Shi

Mid LaneMage

Latest Meta Stats

MID

Tier / Pop

51.92%

Win Rate

0.61%

Pick Rate

0.29%

Ban Rate

Statistics from the official in-game HoK Camp (as of 2026-08-14).

Base Stats

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Max HP3225

Max MP640

Physical Attack168

Magic Attack0

Physical Armor150|20%

Magic Defense75|11.1%

Movement Speed360

Attack RangeRanged

HP Regen / s43

MP Regen / s16

Transcribed from the in-game hero status screen. Arcana bonuses are excluded.

Summoner Spells That Fit

FlashCD 120s

The lifeline for heroes with no movement skill

PurifyCD 120s

For roles that die to a single crowd-control hit — picked after seeing the draft

The reasoning for each is on the summoner spells page. You may only bring one per match, and the best choice shifts with the enemy draft.

Arcana Build That Fits

Mage

Red

Blue

Green

Saint holds the highest Magical Attack in red at +5.3; Nightmare trades some of that for early penetration.

This is a role-wide recommendation, not one tuned for this hero specifically.

See every build on the Arcana page →

First Skill to Level Up

Official pickSkill 2: Silky Beauty

Source: the official in-game HoK Camp (fetched 2026-08-14). What to level after this depends on the matchup.

Counters & Synergies

Countered By

ZhuangziZhuangzi's passive cleanses him every 6s and grants 2s of full crowd control immunity. Silk Imprint may wrap him, but it cannot drag him during that window, and Shi loses her opener. Skill 3 cleanses his whole team as well.

Sima YiSkill 1 gives Sima Yi crowd control immunity and lets him jump to his spirit, so he closes the gap straight through her CC. Skill 2's 0.75s silence blocks the second tap of Silk Imprint. Up close, Shi's distance-scaling passive gives her nothing.

Best Synergy

GuiguziGuiguzi's Skill 3 camouflages teammates within 1,500 range and grants 30% Movement Speed for 4s. Shi can move into a firing angle unseen and open with Silk Imprint. Her passive rewards exactly that kind of long-distance cast.

Huang ZhongTurret Mode roots Huang Zhong in place, and his Basic Attacks hit hardest at the center of the zone. Shi can drag enemies into that center with Silk Imprint. Pulling them across his Skill 2 landmines adds Sunder and a slow on top.

Countered-by and synergy picks are this site's own reading, based on each hero's kit. What the official app publishes is how often heroes are picked together (see "Frequently Paired With" below); it does not publish any rating of how well they match up.

Frequently Paired With

2-hero team

2.66%

2.46%

2.39%

2.30%

1.69%

3-hero team

11.11%

7.72%

6.18%

5.94%

5.33%

The figures are the "match rate" published by the official in-game HoK Camp: how often these heroes ended up on the same team (fetched 2026-08-14). It is not a win rate, so a higher number does not mean a stronger pairing.

Popular Item Builds

#1 most used62.52% win rate / 16,726 wins

Flash

#2 most used60.91% win rate / 12,554 wins

Flash

The order matches the in-game display. The win rate covers matches played with that build, so player skill is mixed in. Taken on 2026-08-25.

Look up effects on the Items page →Item pick rate rankings →

Skills

Passive

Passive Skill: Maiden's Trick

Enhance

Shi's skills deal more damage as the distance between herself and the enemy increases. For every 100 distance, the damage is increased by 5%, for up to 40%.

Skill 1

Skill 1: Silk Imprint

⏳ CD: 11s | Mana: 40

Crowd ControlDamage

Shi throws an artifact to the target location, dealing 120 (120 + 24% magical attack) magical damage to enemies in the area. Enemies are pulled toward the artifact, and 1 enemy is wrapped in Silk Imprint. The skill can be used again within 5s to pull that enemy a short distance while interrupting the enemy's skill use.
If the enemy is too far from Shi, they will not be affected. Silk Imprint deals double damage to non-hero units.

Details	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3	Lvl 4	Lvl 5	Lvl 6
Cooldown	11	10.6	10.2	9.8	9.4	9
Base Damage	120	144	168	192	216	240

Skill 2

Skill 2: Silky Beauty

⏳ CD: 6s | Mana: 40

DamageSlow

Shi releases an energy orb that stops if it hits a monster. The energy orb attacks nearby enemies every 0.5s, dealing 160 (160 + 50% magical attack) magical damage. The first hit slows enemies by 15% for 1.5s. Subsequent hits on the same target only deal 25% damage.
The orb explodes after 2s, dealing 160 (160 + 33% magical attack) magical damage, and double damage to enemies at the center of the blast. The orb will move toward the target wrapped in Silk Imprint.

