Dian Wei

• High burst damage lets him one-shot squishy targets when ahead.
• Ultimate deals area damage, punishing grouped enemies.
• Passive sustain keeps him alive through a jungle clear or duel.

• Passive · Fury — All of his skills cleanse crowd control; each successful cleanse grants a stacking Fury buff (up to 6) that adds physical attack and attack range — hard crowd control grants 2 stacks, soft crowd control grants 1.
• 1 · Bloodshot Eyes — Prepares to charge, cleansing his own crowd control and gaining a decaying move-speed burst; his next basic becomes a cleave dealing bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
• 2 · Berserk — Stomps the ground for physical damage and a 50% slow; hitting an enemy pushes him past his limits for a huge burst of attack speed and lifesteal (halved if it misses).
• Ultimate · Bloodlust — Leaps at a locked target for a knock-up-free strike, gaining a Fury stack per hero hit, dealing true damage and a slow, and empowering all his damage with bonus true damage based on the target's max HP for 5 seconds.

Build 1: Pursuit Edge → Boots of Resistance → Shadow Battleaxe → Grandmaster's Might → Thorned Armor → Champion's Warplate

Tip: Dian Wei scales attack speed extremely well, so a physical-damage-heavy build lets him close in and delete a target almost instantly.

Build 2: Guardhound Axe → Boots of Resistance → Shadow Battleaxe → Thorned Armor → Endless Blade → Grandmaster's Might

Tip: Stack some HP to buy the time he needs to close the distance safely.

Inscriptions: Heritage, Void, Concealment

Tip: Dian Wei is a late-game hero whose damage leans on his ultimate's true damage — Heritage boosts that true damage further, Concealment's move speed paired with his 1 lets him stick to the enemy carry, and Void adds some tankiness.

Best with: Zhuang Zhou, Sun Bin Counters: Marco Polo, Musashi Countered by: Sun Bin, Diaochan