- Flowborn Assassin is coming to the gorge soon!
- Flowborn Assassin’s ultimate allows you to finish off low-health enemies with its burst damage output.
The all-new, Flowborn Assassin is coming to Honor of Kings on September 23rd. Flowborn Assassin brings high versatility and mobility to the battlefield, allowing it to easily burst down squishy enemy targets. To this end, our Honor of Kings Flowborn Assassin guide will explore the best Arcana setup, ideal spells, and essential gameplay tips that’d help you carry your teammates to victory.
Skill Analysis of Flowborn Assassin in Honor of Kings
Passive Skill: Flow of the World
Flowborn Assassin can utilize Flow to strengthen their stats while at Base. Stats like Piercing Heart (Atk), Vitality (HP), Haste (Mov. Spd) or Focus (CD) can be strengthened. Flowborn also consumes Flow to launch an enhanced Basic Attack, dealing extra damage to enemies.
First Skill: Convergence
Flowborn Assassin channels Flow, dealing damage to nearby enemies and knocking them back. Flowborn also recovers some health and gains 5 stacks of Flow, while reducing the cooldown of its other skills. Nearby teammates and minions increase the health recovery and Flow stacks received.
Second Skill: Claw Flurry
Flowborn Assassin dashes in the target direction, dealing damage to enemies in the target direction. Flowborn then, repeatedly weaves around to deal damage and recover Health. You can consume 4 stacks of Flow to use an additional Claw Flurry.
Third Skill: Mortal Talons
Flowborn Assassin dashes to the target location, gaining crowd control immunity and dealing damage to enemies along the way. At the endpoint, this attack deals extra damage and knocks back nearby enemies. You can spend 5 stacks of Flow to use an additional Mortal Talon in the attack.
Skill Level-Up Method for Flowborn Assassin
- Skill 1: Unlock first and prioritize upgrading this skill.
- Skill 2: Prioritize Upgrading this skill as well
- Skill 3: Upgrade whenever available
Best Arcana and Spells for Flowborn Assassin in HOK
Arcana Build
- Mutation (x10): It grants bonus physical attack and Attack Pierce, giving Flowborn Assassin an early advantage.
- Stealth (x10): This arcana also grants lots of Physical Attack and Movement Speed for Flowborn Assassin.
- Eagle Eye (x10): This arcana grants lots of Physical pierce, making it easier to melt tanky heroes.
Battle Spell
- Smite: This is the primary spell for junglers, giving them the edge when clearing jungle camps early on.
Best Builds for Flowborn Assassin in Honor of Kings
Florentino’s build focuses on boosting his cooldown reduction, durability, and damage output. This makes him a powerful hero who bursts down both squishy and high-health heroes in the Gorge. Here is an optimal equipment build for you to try while playing Florentino in Honor of Kings.
- Boots of Tranquility: Grants extra Movement speed, while greatly boosting the Cooldown Reduction of Flowborn Assassin’s skills. In the late game, swap it for Boots of Resistance, as it provides bonus resistance to control effects.
- Rapacious Bite: This Jungling item is best for Flowborn Assassin. It provides extra atk and bonus damage, complementing Smite’s usefulness on the battlefield.
- Axe of Torment: This item grants lots of Physical attack and Physical Pierce, greatly empowering Flowborn Assassin’s attacks.
- Star Breaker: This item grants lots of physical pierce to Flowborn Assassin, allowing you to burst down tanky heroes.
- Overlord’s Might: This item grants lots of physical attack while allowing Flowborn Assassin to deal extra damage to low health enemies.
- Pure Sky: This equipment grants bonus physical attack, physical defense, and Cooldown Reduction to Flowborn Assassin. The item’s unique Passive also gives you damage reduction from incoming enemy attacks.
Honor of Kings Flowborn Assassin Guide: Gameplay Tips
Early Game
Proceed to the Jungle Lane while using Flowborn Assassin. Start with your first skill to gain Flow and trigger your enhanced Basic attacks. Your enhanced basic attacks boost your sustain and damage output, allowing you to clear jungle camps easily. Flowborn Assassin’s Skill 2 is his main damage source, providing extra mobility and damage.
Use Flowborn Assassin’s Skill 2 to dash into enemies and deliver up to 3 slashes on them. You can even boost the number of slashes by consuming some Flow stacks. The early game combo is shown below:
Skill 2 + Skill 1 + Skill 2 + Basic Attacks
Mid and Late Game
By mid-game, Flowborn Assassin becomes an efficient burst damage dealer on the battlefield. He is now capable of moving in and out of teamfights to burst down enemy targets with his powerful combos. Flowborn Assassin’s ultimate ability provides burst damage output and utility that helps to burst down a single target.
Flowborn Assassin’s ultimate allows you to dash into enemies, gaining crowd control immunity during the dash. Immediately afterwards it deals burst damage to the enemy target and surrounding units. You can combine your ultimate with your other skills to disrupt the backline and burst down squishy low-mobility targets.
In the mid/late game, focus on maintaining smooth lane rotations, choosing the right targets, and avoiding unnecessary fights where multiple enemies can lock you down at once. Do also prioritize fighting around objectives like the Overlord or Tyrant to lockdown key enemy targets like their Jungler/MM/Mage. The following skill combo will help out in the late-game phase of the game:
Skill 3 → Skill 1 → Skill 2 → Basic Attacks
Final Thoughts
With strong mobility, reliable crowd control, and low skill cooldown, Flowborn Assassin can effectively dive in and out of battle whilst securing kills on the enemy main carry. With this guide, you’re well on your way to dominating matches and securing victory for your team using Flowborn Assassin in Honor of Kings.
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