Honor of Kings: Meng Ya guide

Honor of Kings released the blaster of Jixia Academy, Meng Ya, on the global server a few weeks ago in conjunction with the Honor of Kings Championship 2024. Meng Ya is a marksman with a strong area of effect damage and sustain.

With his spam-able skills, he’s excellent in long-duration fights. His ultimate has a long range and can hit many enemies multiple times. Here’s his skill breakdown, along with his equipment, arcana, and tips on how to play him effectively:

Skills breakdown

Passive: Fiery Temper
For every 5% increase in Attack Speed, cooldown is reduced by 1%. Gains 5 Anger upon Basic Attack and skill hits (10 upon Critical Hit). At max Anger, enters the Excited state (Maximum is 100 Anger).

Excited: Enhances all skills and reduces the cooldown of Awesome Barrage and Heavy Shot by 25%-50% (depending on Level) while restoring (0 to 3+1% Physical Attack) Health for every 1 surplus Anger. When not gaining any Anger for 3 seconds, Anger will begin to diminish over time.

Skill 1: Awesome Barrage
Uses the Apocalyptor to strafe continuously for 5 seconds. Each bullet deals (40 to 80+34% Physical Attack) physical damage. While strafing, Movement Speed is reduced by 50. Enters cooldown after casting.

Excited: Bullets have a piercing effect, dealing 50% damage to subsequent enemies. Firing speed is increased by 1% for every 1.5% ASPD, up to 100%.

Skill 2: Heavy Shot
Shoots a heavy round in the target direction, dealing (150 to 300+25% Physical Attack) physical damage to all enemies hit and slowing them for 25%-50% for 2 seconds. When the round hits an enemy or wall or reaches its maximum range, it explodes into 5 splinters that can ricochet off walls and deal (300 to 600+50% Physical Attack) physical damage to the first enemy they hit.

Excited: The number of splinters increases from 5 to 9.

Skill 3: Missile Mayhem
Meng Ya scans the vicinity and marks the locations of enemies within range when they take damage from him or his teammates (up to 5 locations can be marked simultaneously). When the scan is complete, he fires missiles that deal (250 to 500+100% Physical Attack) physical damage. Subsequent hits on the same target deal 75% less damage and grant 10 anger.

He fires up to 1 missile every second for 8 seconds after the scan. 50% of the skill’s cooldown is refunded if the skill is cancelled or interrupted.

Excited: The minimum interval between subsequent missiles is reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds. The skill button can be held down for up to 3 seconds to expand the scan range. He gains 50% Movement Speed while scanning.

How to play Meng Ya
In the early game, just like other Marksman or Farm Lane, Meng Ya is one of the weakest heroes because his skills and passive skills require a lot of Stats to be useful. Focus on farming a lot while trading using Heavy Shot and Awesome Barrage to mitigate enemy damage. Be careful of ganks as he lacks the necessary mobility to escape one.

Meng Ya starts to shine when he gets the Eternity Blade, as he can deal considerable damage due to Awesome Barrage benefit from Critical Rate and Damage. He can also support his team using his Ultimate while farming due to its ridiculous range. Use this trick to further your lead against the enemy Farm Lane.

The late game is when Meng Ya falls to other hyper-carries like Lady Sun or Arli. However, if he could snowball early, the enemy Marksman’s presence wouldn’t be felt, as they would get pressured by his Ultimate damage.

Meng Ya is a great Midgame hero who can simultaneously farm while helping his team. Try to be wary of assassins and other diver-type heroes to secure his late game.