Bounce-damage marksman who tanks CC through her own shield mid-fight
Hanabi is a gold-lane marksman built around Equinox's shield, which grants full immunity to control effects while active, letting her stand in a fight other marksmen would kite from. Petal Barrage bounces off every basic attack and skill hit, so she scales hardest against grouped enemies.
Equinox has to be pre-cast before a dive lands, and Soul Scroll's mark has to be applied before the first basic attack or the bounce combo loses its damage.
Max Soul Scroll first for the poke and the mark, put the remaining points into Equinox, and take the ultimate at levels 4, 8 and 12.
Hanabi's Basic Attacks and Skills will launch Petal Blades after hitting a target, bouncing up to 4 times to nearby enemies (the first bounce deals 40% of the damage, and subsequent bounces deal 85% of the previous). Bounces from her Basic Attacks inherit a portion of Attack Effects.
Always active — no cooldown
Passive: The secret Ninjutsu of the Scarlet Shadow makes Hanabi immune to control effects when she has a shield from any source. Active: Hanabi gains a 300–600 (+40% Total Physical Attack) shield for 5 seconds. When the shield is active, Hanabi gains 20% Movement Speed, 25% Attack Speed, and 20% of damage dealt will also be added to this shield (only 10% of the damage dealt to non-hero units). The shield cannot exceed 50% of Hanabi's max HP.
Hanabi fires the energy Kunai in the targeted direction, dealing 450–600 (+80% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies along the way and reducing their Movement Speed by 60% for 1 second. Enemy units hit will also be marked, allowing Hanabi's next Bounce Damage from Basic Attacks to deal 30–180 (+100% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage on them with no damage decay.
Hanabi throws Higanbana in the targeted direction, dealing 300–500 (+50% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to the first enemy hero hit and immobilizing them for 0.8 seconds. After 1 second, Higanbana will bloom at the location of the first hit, dealing 300–500 (+50% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to nearby enemies. Subsequent hits on the same target decays 20% damage.
“A sprout without flowers. A blossom without leaves.”
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
7,050g total
Default pick when the draft lets you farm safely to six items.
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 Armor — Against enemy crit-reliant marksmen dueling you in the same lane.
Queen's Wings — The low-HP damage reduction buys survival Equinox alone can't cover.
Sea Halberd — Cuts healing when the enemy team stacks lifesteal or regen.
6,910g total
Against burst assassins or a dive-heavy draft that goes through your frontline for you.
Battle spell
Purify90s CDPurify does not clear suppression (e.g. Franco's Bloody Hunt or Khufra's ultimate) — a common mistake is trusting it to escape a hook combo it can't actually cleanse.
Swap in when needed
Wind of Nature — Two full seconds of physical damage immunity against the burst assassins this build is aimed at.
Sea Halberd — Cuts healing when the enemy backline sustains through your bounce damage.
Berserker's Fury — Swap in once the game is safe and you need more raw damage.
Beyond the swaps listed in the builds above.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
LolitaSupport · TankHardGuardian's Reflection sends Hanabi's ranged basic attacks and Soul Scroll straight back at her, denying the marks her whole bounce combo and Higanbana follow-up depend on.
BeatrixMarksmanHardBeatrix out-ranges Hanabi outright, and Renner's Apathy lands a single 250%-scaling shot that kills before Hanabi gets enough basic attacks off to matter.
YveMageHardReal World Manipulation's Starfield rains continuous magic damage that isn't a control effect, so it burns through Equinox's shield without ever triggering Hanabi's immunity.
IxiaMarksmanHardIxia's Star Helix pulls Hanabi out of position and Dual Beam slows her from range, denying the closing window Equinox's shield needs to matter.
NataliaAssassinHardNatalia's stealth lets her choose the exact moment to dive, usually before Hanabi has Equinox pre-cast for the control immunity.
EsmeraldaTank · MageSoftFrostmoon Shield siphons Hanabi's own shields into Esmeralda's, and Falling Starmoon blinks onto her and immobilizes before Equinox is even active.
LyliaMageSoftLylia can burst Hanabi down from well outside her effective range before Hanabi ever gets a bounce combo started.
GrangerMarksmanSoftGranger out-trades Hanabi as a fellow finisher — Rhapsody's six-shot burst lands more raw single-target damage in the same short trading window.
