Honor of Kings Nakoruru: Build, Synergy, Counter (Pro Guides)

Nakoruru in “Honor of Kings” excels as a high mobility assassin with potent burst damage and a unique HP percentage damage mechanic, ideal for targeting key enemies. Building her equipment should focus on maximizing burst damage, enhancing mobility for strategic positioning, and improving survivability for successful escapes.
An optimal set boosts physical attack, agility, and defense, enabling her to quickly eliminate priority targets and impact team fights significantly. Mastery of her abilities is essential for her effectiveness in battle.

Nakoruru Hero Profile, Position and Lane Intro

HERO TIER	S
CLASS	Assassin
SUB CLASS	Burst Assassin
STRENGHT	Dash
STAGES	Late Game
LANE	Jungling
FIGHT POSITION	Flank
AZURE/CRIMSON GOLEM	Not Dependent
PRICE	688 Tokens or 13888 Gold

Nakoruru Pro Build

Items/Equipment

• Rapacious Bite
• Boots of Resistance
• Axe of Torment
• Siege Breaker
• Spikemail
• Star Breaker

Arcana

• Mutation 10x
• Stealth 8x
• Reaver 2x
• Eagle Eye 10x

Common Skills

• Smith

Nakoruru Skills and Abilities

Dancing Sword Art (Passive): When Nakoruru’s skills hit anenemy, her next basic attack becomes enhanced, dealing an additional 80 (+100% bonus physical damage) physical damage.
Cooldown: 0s Cost: 0
Tips: Significantly increases Nakoruru’s basic attack output. Since the effect does not stack, it’s necessary to control the casting rhythm of skills and ensure a high skill hit rate.

Amube Yatoro (Skill 01): Nakoruru summons Mamahaha to attack enemies in a designated direction, dealing 350/400/450/500/550/600 (+155% bonus physical damage) physical damage, and applying Eagle Eye mark on enemies; Nakoruru’s other damages can trigger the mark, dealing 6% of the enemy’s maximum health as physical damage; every 40 bonus physical attack increases the damage amplification by 1%; triggering the mark reduces Eagle Attack’s cooldown by 3 seconds and restores 35 mana.
Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8/7.5s Cost: 60
Tips: Try to use this skill to mark first, then trigger the mark with other damages for high damage output.

Annu Mutsube (Skill 02): Nakoruru dashes in a designated direction, dealing 350/420/490/560/630/700 (+170% bonus physical damage) physical damage to enemies in her path, healing for 300/350/400/450/500/550 (+110% bonus physical damage) for each enemy hero hit. This skill deals 50% more damage to monsters and heals for 35% of the amount when hitting heroes.
Cooldown: 6s Cost: 50
Tips: Try to hit as many heroes as possible to recover health.

Mamahaha Flight (Ultimate): Nakoruru summons Mamahaha to fight alongside her, immediately increasing movement speed by 50% for 6 seconds, which decays over time; reactivating Eagle Blitz, Nakoruru attacks a designated area, dealing 580/830/1080 (+240% bonus physical damage) physical damage and reducing enemy movement speed by 50% for 3 seconds; affected enemies will have their damage output reduced by 30% for 3 seconds.
Cooldown: 12s Cost: 120
Tips: A versatile skill for offense and defense, offering strong mobility and significant damage. Note that during the flight phase, basic attacks or other skills cannot be cast.

Skill Techniques: Nakoruru’s passive skill triggers after hitting an enemy with a skill, enhancing her next basic attack, so it’s important to manage the rhythm between skill casts and basic attacks. Do not aimlessly cast “Amube Yatoro” but try to trigger the Eagle Eye mark to maximize her damage.

Recommended Combo Sequence

Activate Skill 3 for speed, use Skill 1 to mark the enemy, then use Skill 3 again for damage, intersperse basic attacks and Skill 2 for output.

Nakoruru Best Partners

• Zhong Kui: With his control abilities, Zhong Kui is the best partner for a high burst hero like Nakoruru who lacks hard control abilities, allowing her to safely deal tons of damage after his control.
• Bai Qi: Nakoruru’s high damage but short attack range benefits from Bai Qi’s ult and Skill 2, which can help Nakoruru catch enemies, allowing her to follow up with her ult for a skill combo to kill the enemy.

Nakoruru Counter

• Xiang Yu can push her away or control her to limit her output after Nakoruru enters the fight.
• Zhang Liang’s hard control can hold Nakoruru down and kill her.
• Avoid being attacked by Nakoruru after being marked by Eagle Eye; Nakoruru has high attack and mobility, requiring control skills to hold her down for a quick kill.

Gameplay Tips

Detail 1: Skill 3 allows for rapid movement.
Detail 2: High damage output when skills hit followed by basic attacks.

Nakoruru has multiple ways to dive into the enemy backline, can use “Annu Mutsube” to charge in, or activate her ult to maneuver around the frontline, seizing the opportunity to cast it again and enter the battlefield for high damage. In some cases, Nakoruru can also use her ult’s burst speed for positioning or escaping.