Cai Wenji

• Flexible songs let her adapt between shielding, healing, or slowing on the fly.
• Ultimate silences and damages enemies in a large area, shutting down enemy combos.
• Passive rewards proactive damage mitigation for the whole team.

• Passive · Ballad — Taking damage grants a decaying burst of move speed and heals her over 2 seconds; this can trigger once every 10 seconds.
• 1 · Pure Thoughts — Plays a melody that grants 40% move speed to herself and heals nearby allied heroes over 3 seconds (half effect on non-heroes).
• 2 · Hu Jia Melody — Plays a sound wave in a direction that bounces between enemies (up to 6 bounces, max 2 per target), dealing magic damage and a stun on each bounce; the second bounce on the same target deals only 25% of the original damage and stun.
• Ultimate · Song of Forgetting — Plays a healing melody that repeatedly heals the lowest-HP ally in range over 5 seconds and grants them bonus physical and magic defense.

Build 1: Vanguard · Redemption → Boots of Resistance → Holy Grail → Glacial Storm → Phoenix's Eye → Sage's Sanctuary

Tip: Her kit is inherently safe — pairing Holy Grail's sustain with tanky items lets Cai Wenji scout for her team or bodyguard a carry without much risk.

Build 2: Vanguard · Redemption → Boots of Resistance → Holy Grail → Glacial Storm → Scholar's Wrath → Nightmare's Fang

Tip: Ability power makes her healing very strong and her skill damage surprisingly high; paired with Nightmare's Fang's anti-heal, she can also play aggressively.

Inscriptions: Sage, Balance, Longevity

Tip: As a support, Sage's ability power strengthens both her active and passive healing; Longevity adds tankiness so she's hard to pick off early-to-mid and can escape on sliver HP more often; Balance adds dual resistance so she can heal safely under pressure.

Best with: Gao Jianli, Di Renjie Counters: Diaochan, Ake Countered by: Lan Ling Wang, Mulan