Hanabi Guide

Hanabi: Scarlet Flower - A Comprehensive Guide

Okay, here's a comprehensive MLBB guide for Hanabi, covering her primary and secondary lane options, builds, emblems, talents, and counter items.

Primary Lane: Gold Lane (Marksman Role)

Secondary Lane: Jungle (Less Common, but possible with specific builds)

General Playstyle:

Hanabi is a late-game hyper carry. Her strength lies in her ability to deal sustained damage to multiple targets, especially in team fights. She's weak early game and vulnerable to burst damage and crowd control. Focus on farming efficiently, avoiding unnecessary fights, and scaling into the late game.

I. Gold Lane Hanabi Guide

A. Core Gameplay:

1. Early Game: Focus on last-hitting minions for gold. Avoid engaging in early fights unless your support roamer is present. Prioritize building your core items (Demon Hunter Sword and Golden Staff).
2. Mid Game: Rotate with your team to take objectives (turrets, Turtle). Continue farming to accelerate your item progression. Be cautious of ganks and position yourself safely during team fights.
3. Late Game: Hanabi excels in late-game team fights. Use your passive to bounce attacks between enemies. Be mindful of your positioning and rely on your team to protect you from threats.

B. Build 1: Standard Damage Build

Purpose: This build focuses on consistent damage output and attack speed for maximum efficiency with her passive.

• Items:
  1. Swift Boots: (Movement Speed, Attack Speed) - Essential for positioning and farming.
  2. Demon Hunter Sword: (Physical Attack, Attack Speed, Unique Passive) - Key item for shredding tanks and dealing sustained damage.
  3. Golden Staff: (Physical Attack, Attack Speed, Unique Passive) - Further enhances attack speed and allows for consistent damage even against high defense targets.
  4. Windtalker: (Attack Speed, Movement Speed, Critical Chance) - Boosts attack speed, provides additional movement speed for kiting, and enhances AoE damage.
  5. Berserker's Fury: (Physical Attack, Critical Chance, Critical Damage) - Increases critical damage output for burst potential.
  6. Immortality: (Physical Defense, HP, Unique Passive) - Provides a safety net and second chance in team fights. (Can be swapped for other damage items later).
• Emblem: Marksman
  • Talents:
    • Tier 1: Bravery (Extra Physical Attack) - More damage early game.
    • Tier 2: Swift (Extra Attack Speed) - Helps with early farming and DPS.
    • Tier 3: Weakness Finder (Basic attacks have a chance to reduce the target's Movement Speed and Attack Speed) - Synergizes with Hanabi's attack speed.

C. Build 2: Anti-Heal/Defense Build

Purpose: This build is for situations where the enemy team has a lot of healing or high physical defense.

• Items:
  1. Swift Boots
  2. Demon Hunter Sword
  3. Golden Staff
  4. Windtalker
  5. Sea Halberd: (Physical Attack, Attack Speed, Unique Passive) - Reduces enemy HP regen, which counter enemy hero who has regen effect, such as Uranus.
  6. Immortality or Malefic Roar: (Physical Attack, Physical Penetration) - For taking down high-defense targets quickly. (Choose Immortality for safety, Malefic Roar for pure damage).
• Emblem: Marksman
  • Talents:
    • Tier 1: Bravery
    • Tier 2: Swift
    • Tier 3: Weakness Finder

D. Counter Items & Item Swaps (Gold Lane):

• Against High Burst Damage (Eudora, Kagura, Gusion, etc.):
  • Swap: Berserker's Fury for Rose Gold Meteor (Magic Defense, Physical Attack, Unique Shield). The shield can absorb initial burst damage, giving you time to react.
• Against Heavy Crowd Control (Khufra, Atlas, etc.):
  • Swap: Windtalker or Berserker's Fury for Wind of Nature (Physical Attack, Attack Speed, Physical Lifesteal, Unique Active). The active skill provides temporary immunity to physical damage, allowing you to escape CC chains.
• Against High Physical Defense (Tanks like Barats, Franco, etc.):
  • Malefic Roar: This is essential for penetration, consider getting this as your 5th or 6th item.

II. Jungle Hanabi Guide (Less Common)

A. Core Gameplay:

1. Early Game: Prioritize clearing jungle camps efficiently. Start with the blue buff to help with mana sustain. Gank lanes opportunistically when you have a power spike or an advantage.
2. Mid Game: Focus on securing objectives (Turtle, Lord). Coordinate with your team for ganks and team fights. Maintain your farm and item progression.
3. Late Game: Play similarly to Gold Lane Hanabi, focusing on sustained damage output and positioning during team fights.

B. Build 1: Damage & Sustain

Purpose: Balancing damage with sustain to survive in the jungle.

• Items:
  1. Hunter's Knife (Tier 2) (Attack Speed, Unique Passive-Jungle): Mandatory for junglers.
  2. Swift Boots:
  3. Demon Hunter Sword
  4. Golden Staff
  5. Endless Battle: (Physical Attack, Mana Regen, HP, Cooldown Reduction, Movement Speed, Physical Lifesteal, Unique Passive) - Provides sustain, damage, and movement speed.
  6. Berserker's Fury or Immortality (depending on whether you need more damage or survivability).
  7. Upgrade Hunter's Knife to War Axe
• Emblem: Assassin
  • Talents:
    • Tier 1: Agility (Extra Movement Speed) - Helps with roaming and ganking.
    • Tier 2: Invasion (Extra Physical Penetration) - Increases damage against enemies.
    • Tier 3: Killing Spree (Kills grants HP and movement speed) - For increased survivability.

C. Build 2: Aggressive Jungle Build

Purpose: This build focuses on dealing as much damage as possible.

• Items:
  1. Hunter's Knife (Tier 2)
  2. Swift Boots
  3. Demon Hunter Sword
  4. Golden Staff
  5. Berserker's Fury
  6. Malefic Roar or Blade of Despair: (Physical Attack, Movement Speed, Unique Passive)- Choose Malefic Roar if the enemies has high physical defense, blade of despair for additional damage.
  7. Upgrade Hunter's Knife to War Axe
• Emblem: Assassin
  • Talents:
    • Tier 1: Agility
    • Tier 2: Invasion
    • Tier 3: High and Dry (deal increased damage to lone enemies).

D. Counter Items & Item Swaps (Jungle):

• Same as Gold Lane Counters

III. General Hanabi Tips:

• Positioning: Stay behind your tanks and fighters during team fights. Hanabi is very squishy and will be easily killed if caught out of position.
• Mana Management: Be mindful of your mana consumption, especially in the early game. Avoid spamming your skills unnecessarily.
• Passive Utilization: Learn to use your passive to your advantage. Position yourself so your attacks bounce between multiple enemies.
• Early Game Focus: Don't force early fights. Prioritize farming and scaling into the late game.

IV. Matchups:

• Strong Against: Heroes that rely on clumping up (like Estes comps), tanky heroes that can be shredded with Demon Hunter Sword.
• Weak Against: Burst damage heroes (like Gusion, Eudora), heroes with strong crowd control (like Khufra, Atlas, Chou), and heroes who can quickly close the gap (like Lancelot, Hayabusa).