have checked the in-game skill screens. Dunshan is not in the official statistics (HoK Camp) as of October 24 either, so he will join the tier list once he appears there.
Other Events
Anniversary login gift (from October 24)
Log in to receive 400 Honor Points and an anniversary-exclusive Flowborn outfit. The announcement gives no end date.
Dunshan's "Hockey Goalie" skin (first-week discount)
The skin costs $0.29 during its first week. The announcement lists only a US dollar price and does not say when sales start or when the discount ends.
Dunshan's Legend skin "Millennium Tower" (October 21 - November 12)
Complete event missions to collect standees, finish cakes to earn points, and redeem the skin for free. Custom buttons, a minion skin trial, an avatar frame and a finisher are among the same event's rewards.
Stellar Legend Wish: Consort Yu (October 23 - November 22, UTC±0)
Consort Yu's "Darkfrost Plume" skin debuts for a limited time. Wish Coins earned from missions give up to 10 free pulls.
Farming mode event (from October 29)
Taking part earns a free Rare skin and a Flowborn outfit.
Limbo Wish returns (from October 30)
Swampseer Milady, Deathmerc Biron and Doomdealer Donghuang return for a limited time, and a new Gao Changgong skin joins the prize pool.
Worth your time
A lot of this update is free. The biggest item is Dunshan's Legend skin "Millennium Tower", redeemable through the event until November 12. The login gift and the farming event are free as well. For the two wishes, use up the free pulls first (up to 10 for Consort Yu) before deciding whether to keep going.
Fixes & Optimizations
Bug Fixes
• Fixed Li Xin's "Pride and Justice" skin animation looking overexposed on High graphics
• Fixed the Shadow Tyrant and Tyrant spawn effects not displaying correctly on High graphics
• Fixed Lorion's ultimate not reducing its cooldown when a hero in range was defeated during the channel and the ultimate hit no one
• Fixed the 25-second cooldown reduction on Teleport behaving abnormally
• Fixed delay on Li Xin's skills at 120 FPS
Fixes for earlier updates
• September 24: the Redemption Coin cost of Donghuang's "Sky Devourer" skin in Dragon's Hoard was wrong, and Honor Crystals displayed incorrectly in Lucky Burst
• September 29: a freeze for some players logging in with Facebook, plus missing effects on Xuance's "White Tiger" portrait, Lian Po's "Ascension: Luchador" model, and the effects under and around Li Xin's "Pride and Justice" skin
• October 16: the 3D poster for Kongming's "Myths: Baize" skin could not be unlocked
What these fixes mean
Two of these touch actual matches. Lorion's ultimate now refunds cooldown when a hero in range dies during the channel, even if it hits no one, and Teleport's 25-second cooldown reduction now works as intended. The Li Xin delay fix matters to anyone playing at a high frame rate.
Sun Ce
Sun Ce — Skill 1 base damage up 12% at every level, and Skill 2 scales harder with Physical Attack
Skill 1 (Wave Render)
• Path damage 125 (+25 per level) (+45% Physical Attack) → 140 (+28 per level) (+55% Physical Attack)
• Area damage 250 (+50 per level) (+90% Physical Attack) → 280 (+56 per level) (+110% Physical Attack)
Skill 2 (Typhoon)
• Base damage 180 (+62 per level) (+70% Physical Attack) → 200 (+40 per level) (+90% Physical Attack)
What this means
Skill 1 gains on both base damage and scaling. At level 6, path damage goes from 250 to 280 and area damage from 500 to 560, while the area ratio climbs 20 points, from 90% to 110%.
Skill 2 is not a straight buff. Base damage rises at level 1, from 180 to 200, but now grows 40 per level instead of 62, so level 2 already comes out at 242 → 240 and level 6 drops from 490 to 400. The ratio going from 70% to 90% closes that 90-point gap once Sun Ce has 450 Physical Attack, and anything above that comes out ahead. The change pays off most from mid game, once the items are in.
Sun Ce held a 48.1% win rate, 25th of 30 clash heroes, on a 0.9% pick rate that ranked 10th (official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16, before this patch).
Yuhuan
Yuhuan — Skill 1's sound waves and the empowered attack after it both hit harder
Skill 1 (Tragic Beauty)
• Base damage 250 (+50 per level) (+42% Magical Attack) → 275 (+55 per level) (+45% Magical Attack)
• Enhanced basic attack damage 150 (+30 per level) (+20% Magical Attack) → 175 (+35 per level) (+25% Magical Attack)
What this means
Both parts gain base damage and scaling. The sound waves go from 500 to 550 at level 6, a 10% rise, with the ratio up from 42% to 45%. The enhanced basic attack after Skill 1 goes from 300 to 350 at level 6, about 17%, the larger of the two increases, and its ratio rises from 20% to 25%.
