Sima Yi play tactics and how to ace it

Which skill to upgrade

Upgrade Skill 2 first, then Skill 1

Equipments to buy

Sima Yi lacks recovery methods, so Book of Devouring should be used to enhance his sustained combat ability. Witch's Staff will make Sima Yi's assassination more explosive.

Skills summary

Passive Skill

Enhanced Shotgun

• Cooldown: 0
• Cost: 0
• Passive: Maloch's firearm is a shotgun. Targets take damage equal to 50% of total attack power plus 40% times the number of additional pellets. Each pellet that hits an enemy hero grants one stack of Combat Instinct, which increases Maloch's physical penetration by 3-11 points for 6 seconds, stacking up to 12 times. The increase scales with hero level. Only the middle two pellets can critically strike and trigger equipment effects. Buildings are not affected by additional pellets.

Active Skill 1

Double Tap

• Cooldown: 8/7.6/7.2/6.8/6.4/6
• Cost: 60
• Maloch gains a 40% movement speed boost for 1.5 seconds, and his next basic attack becomes a double shot. Each shot deals 150/170/190/210/230/250 (+25% physical bonus) physical damage.

Active Skill 2

Lead the Charge

• Cooldown: 10/9.4/8.8/8.2/7.6/7
• Cost: 80
• Maloch charges in a specified direction, dealing 180/200/220/240/260/280 (+70% physical bonus) physical damage to enemies hit and stops the charge. Enemies hit are also knocked back. If an enemy hero is hit, it reduces the cooldown of Lead the Charge by 2 seconds.

Active Skill 3

Virtue Overcomes

• Cooldown: 60/55/50
• Cost: 130
• Maloch immediately removes all control effects on himself and gains a shield that can absorb 1000/1500/2000 damage for 6 seconds. Upon activation, he gains 3 seconds of control immunity. Additionally, 60% of damage dealt to enemy heroes and 20% of damage dealt to minions and jungle monsters is converted into shield value, with a cap at 150% of the initial shield value. Casting this skill also grants a 50/100/150 physical attack power boost for 6 seconds.