Details	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3	Lvl 4	Lvl 5	Lvl 6
Base Damage	160	192	224	256	288	320
Explosion Damage	160	192	224	256	288	320
Slow	15%	18%	21%	24%	27%	30%

Ultimate

Skill 3: Sole Focus

⏳ CD: 45s | Mana: 90

CooldownSpeed UpEnhance

Shi enhances herself for 8s, gaining a greater field of vision and resetting Skill 2's cooldown. While enhanced, hitting an enemy with Skill 1 lets her manipulate their movements twice, and Skill 2's cooldown is reduced by 50%. She gains 50% Movement Speed for 0.5s when using this skill.

Details	Lvl 1	Lvl 2	Lvl 3
Cooldown	45	40	35

Strategy Guide

Playstyle

A mage whose damage grows with distance — the inverse of every melee rule. Her silk pulls drag enemies while she lands maximum-range hits; letting anyone close is half a loss already.

Best for: Players who want to perfect range management, holding the untouchable distance with delicate footwork.

Recommended Combos

Orb First, Then the Bind

Skill 2 (Silky Beauty — roll the orb out first) → Skill 1 (Silk Imprint — area damage, pulls enemies toward the artifact, wraps one) → Skill 1 recast (drag them in the chosen direction)

The orb travels toward whoever is wrapped in Silk Imprint. Throw it before the bind and it drifts in on its own, stacking the damage tick it deals every 0.5s. Aim the recast at the center of the blast, since enemies standing there take double explosion damage.

Sole Focus Double Drag

Skill 3 (Sole Focus — resets Skill 2's cooldown) → Skill 1 (land Silk Imprint) → Skill 1 recast x2 (two manipulations) → Skill 2

Sole Focus is an 8s buff that resets Skill 2's cooldown the moment it fires. Land Skill 1 while enhanced and the target can be moved twice, which is enough to carry them into your team's range. Skill 2's cooldown is halved on top, so the follow-up damage arrives before they recover.

These combos are not official data. They are this site's own write-up, built only from the skill data transcribed from the in-game display; nothing that the skill text does not state is included.

Strengths

•Skill 1's forced displacement rips enemies straight out of their formation
•The distance Passive makes max-range poke from total safety genuinely painful
•The bind's crowd control interrupts enemy channeled skills
•Double damage to non-heroes from Skill 1 keeps waveclear fast

Weaknesses

•Missing Skill 1 leaves her close to useless for several seconds
•Almost no self-peel, and the distance Passive dies once enemies close in
•The pull fizzles at long range, demanding precise spacing at all times

Early Game Strategy

In mid, Shi clears waves quickly before level 4 thanks to Skill 1 dealing double damage to non-heroes, then spends the spare time poking from maximum range. The Passive adds 5% damage per 100 units of distance, capping at 40%, so firing from the very edge of your range is always the better trade. Skill 2's energy orb drifts toward enemies wrapped by Skill 1's silk, so never throw it on its own—always pair the two. Land even one pull-into-kill early and the enemy mid laner will stop standing inside Skill 1 range for the rest of the lane.

Mid Game Strategy

Once you learn the Ultimate, Shi becomes the best gank launchpad your jungler could ask for. Before the 4-minute Tyrant fight, hook an enemy from a river bush with Skill 1 and drag them into your side of the map—that alone locks in a numbers advantage. During the Ultimate you can pull twice per Skill 1 hit and Skill 2's cooldown is halved, so you handle everything from the catch to the sustained damage by yourself. Pull diagonally back toward your team's damage, not straight toward yourself; drag them in a straight line and you're the first one getting hit.

Late Game Strategy

In the late game, half the fight is decided the instant Skill 1 connects. Past 15 minutes with three magic core items, simply dropping a hooked enemy onto the center of Skill 2's explosion—which deals double damage there—vaporizes marksmen. But the downtime after a miss is heavier than ever, and the pull fizzles if the target gets far enough away, so resist the urge to chase deep. Don't forget the defensive job either: from behind your frontline, interrupt enemies winding up long channels by tagging them with the bind's crowd control.

Teamfight Strategy

Shi's teamfight contribution is the pick before the fight ever starts. In the standoffs before Overlord or Shadow Tyrant, catch whoever's positioning is sloppy with Skill 1, drag them into your team, and start the fight 5v4. Once it turns into a brawl, pull diving frontliners away from your carry and roll Skill 2 at their feet to stack sustained damage. Your distance Passive rewards you for orbiting the outer edge of the fight, far from the enemy clump, so hold that perimeter the whole way through.

#Patch History

ShiJuly 2 Update

buff

Shi Skill 2 (Silky Beauty) • Base damage 150 (+30/lv) → 160 (+32/lv), 50% magic power unchanged • Explosion damage 150 (+30/lv) → 160 (+32/lv), 33% magic power unchanged What this means Modest on paper, but since both the initial hit and the explosion went up, the real increase is larger than either number suggests. It's a base-value buff, so you feel it early — laning trades and wave clear get a little smoother. For a hero who chips away with skills that aren't easy to land, more value per connection is welcome.