Every cast of Skill 1 now adds up to more damage. Yuhuan held a 49.84% win rate, 16th of 27 mid heroes, on a 0.42% pick rate that ranked 22nd (official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16, before this patch).
Lady Sun
Lady Sun — the passive's reduction becomes a percentage, and Skill 1's cooldown now shrinks with level
Passive (Energy Burst)
• Basic attack cooldown reduction 0.5s → 10%
Skill 1 (Rolling Raid)
• Cooldown 5s → 5s (-0.1s per level)
What this means
The passive shortens Skill 1's cooldown each time a basic attack hits an enemy (per the in-game text), and the amount changes from 0.5 seconds to 10%. The announcement does not say 10% of what, Skill 1's cooldown itself or the time remaining, so that part is unconfirmed.
Skill 1 stays at 5 seconds at level 1 and drops to 4.5 seconds at level 6, so the roll and the empowered attack come around faster as Skill 1 levels up.
Lady Sun had the third-highest pick rate in the farm lane at 1.84% and a 49.8% win rate, 12th of 18 (official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16, before this patch).
Arke
Arke — Skill 1 gains more damage per level
Skill 1 (Arclight)
• Base damage 150 (+20 per level) (+65% extra Physical Attack) → 150 (+30 per level) (+65% extra Physical Attack)
What this means
Level 1 stays at 150, and the gap opens as Skill 1 levels: 250 → 300 at level 6, a 20% rise. The ratio is unchanged, so the gain is all in base damage that does not depend on items. Skill 1 is also Arke's official first skill to level, so the buff lands by mid game, when it is maxed.
Arke held a 52.09% win rate, 8th of 27 junglers, and a 0.87% ban rate that ranked 5th (official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16, before this patch).
Zilong
Zilong — Skill 2 loses 10% and the ultimate about 13% of its damage
Skill 2 (Stormpiercer)
• Base damage 200 (+40 per level) (+65% extra Physical Attack) → 180 (+36 per level) (+65% extra Physical Attack)
Ultimate (Skysplitter)
• Base damage 550 (+275 per level) (+150% extra Physical Attack) → 480 (+240 per level) (+145% extra Physical Attack)
What this means
Skill 2 drops by exactly 10% at every level, 400 → 360 at level 6. The ultimate falls from 1100 to 960 at level 3, about 13%, and its ratio slips from 150% to 145%. Both lean heavily on base damage, so the cut bites hardest early, before the items are in.
Zilong led all 27 junglers with a 54.67% win rate and had the second-highest pick rate at 1.19% (official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16, before this patch). This patch trims the top jungler through its two main damage skills, and targets that used to go down to Skill 2 and the ultimate will more often need one more hit.
Lian Po
Lian Po — Skill 2 and all three ultimate strikes lose a little under 10%
Skill 2 (Magma Slam)
• Base damage 350 (+70 per level) (+90% extra Physical Attack) → 325 (+65 per level) (+85% extra Physical Attack)
Ultimate (Tremor Smash)
• First strike damage 220 (+110 per level) (+50% extra Physical Attack) → 200 (+100 per level) (+50% extra Physical Attack)
• Second strike damage 440 (+220 per level) (+100% extra Physical Attack) → 400 (+200 per level) (+100% extra Physical Attack)
• Third strike damage 660 (+330 per level) (+150% extra Physical Attack) → 600 (+300 per level) (+150% extra Physical Attack)
What this means
All three ultimate strikes lose about 9% of their base damage, with the ratios untouched. Landing all three at level 3 now totals 2400 base damage instead of 2640. Skill 2 goes from 700 to 650 at level 6, about 7%, and its ratio drops from 90% to 85%.
Lian Po held a 52.34% win rate, 7th of 30 clash heroes, on a 1.17% pick rate that ranked 5th (official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16, before this patch). The role stays the same; the payoff from landing the full ultimate is what shrinks.
Dun
Dun — Skill 1 loses 12.5% and the ultimate 10% of its damage
Skill 1 (Wind Slash)
• Base damage 400 (+80 per level) (+130% extra Physical Attack) → 350 (+70 per level) (+120% extra Physical Attack)
Ultimate (Unruly Blade)
• Base damage 400 (+200 per level) (+10% extra Health) → 360 (+180 per level) (+10% extra Health)
What this means
Skill 1 drops 12.5% at every level, 800 → 700 at level 6, and its ratio falls from 130% to 120%. The ultimate loses 10% at every level, 800 → 720 at level 3. Its extra Health ratio stays at 10%.
Dun held a 53.18% win rate, 2nd of 30 clash heroes, with the third-highest pick rate at 1.43% and the fourth-highest ban rate at 0.69% (official statistics retrieved 2026-10-16, before this patch). A hero near the top on all three figures is trimmed on both Skill 1 and the ultimate.
Update history and meta predictions