Ake

• Attacks from behind always crit, rewarding smart positioning over raw stats.
• Killing or assisting refreshes all her cooldowns, letting her immediately hunt the next target.
• Her stealth heals and speeds her up, giving her strong sustain between dives.

• Passive · Kiss of Death — Attacks from behind an enemy always crit; attacks from the front never do. Her crit damage scales with her crit chance, and she deals bonus damage to non-hero units, up to a damage cap against them.
• 1 · Arc Light — Instantly swings her twin blades twice in a direction, each hit dealing bonus physical damage.
• 2 · Flash Step — Dashes in a direction and strikes the nearest enemy (prioritizing lowest HP) for bonus physical damage, marking them for 10 seconds and granting her 40% attack speed for 3 seconds; each hit on a marked target slows them and cuts this skill's cooldown, and she takes less damage from a marked target's attacks.
• Ultimate · Phantom Dance — Briefly readies, then goes invisible for 3 seconds, regenerating HP and gaining 40% move speed; attacking breaks stealth and grants bonus attack for 3 seconds, plus a speed burst on each hit. Passively, a kill or assist refreshes all her skill cooldowns.

Build 1: Greedy Bite → Boots of Resistance → Endless Blade → Shadow Battleaxe → Grandmaster's Might → Famed Blade · Siming

Tip: Her passive massively amplifies Endless Blade's crit effect, and paired with Shadow Battleaxe she can nearly one-shot any squishy target.

Build 2: Greedy Bite → Boots of Resistance → Endless Blade → Shadow Battleaxe → Grandmaster's Might → Star-Shattering Hammer

Tip: As opponents build up physical defense, add armor penetration so frontline heroes still have to watch out for her burst too.

Inscriptions: Unrivaled, Hawkeye, Hunt

Tip: Unrivaled boosts crit damage, which pairs with Endless Blade for huge burst; Hunt's move speed with her dash makes it easy to close in for the kill; attack speed lets her weave in basics during a backstab combo, and Hawkeye's penetration keeps her damage consistent.

Best with: Zhuang Zhou, Mozi Counters: Wang Zhaojun, Luban No.7 Countered by: Niu Mo, Taiyi Zhenren