Li Bai

• Every skill has a short cooldown, chaining together for near-permanent mobility.
• Ultimate resets on takedown, letting him pick off an entire team in one rotation.
• Hard to pin down thanks to constant blinks and afterimages.

• Passive · Wandering Swordsman — Basic attacks build sword-intent stacks; at four stacks he enters an empowered state that grants bonus attack and unlocks his ultimate.
• 1 · Drink and Compose — Dashes twice in a chosen direction, dealing physical damage and a half-second stun to enemies hit, with a third cast returning him to his start point.
• 2 · Stroke of Genius — Forms a ring of blades around himself, damaging nearby enemies, and deals heavier damage plus a heavy slow and defense shred to anyone who touches the ring's edge; untargetable and cleanses control while active.
• Ultimate · Green Lotus Sword Song — Becomes a blade and dashes through the target area, striking all enemies five times for physical damage (reduced per extra hero hit); requires his passive's empowered state to cast, and re-locks the state on use; untargetable while active.

Build 1: Pursuit Edge → Boots of Haste → Blood-Weeping Blade → Shadow Battleaxe → Champion's Warplate → Famed Blade · Siming

Tip: A full damage build to maximize burst and overwhelm opponents; Famed Blade · Siming adds survivability.

Build 2: Pursuit Edge → Boots of Haste → Blood-Weeping Blade → Shadow Battleaxe → Grandmaster's Might → Champion's Warplate

Tip: Pairs perfectly with his 1 to make full use of Grandmaster's Might, but demands precise execution.

Inscriptions: Mutation, Hawkeye, Concealment

Tip: Adds physical attack and armor penetration so Li Bai can pair his 2's defense shred with a clean ultimate; stacking sword-intent in the jungle, or off his 1 into basics, is his most reliable way to unlock the ultimate.

Best with: Guiguzi, Huang Zhong Counters: Daji, Zhuge Liang Countered by: Sun Bin, Zhang Liang