BelerickTankSoftBelerick's Deadly Thorns passive fires back at whoever damages him for a slice of his Max HP, and Hanabi's petal bounces trigger it over and over.
Winter CrownBlocks the burst window right as Hanabi lands Higanbana or a marked bounce combo, negating the kill.
Tough BootsCuts the duration of Soul Scroll's slow and Higanbana's immobilize, making it easier to simply walk out of her combo.Blade ArmorReduces crit damage and reflects basic attack damage back at her, punishing a hero whose bounce damage comes off her own basic attacks.Heroes whose own counter list names Hanabi — the same matchup, read from the other side.
AkaiTankSoftHer long attack range and Petal Barrage's bouncing blades punish any prolonged approach, and Ninjutsu: Equinox makes her control-immune while shielded, so Headbutt's knock-up doesn't stick.
ArlottFighter · AssassinSoftHer long attack range and burst punish his approach before Dauntless Strike's stun ever lands.
ChipSupport · TankSoftNinjutsu: Equinox makes her control-immune for as long as its shield holds, and her marked Petal Blade bounces out-damage Chip's shield-and-poke kit in a straight trade.
FredrinnFighter · TankSoftNinjutsu: Equinox makes Hanabi immune to control effects for as long as she holds a shield, so Energy Eruption's taunt slides off her, and Petal Barrage's bouncing blades chip Fredrinn from outside Brave Assault's range.
KaleaSupport · FighterSoftPetal Barrage bounces off every hit to chip Kalea from range, and Ninjutsu: Soul Scroll's 60% slow keeps her from ever closing in with Tidal Strike.
MinotaurTank · SupportSoftHanabi's ricochet Basic Attacks poke Minotaur from a distance he struggles to close with only Despair Stomp's short jump.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
LolitaSupport · TankNoumenon Energy Core keeps stacking free shields on Hanabi, covering her exposed window during a dive long enough to land Soul Scroll and start bouncing.
HarleyAssassin · MageDeadly Magic's ring slows a target by 40% and sticks to them for four seconds, giving Hanabi a guaranteed window to land a full, undecayed bounce combo.
ChouFighterChou's kick displaces a target directly into Hanabi's attack range, letting Petal Barrage bounce off a target that has nowhere to run.
GlooTankStick, Stick piles slow stacks on a target and Grab, Grab pins Gloo onto them outright, keeping them inside Hanabi's effective range long enough to stack bounce damage.
GusionAssassinGusion opens a target's HP bar fast enough for Hanabi's Higanbana and bounce damage to finish the kill before they can disengage.
EudoraMageEudora's Ball Lightning stuns for 1.2 seconds on a target she can't miss, long enough for Hanabi to land a full, undecayed Soul Scroll and bounce sequence.
MartisFighterMartis's execute-scaling ultimate finishes off targets that Hanabi's bounce damage and Higanbana have already brought low.
Popol and KupaMarksmanBite 'em, Kupa! sends the wolf in to keep chewing on the same target Hanabi is bouncing petals off, stacking two independent damage sources at once.
RogerFighter · MarksmanLycan Pounce lunges onto fleeing targets and heavily slows them, herding them into Hanabi's Soul Scroll line and bounce range.
AtlasTankAtlas's ultimate drags the entire enemy team into one spot, setting up Higanbana's bloom and a full round of bounce damage on everyone.Pre-cast Equinox before diving into a fight, not as a reaction to an incoming stun — the immunity only applies while it's already up
Land Soul Scroll before your first basic attack in a trade to guarantee full, undecayed bounce damage
Throw Higanbana into a grouped enemy team rather than a lone target to get value from the bloom's second hit
Kite around the movement and attack speed window Equinox grants instead of standing still to tank damage
She's approachable — her damage comes from basic attacks and a shield that's easy to time — but getting real value out of Equinox's control immunity and Soul Scroll's mark takes practice to sequence correctly.
Windtalker into Berserker's Fury and Malefic Roar covers attack speed for the bounce mechanic, crit for raw damage, and penetration against tanks; add Sea Halberd or Queen's Wings depending on what the enemy team threatens.
Lolita and Ixia are the hardest matchups since both can deny or interrupt the marks her bounce damage depends on; Beatrix and Natalia punish her low durability before she gets a combo off.
Cast it before committing to a fight, not after you're already being CC'd — the control immunity only applies while the shield is already active, so reacting to a stun is too late.
