Dash-happy marksman whose ultimate chains from one kill straight into the next.
Wanwan is a marksman whose Tiger Pace passive dashes her a short distance after every arrow, making her nearly impossible to stick without hard crowd control. Swallow's Path exposes and slows, and Crossbow of Tang rains arrows on one target for 2.5 seconds, jumping to a fresh hero with bonus Attack Speed every time it lands a kill, so one good engagement can snowball into an ace.
Positioning every Tiger Pace dash correctly while tracking Needles in Flowers' long cooldown and timing the ultimate's kill-chain window is the highest execution ceiling among marksmen.
Max Swallow's Path first for damage and the slow, level Needles in Flowers second for its cleanse and AoE, and take Crossbow of Tang at 4, 8 and 12.
Enemy heroes hit by Wanwan's attacks will have their weakness[es] exposed and position revealed for 5 seconds. When hitting an enemy's weakness, Wanwan deals 67 (+3 × Hero Level) Extra True Damage and increases their damage taken from her subsequent attacks by 10% for 5 seconds. Wanwan can dash a short distance after each arrow fired from her Basic Attack. The dash speed scales with her Attack Speed.
Wanwan throws a Fire Swallow in the target direction, triggering Tiger Pace while dealing 120 (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies in its path. The Fire Swallow then turns into 3 rotating Swallow Daggers. After a short delay, these Swallow Daggers will fly back to Wanwan one after another, dealing 60 (+65% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies on their way back and slowing them by 30% for 1.5 seconds.
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Wanwan removes all control effects on herself and triggers Tiger Pace. Meanwhile, she shoots Deadly Needles in all directions, dealing 150 (+60% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies hit.
Wanwan leaps into the air and fires arrows at the target enemy hero for 2.5 seconds in rapid succession, dealing 60 (+35% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage per arrow. If the target is killed during this attack, Wanwan will switch to another enemy hero in her attack range, gain 30% Attack Speed, and extend the skill duration by 1 second (this effect can trigger up to 3 times).
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Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
7,050g total
Default late-game carry build once you're ahead on farm and need raw DPS.
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 Despair — Extra burst on low-HP targets once Tiger Pace's true damage has softened them.
Immortality — A second life when you're the primary dive target and need to survive to reset the ultimate.
Wind of Nature — Against a physical-damage-heavy dive comp threatening to burst you before Tiger Pace ramps.
7,350g total
When the enemy stacks physical defense and raw crit damage stops converting into kills.
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
Sea Halberd — Against enemy lifesteal or healers who outlast Tiger Pace's damage over a long fight.
Blade Armor — Versus a rival crit marksman punishing her for auto-attacking.
Queen's Wings — Extra effective HP and a damage-reduction window versus burst assassins.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
PhoveusFighterHardPhoveus stamps Sinner's Mark on Wanwan with Demonic Force or Dark Wave, and Infernal Pursuit's Judgement leaps onto whoever carries it — Tiger Pace's dashes take her nowhere he can't follow.
KarinaAssassinHardKarina's true damage scales off missing HP and ignores the physical defense Wanwan itemizes, letting her delete Wanwan's small HP pool before Needles in Flowers is off cooldown.
LunoxMageHardLunox's Chaos Assault deals magic damage scaled off Wanwan's Max HP, which an entirely physical build has no itemization answer for.
KajaSupport · FighterHardKaja's suppression ultimate fully locks down a single target with no way to dash or cleanse out, negating Tiger Pace before Crossbow of Tang can ever come online.
MashaFighter · TankHardMasha's three HP bars mean Wanwan has to burn her down three times over, and Wild Power's percentage-HP Basic Attacks keep closing through Swallow's Path's slow regardless of kiting.
KhufraTankHardKhufra's Bouncing Ball knocks Wanwan airborne if she blinks past him, and Tyrant's Rage drags her into a wall for the stun before Needles in Flowers can cleanse it.
CyclopsMageSoftCyclops's Planets Attack spheres seek nearby enemies on their own and Star Power Lockdown immobilizes for up to 2 seconds, so Tiger Pace's dashes relocate Wanwan into the next hit instead of out of range.
BrunoMarksmanSoftBruno's Flying Tackle stuns Wanwan for half a second, freezing her before Tiger Pace's dash can reposition her out of Volley Shot's Powerball range.
DiggieSupportSoftDiggie's Reverse Time yanks Wanwan back to where she was standing, undoing every Tiger Pace dash she made in between, and Time Journey cleanses her slows off his whole team.
