Honor of Kings Update as of September 10, 2026: New skin for Xuanzhe, free SNK hero, and balance changes
On September 10, Honor of Kings received a patch featuring hero balance changes and bug fixes. The developers buffed Mulan, the Prince of Lanling, and Luo’er; nerfed the Child of the Stream, Yun Ying, and Lapu-Lapu; and announced the “White Tiger” skin for Xuanze. Additionally, players will be able to claim an SNK hero for free.
Events and Rewards
The Lucky Flip event began on September 10, featuring the “White Tiger” skin for Xuance.
From September 10 to 24, a login reward event will take place. Players who log in to the game for a total of seven days will receive a free chest containing an SNK hero of their choice and a new outfit for Child of the Stream.
Hero Balance Changes
In the formulas below, PA stands for physical attack, and additional PA refers to its bonus component. Level-based increases and decreases apply to the level of the corresponding skill.
Mulan
Skill effects have been strengthened in Dual Sword and Greatsword modes.
In Twin Swords mode:
- Passive skill “Guardian of the Great Wall”: When the maximum number of marks is accumulated, 80–160 Health plus 1% of maximum Health is now restored.
- Marks can now be applied to non-hero targets as well. When the maximum number of marks is accumulated on such targets, damage and healing are halved.
- Skill 1 “Snake Strike”: The cooldown has been changed from 8 seconds (reduced by 0.4 seconds per level) to 7.5 seconds (reduced by 0.3 seconds per level).
- Skill 2, “Waltz of Blades”: The blade spinning at its endpoint now applies one mark for each instance of damage dealt. Previously, a mark was applied for every two instances of damage dealt.
In Greatsword mode:
- The cooldown of the first skill has been changed from 8 seconds, reduced by 0.4 seconds per level, to 7.5 seconds, reduced by 0.3 seconds per level.
- “Blooming Blade” Super Skill: The attack bonus has been changed from 60 plus 120 per level to 90 plus 90 per level.
Prince of Lanling
The damage of two skills has been increased:
- Skill 1 “Secret Skill: Split”: Damage increased from 350 (+70 per level) + 125% additional ATK to 400 (+80 per level) + 135% additional ATK.
- Super Skill “Secret Skill: Strike”: Damage increased from 700 (+350 per level) + 250% additional ATK to 750 (+375 per level) + 255% additional ATK.
Lora
Skill damage has been increased, cooldowns have been reduced, and the cost of the second skill has been lowered.
Skill 1 “Deadly Fang”:
- Damage increased from 30 (+6 per level) + 12% AP to 35 (+7 per level) + 15% AP.
- The cooldown reduction for the Serpent Blade attack has been changed from 0.15 seconds to 0.15–0.12 seconds.
Skill 2: “Serpent’s Kiss”:
- Cooldown changed from 10 seconds with a 0.4-second reduction per level to 8 seconds with a 0.3-second reduction per level.
- The cost has been reduced from 40 to 35.
- Damage increased from 350 (+70 per level) + 100% bonus AP to 450 (+90 per level) + 140% bonus AP.
Ultimate Ability “Blinding Glow”:
- Cooldown changed from 60 seconds, reduced by 6 seconds per level, to 50 seconds, reduced by 5 seconds per level.
- Fire Rain damage has been increased from 150 (+75 per level) + 45% bonus AP to 150 (+75 per level) + 48% bonus AP.
Child of the Stream
The damage of the “Rain of Arrows” ultimate ability has been reduced:
- Was: 50 (+25 per level) + 24% AP.
- Now: 40 (+20 per level) + 21% AP.
Yun Ying
The damage of enhanced attacks that depend on the number of “Will of the Spear” charges has been reduced.
With one charge:
- Damage reduced from 55–110 + 40% AD to 50–100 + 35% AD.
With two charges:
- The damage of each of the first two strikes has been reduced from 60–120 + 40% AD to 50–100 + 35% AD.
- The damage of the final strike has been reduced from 120–240 + 80% AD to 100–200 + 70% AD.
With three charges:
- Base damage reduced from 160–320 + 100% AD to 150–300 + 90% AD.
- Max damage reduced from 320–640 + 200% AD to 300–600 + 180% AD.
Lapu-Lapu
Damage of the first ability, “Blade of the Current,” has been reduced:
- Base damage reduced from 320 (+64 per level) + 110% AD to 300 (+60 per level) + 100% AD.
- Projectile damage reduced from 320 (+64 per level) + 110% AD to 300 (+60 per level) + 100% AD.
- Periodic area-of-effect damage on the ground has been reduced from 75 (+15 per level) + 15% AD to 50 (+10 per level) + 12% AD.
Fixes and Improvements
- Fixed a bug where the “Nutcracker” skin for Gan and Mo was displayed twice in the Everything Box reward preview when upgrading the Honor Pass.
- Fixed a bug that caused some unclaimed heroes to appear as already owned in the Time Vault.
- Fixed an issue where Biron’s “Inuyasha” skin was displayed incorrectly outside of matches on certain devices.
- Improved background rendering on the match loading screen on certain devices.
- Yanggo is now available in “1v1” modes.
The update size is 2 MB.
Photo: Tencent Games.