Sustain fighter who channels a percent-HP yo-yo attack for self-healing
Cici scales her whole kit off Performer's Delight — every point of damage she deals stacks Movement Speed and Spell Vamp, so the longer a fight runs, the harder she is to shake and the more she heals. Yo-Yo Blitz deals damage as a percentage of the target's Max HP, making her disproportionately effective against tanks, while Curtain Call links two enemies together so a single channel can hit both at once.
The core loop of channeling Yo-Yo Blitz while repositioning with Buoyant Bounce is simple, though timing Curtain Call to link two targets for a double channel takes some practice.
Max Yo-Yo Blitz first for damage and sustain, level Buoyant Bounce for mobility, and take Curtain Call at every level it's available.
Cici generates a stack of Delight after dealing damage, increasing her Movement Speed by 0.75% and Spell Vamp by 0.75% per stack up to 10 times, doubling the effects at full stacks.
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Always active — no cooldown
Cici uses Yoyo to continuously attack the nearest enemy within range (prioritizing heroes) for 3.5 seconds, hitting them up to 10 times and dealing Physical Damage equal to 60–85 plus 3–4.5 (+1.2% Extra Physical Attack)% of the target's Max HP per hit. Cici can move and use other skills during this attack. If there's no enemy hero within the range, Yoyo will attack Turrets or the Base instead. The skill deals 20% extra damage to Minions.
Cici leaps to a target location. If she lands on any unit (not including Turrets and Base), she can leap again in the Joystick's direction. If she lands on an enemy with the first leap, she deals 200–300 (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to them.
Cici throws Yoyo at the target enemy hero and links them with another nearby enemy hero, dealing 100 (+10% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage, slowing them by 30%, and pulling them together. During this time, Cici can use Yo-Yo Blitz to attack both linked targets at the same time. If only one is within the range of Yo-Yo Blitz, Cici will attack the target twice, but the damage of the second attack will be reduced to 20%
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
6,940g total
Default EXP-lane build for extended trades and dueling tanks or fighters.
Battle spell
Sprint100s CDUnlike Purify, Sprint does nothing against stuns or roots already applied — it only prevents future slows and outruns melee threats, so it's best on heroes who aren't the primary CC target.
Swap in when needed
Immortality — Second life when engaging first into a teamfight.
Dominance Ice — Lifebane's anti-heal and 40/40 Hybrid Defense against heavy-lifesteal or attack-speed carries.
Wind of Nature — Against physical burst that kills her mid-channel.
Malefic Roar — Against a stacked-defense enemy frontline.
7,050g total
When the enemy team has stacked HP or defense that a percent-Max-HP channel punishes hardest.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Blade of the Heptaseas — 15 flat Physical Penetration for the anti-tank duel, plus an Ambush opener whenever she gets five seconds out of combat.
Wind of Nature — Against an enemy marksman or physical duelist focusing her in extended trades.
Immortality — Second life when diving first.
Beyond the swaps listed in the builds above.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
AamonAssassinHardHe blinks in from stealth and bursts Cici down before her channel has ramped up enough Performer's Delight stacks to fight back.
DiggieSupportHardTime Journey strips Curtain Call's slow off his whole team and shields them, so the linked pair simply walks apart before her Yo-Yo Blitz channel pays off.
OdetteMageHardBlue Nova immobilizes Cici for a full 1.5 seconds and Swan Song's channel burns her down before Buoyant Bounce can close the distance to start her own.
EstesSupportSoftHis healing aura sustains his team through Yo-Yo Blitz's percent-Max-HP damage, negating the win condition her channel relies on.
SunFighterSoftHis clone sustain and lifesteal let him out-duel Cici in extended EXP-lane trades where her channel would normally win out.
X.BorgFighterSoftFiraga Armor soaks her channel outright and regenerates once he's armorless, letting him outlast Cici in a straight duel.
MashaFighter · TankSoftThunderclap lunges at Cici through any control effect, and her three separate HP bars mean the percent-Max-HP channel has to chew through all of them.
