Shangguan

• Deceptively long range punishes enemies who misjudge her threat.
• Ultimate deals heavy damage on a short cooldown once stacked.
• Strong wave clear lets her control the mid lane from safety.

• Passive · Formation of Ink — Every third basic attack is empowered for bonus magic damage along a line; her skills' ink trails deal magic damage to nearby enemies when they cross each other (reduced on repeat hits within 1 second), and touching her own ink restores HP and triggers her empowered basic.
• 1 · Seal Script: Swift — Sweeps a stroke of ink in a direction for magic damage on contact, then explodes at max range for more magic damage.
• 2 · Flying White: Hidden Edge — Writes a stroke ending at her own position, dealing magic damage at the moment of the stroke and again to enemies touched along the way, plus a 50% slow; charges up to 2 uses, affected by cooldown reduction.
• Ultimate · Cursive Script: Horizontal Scale — Dances with her brush along a line for magic damage, and can dash again within 3 seconds if it hits an enemy or crosses one of her own ink trails (up to 5 dashes total); after her third/fourth/fifth dash she leaps into the air, untargetable, and unleashes repeated strikes on nearby enemies for magic damage (reduced on repeat hits to the same target).

Build 1: Boots of Calmness → Echo Staff → Mask of Anguish → Scholar's Wrath → Radiant Moon → Staff of Nothingness

Tip: Shangguan's solo-kill power is fearsome once her kit is ready, so Boots of Calmness lets her launch more ambushes, while Radiant Moon helps her survive after landing the kill.

Build 2: Boots of Calmness → Echo Staff → Mask of Anguish → Godslayer's Tome → Scholar's Wrath → Staff of Nothingness

Tip: Her ultimate usually takes some damage on the way in — spell vamp helps her top off during the dash and prepare for the next fight.

Inscriptions: Nightmare, Insight, Greed

Tip: A standard mage set — Insight's attack speed smooths out her basic-attack rhythm.

Best with: Guiguzi, Liu Bang Counters: Gao Jianli, Hou Yi Countered by: Zhang Liang, Mulan