Best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings: Equipment, Arcanas, Battle Spells, and Skill Combos

To make the best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings, players must use equipment that boost magical attack. Cai Yan is a Support hero who can buff and restore all allies' Health. The amount of HP she recovers is dependent on her magical attack. She deals magical damage, buffs team members' physical and magical defense, and stuns enemies.

Cai Yan is an easy-to-play hero in terms of playing difficulty. Any player using her must roam around the hero’s Gorge, keeping allies alive and providing support during team fights.

This article guides players in crafting the best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings.

Note: This article solely reflects the writer's opinion.

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Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings: Best equipment

Best equipment for Cai Yan (Image via Level Infinite)

The following Honor of Kings equipment are excellent for the best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings:

• Guardian - Redemption: This increases Cai Yan’s Max Health by 1200 and Movement Speed by 10%. Its active effect, Rescue, grants a shield that negates 680 to 1800 damage for three seconds to all allied heroes within her range. Additionally, the equipment has two passives: Guardian Aura, Reward, and Guerilla. Guardian grants 50 to 120 physical and magical defenses to all her team members within the 800 range. Reward increases her max Health by 300 to 600. Additionally, it increases the main attack stat by 32 to 60. One main attack stat grants 1 physical attack and 2 magical attack. Guerilla grants 6 Gold and EXP every three seconds.
• Boots of Tranquility: This reduces Cai Yan's skills cooldown by 15%. One of its passives, Swift, increases her movement speed by 60, and another passive, Tranquility, shortens the cooldown of common skills by 15%.
• Holy Grail: This equipment grants 180 magical attack, 15% cooldown reduction, and 500 Max Health to Cai Yan. Holy Grail's passive, Mana Spring, restores 1.5% max Mana per second. It restores 1% max Health per second if Cai’s Mana is full.
• Savant’s Wrath: This grants 240 magical attack, and its passive effect, Doom, increases her magical attack by 30%.
• Augur’s Word: Cai Yan gets 140 magical attack, 500 max Mana, and 1,000 Max Health. One of its passives, Hero’s Reward, recovers 20% max health and Mana within three seconds when Cai Yan levels up. Its other passive, Augury, increases her physical and magical defense by 40% (up to 230).
• Breakthrough Robe: This equipment grants her 120 magical attack and 1,000 max Health. Its passive, Breakthrough, grants magical attack. Its other passive, Purge, grants magical pierce.
• Venomous Staff (Alternate): This grants 240 magical attack, 10% cooldown reduction, and 5% movement speed to Cai Yan. Its passive, Imperil, reduces enemies' Health Recovery and Lifesteal by 35% when her Basic Attack or skill lands on them (the effect lasts 2.5 seconds).

Venomous Staff is an alternative to Breakthrough Robe for players who want to be more aggressive. Its debuff skill will help other allies kill enemies swiftly.

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Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings: Best Arcanas

Best Arcana setup for Cai Yan (Image via Level Infintie)

Players can use the following combination of Arcanas for the best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings:

• Harmony ✕ 10: It increases Cai Yan’s Max Health, generates a certain amount of Health every five seconds, and boosts her movement speed.
• Saint ✕ 10: It boosts Cai Yan’s magical attack.
• Void ✕ 10: It boosts Cai Yan’s Max Health and cooldown reduction.

Players can also use Nightmare ✕ 10 instead of Saint ✕ 10. With Nightmare, Cai Yan also gets a boost in her magical pierce with magical attack, increasing her damage.

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Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings: Best Battle Spells

One of the best Battle Spells for Cai Yan (Image via Level Infinite)

Below are the recommended Battle Spells for the best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings:

• Purify: The spell removes all debuffs and crowd control effects. And grants crowd control immunity for 1.5 seconds.
• Heal: This restores Cai Yan's 15% Health and nearby teammates. Additionally, it increases nearby allied heroes' movement speed by 15% for two seconds.
• Intimidate: This reduces the damage-dealing ability of nearby enemies by 25% and increases Cai Yan’s damage by 20% for four seconds.
• Disrupt: With the Disrupt spell, Cai Yan can silence enemy structures for two to five seconds. Additionally, it grants damage immunity and doubles Attack Speed for four seconds if used on allied structures.

Of all the above spells, Purify and Heal are recommended for the Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings. Both spells are useful in team fights.

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Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings: Best Skill Combos

Cai Yan's Ultimate Skill (Image via Level Infinite)

Players can use various Skill Combos for this Honor of Kings hero based on the situation in team fights. However, there are two optimal Skill Combos for the best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings. They are:

• Healing Hymn (Skil 1) > Earworm (Skill 2) > Tune of Tranquility (Ultimate Skill)
• Earworm (Skill 2) > Tune of Tranquility (Ultimate Skill) > Healing Hymn (Skill 1) > Earworm (Skill 2)

Cai Yan’s Skill 1, Healing Hymn, increases her movement speed by 40% and restores 50 (+20% magical attack) Health to allied heroes every 0.5 seconds for three seconds.

Cai Yan’s Skill 2, Earworm, deals damage and can crowd-control enemies. The hero launches a sound wave that bounces between enemies. Each hit inflicts 300 (+48% magical attack) magical damage and stuns enemies for 0.75 seconds.

Cai Yan’s Ultimate Skill, Tune of Tranquility, restores 90 (+90% magical attack) Health every 0.5 seconds for five seconds to the teammate with the lowest Health within her range. Additionally, the teammate’s physical and magical defense increases by 250 (+30% magical attack).

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That is the end of our guide to the best Cai Yan build in Honor of Kings. Interested players can also check out our Hou Yi build guide for HoK.