Tough BootsCuts the duration of Curtain Call's slow, making it easier to break the link before Yo-Yo Blitz's channel finishes.ImmortalityThe revive shield lets a target survive a full Yo-Yo Blitz channel and disengage before Cici resets.Dominance IceLifebane cuts the Spell Vamp she stacks off Performer's Delight, and flat Hybrid Defense blunts the Yo-Yo Blitz channel.
Antique CuirassStacking damage reduction off her skill hits blunts a sustained Yo-Yo Blitz channel over time.Heroes whose own counter list names Cici — the same matchup, read from the other side.
BalmondFighterHardBuoyant Bounce's double leap and Performer's Delight Movement Speed keep Cici outside Soul Lock's dash and Cyclone Sweep's melee range, kiting Balmond until Lethal Counter's window closes.
Yu ZhongFighterHardCici's constant repositioning and lifesteal let her kite Yu Zhong's melee engages while outlasting his stack-building damage.
AkaiTankSoftBuoyant Bounce's double leap slips past the tight aim window Headbutt needs to land, and Yo-Yo Blitz's per-hit Max-HP damage chews through the HP he stacks.
AliceTank · MageSoftHer evasive dash and true damage output punish Alice's melee approach before Crimson can stack meaningfully.
BeatrixMarksmanSoftCici's dash resets and self-sustain let her stick through Tactical Reposition's single dash, since Beatrix has no second escape once it's on cooldown.
BelerickTankSoftCici's mobility and self-sustain let her disengage before Ancient Seed's delayed vine taunt can ever land.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
GatotkacaTank · FighterHis engage groups enemies together, setting up Curtain Call to link two targets for a double Yo-Yo Blitz channel.
JoyAssassinHer mobile skirmishing creates chaotic fights that favor Cici's sustain and Movement Speed stacking from Performer's Delight.SunFighterBoth are durable EXP-lane bruisers who can split-push together and trade favorably off their combined sustain.
BaneFighter · MageShark Bite's basic attacks also scale off the target's Max HP, doubling up with Yo-Yo Blitz on tanky targets.
ChipSupport · TankShortcut's portals let Cici dive in and channel with a way back out if the fight turns.DiggieSupportHis purge frees Cici from crowd control that would otherwise interrupt her Yo-Yo Blitz channel mid-fight.
SuyouAssassin · FighterHis mobility and chase pressure pair well with Cici for coordinated EXP-lane dives and rotations.
KhaleedFighterDesert Tornado drags scattered enemies into one clump, handing Curtain Call two adjacent targets to link.
BrunoMarksmanHe finishes off targets that Curtain Call's link and slow have already pinned in place for Cici.Start a channel with Yo-Yo Blitz before Performer's Delight has fully decayed from a previous fight, to keep the Movement Speed and Spell Vamp stacks rolling
Land Curtain Call on two grouped enemies rather than an isolated target, so the follow-up Yo-Yo Blitz channel hits both at full value
Use Buoyant Bounce's second leap to reposition mid-fight rather than just to close distance initially
Prioritize channeling Yo-Yo Blitz on the enemy tank when Curtain Call isn't up — the percent-Max-HP damage scales harder against them than against squishies
Yes. Her core loop of channeling Yo-Yo Blitz while repositioning with Buoyant Bounce is straightforward, and Performer's Delight forgives imperfect play by rewarding any sustained damage output.
Tough Boots into Haas' Claws, Blade of the Heptaseas, and Queen's Wings covers sustain, DPS, and durability. Prioritize Malefic Roar earlier against a stacked-defense frontline.
Aamon and Odette can burst her down before her channel ramps up Performer's Delight stacks, and Diggie's purge undoes Curtain Call's link mid-combo.
It deals damage as a percentage of the target's Max HP rather than a flat number, so it scales up automatically against high-HP frontline heroes instead of falling off the way flat-damage skills do.