Popol and KupaMarksmanSoftKupa lunges onto Wanwan and, in Alpha Wolf Form, stuns her for a full second, stopping the Tiger Pace dash chain entirely and opening a clean burst window for the team.
Winter CrownNegates the damage window while Crossbow of Tang pours arrows into a single target, denying the kill that would chain it onward.
Tough BootsCuts the duration of the slows Wanwan chains between Swallow's Path dashes, so she cannot hold you still long enough to open all four Weakness Points.
Antique CuirassStacks physical damage reduction against her repeated Basic Attacks and skill combo.Heroes whose own counter list names Wanwan — the same matchup, read from the other side.
SelenaAssassin · MageHardWanwan's dash-jump mobility and true damage burst punish Selena for whiffing her skillshot Abyssal Arrow.
ThamuzFighterHardNeedles in Flowers strips Molten Scythes' slow off her outright and Tiger Pace dashes her after every arrow, so she kites the melee combo long before Thamuz closes the gap.
YinFighter · AssassinHardWanwan's Tiger Pace dash lets her reposition constantly inside the My Turn domain, kiting Yin's melee Lieh form until the timer runs out.
AtlasTankSoftNeedles in Flowers strips every control effect off her, including Fatal Links' slow, and Tiger Pace's post-attack dashes keep her drifting out of the channel radius.
BeatrixMarksmanSoftWanwan dashes after every arrow and Needles in Flowers purges any control she does land, so she out-mobilizes Beatrix in a pure marksman duel and takes free damage before Beatrix can reposition.
GlooTankSoftWanwan's stacking dashes give her more mobility than Gloo can match without a dash of his own, letting her kite him and chip him down from range he can't close.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
Popol and KupaMarksmanKupa's Alpha Wolf Form stun and knock-up hold enemies in place, giving Wanwan a stationary target to land Swallow's Path and safely stack Basic Attacks on.
AngelaSupportAngela's possession keeps Wanwan shielded and healed through an all-in dive, letting her stay in Basic Attack range instead of retreating.
FlorynSupportFloryn's healing and Movement Speed buffs keep Wanwan topped up and mobile enough to keep repositioning with Tiger Pace during extended fights.
BaratsTank · FighterBarats's Detona's Welcome charge spits an isolated enemy out inside Wanwan's attack range, feeding her Tiger Pace weakness-expose damage on a target that can't escape.
Luo YiMageLuo Yi's Diversion teleports everyone in her circle to a marked spot, dropping Wanwan directly onto an isolated backline target for Crossbow of Tang.
PharsaMagePharsa's long-range bombardment forces the enemy to scatter or clump, and Wanwan cleans up whoever is left low with Crossbow of Tang.
ValeMageVale's ultimate vacuum groups the enemy team together, letting Wanwan's Swallow's Path hit multiple targets and her ultimate jump between clustered kills.
SuyouAssassin · FighterSuyou's mobility and slashes soften a target's positioning, opening a clean lane for Wanwan's ultimate to jump in and finish.MashaFighter · TankMasha tanks the frontline and forces enemies to commit CC into her, leaving Wanwan free to dash in with Tiger Pace and pick off the backline.
Lapu-LapuFighterLapu-Lapu's Heavy Sword Stance racks up damage reduction as he whirls into a group, drawing enemy attention and CC onto himself and buying Wanwan the space to land Crossbow of Tang uninterrupted.Save Needles in Flowers to cleanse an incoming stun rather than only using it for the AoE damage
Throw Swallow's Path through choke points so both the outgoing dagger and the return trip connect
Keep moving between Basic Attacks — every hit triggers Tiger Pace's dash, so standing still wastes it
Save Crossbow of Tang for an isolated, low-HP target so the kill switches it onto a second hero
No — Wanwan is one of the hardest marksmen to play well, since her survival depends on manually repositioning after every Basic Attack and timing her ultimate's kill-chain window.
A crit attack-speed build with Windtalker, Berserker's Fury, and Malefic Roar covers most games, giving penetration and burst crit damage to convert her true-damage passive into kills.
Suppression and true damage heroes like Kaja and Karina counter Wanwan by bypassing her Tiger Pace dash entirely, since she has no way to escape a lock or out-damage true damage.
Wanwan is a gold lane marksman who farms the bottom lane for items, then becomes the team's main late-game damage source in teamfights.
