Flowborn sets a new standard in Honor of Kings with full customization and a unique resource mechanic: Flow. Mastering Flow is the key to unlocking this Marksman’s full potential for sustained damage, high mobility, and massive poke.
This guide details Flowborn’s optimal build, Arcana, skill priority, and essential combos.
1. Flowborn’s Core Abilities
The core of Flowborn’s kit is the Flow System. Abilities gain stat boosts when enhanced with Flow, making resource management paramount.
| Skill Name | Type | Key Effect & Flow Interaction | Strategy Focus |
| Passive: Flow of the World | Resource/Damage | Builds Flow energy to boost one of four core stats (Health, Attack, Movement Speed, or Cooldown Reduction). Can consume Flow stacks for an enhanced piercing basic attack (physical damage). | Pre-select the stat boost based on the match. Use enhanced basic attacks to pierce minions/heroes. |
| Skill 1: Convergence | AoE/Sustain | Deals physical damage, knocks back nearby enemies, restores health, and grants 5 Flow stacks. Reduces the cooldown of S2 and Ult. | Primary Flow generator and sustain tool. Use for quick trades and wave clear. |
| Skill 2: Arrow of No Retreat | Poke/Dash | Launches a high-damage physical projectile forward. Includes a short dash after casting for immediate repositioning or escape. | Primary Damage & Mobility. Essential for safe poke and reliable trades. |
| Ultimate: Arrowstorm | High AoE Damage | Channels to fire multiple light projectiles in a cone, dealing physical damage. Grants Movement Speed during the channel. | Team Fight Powerhouse. High damage potential against grouped enemies. |
🎯 Skill Priority
Prioritize leveling skills based on damage and utility:
- Skill 2 (Arrow of No Retreat): Primary damage and poke source.
- Skill 1 (Convergence): Flow generation, sustain, and cooldown reduction utility.
- Skill 3 (Arrowstorm): Ultimate priority for maximizing team fight damage.
2. Arcana & Battle Spell
This setup maximizes Flowborn’s sustained damage, critical potential, and farming efficiency.
⚙️ Arcana Build (Sustained Crit Damage)
| Arcana | Quantity | Stats Provided | Rationale |
| Eagle Eye | 10x | Physical Attack, Physical Penetration | Core damage amplification to cut through armor. |
| Calamity | 10x | Critical Rate | Essential for making your Flow-enhanced basic attacks hit harder for significant burst potential. |
| Hunt | 5x | Movement Speed, Attack Speed | Crucial for kiting, faster clear time, and sustained damage output. |
| Reaver | 5x | Life Steal Bonus | Improved sustain during trades and jungle clear, keeping you healthy without needing to recall. |
✨ Battle Spell
- Flash: The standard and best choice. It provides instant repositioning for aggressive plays (Flash-Ult combo) or crucial emergency escapes when your S2 dash is on cooldown.
3. Recommended Item Build
Flowborn is a marksman focused on poke, high mobility, and auto-attack damage amplification, particularly through critical strikes.
| Slot | Item Name | Key Benefits | Rationale |
| 1 | Boots of Dexterity | Movement Speed, Attack Speed, Sustain | Essential early game stats that scale perfectly with Flowborn’s kit. |
| 2 | Eternity Blade | High Crit Rate and Damage Boost | Core item for maximizing the burst potential of your Flow-enhanced basic attacks and overall damage. |
| 3 | Shadow Ripper | Attack Speed, Crit Rate, Auto-Attack Damage Amp | Synergizes with the auto-attack focused playstyle, spiking attack speed and crit chance. |
| 4 | Daybreaker | Physical Penetration | Necessary power spike to deal effective damage against tanky enemies and bruisers. |
| 5 | Bloodweeper | Physical Life Steal, Sustain | Keeps Flowborn healthy through extended fights and allows for more aggressive positioning. |
| 6 | Sunchaser | Attack Range Increase (Utility) | Late-game item to improve kiting, positioning, and safety during team fights. |
4. Gameplay Strategy & Combos
The defining factor of a great Flowborn player is Flow Management.
🚀 Essential Combos
| Combo Name | Input | Purpose |
| Poke & Sustain | S1 (Convergence) > Basic Attack (Enhanced) > S2 (Arrow of No Retreat) | Use S1 to gain Flow and health, finish with the piercing basic attack, and use S2’s dash to safely retreat. |
| All-In Burst | S2 (hit to slow) > Basic Attack (Enhanced) > S3 (Arrowstorm) > S1 (for refresh) > S2 | Full damage rotation. Use S2 to initiate and reposition, S3 for max burst, and S1 mid-fight to refresh S2/S3 cooldowns. |
| Objective Secure | S1 to max Flow > S2 > Smite (with Enhanced Auto ready) | Ensure you have an Enhanced Basic Attack ready with Smite for maximum secure damage on Tyrant/Overlord. |
Early Game (Laning)
- Lane Role: Farm Lane Marksman.
- Initial Choice: Select your Passive Stat Enhancement based on the matchup (e.g., Attack for damage trades, Health for survivability).
- Flow Priority: Always use Convergence (S1) to build Flow stacks. Your trades are significantly weaker without Flow.
- Laning: Use S1 to poke enemies through the minion wave while sustaining health. Use the dash from S2 defensively to avoid ganks or offensively to punish an enemy’s misstep. Focus on last-hitting and item scaling.
Mid & Late Game (Team Fights)
- Positioning is Key: Flowborn is a high-sustained damage dealer, not a pure burst assassin. Your goal is to stay alive and keep dealing damage. Use your S2 dash constantly for micro-adjustments.
- Initiation: Initiate team fights with Arrowstorm (S3) from a safe distance for wide-area poke. The movement speed buff helps you reposition.
- Flow Timing: Carefully weave in your Flow-enhanced piercing basic attacks between your abilities. These late-game empowered autos hit extremely hard and can pierce the frontline to damage backline targets.
- Utility: Use Convergence (S1) strategically mid-fight not just for damage, but for the crucial cooldown refresh on S2 and S3, allowing for faster ability cycling and more mobility.