Li Li

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Li Li is a Ranged Support Hero from the Warcraft universe.

The niece of legendary pandaren brewmaster Chen Stormstout, she enjoys exploring strange new places, meeting new people, and kicking bad guys in the face. A spunky pandaren, she has more than a few tricks up her sleeve.^[1]

Background

Born upon Shen-zin Su, the Wandering Isle, Li Li Stormstout led a somewhat uneventful life until she began reading the journals of her uncle Chen. Soon, nothing would sate her desire for adventure, exploration, and pestering adventurers around Halfhill.

Though Li Li’s father Chon Po didn’t approve of her wanderlust, in time she began to chronicle her explorations in a travel journal, which included a risky venture into a forbidden area of her island home. In time, Li Li chose to leave the Wandering Isle behind in order to start an adventure of her own, and was later joined by her uncle Chen. Together, they searched for (and discovered) their fabled homeland, Pandaria.

Gameplay Summary

Li Li is a Ranged Support Hero with high sustained healing and decent damage output, capable of trading with many Heroes. Unlike Malfurion and Uther, she doesn't have any forms of hard control, she is one of the few Heroes capable of inflicting Blind, through Blinding Wind.

Overall, Li Li is best used as a supplemental Support for teams that have a dedicated healer, shining in long endgame teamfights where her low cooldown heals provide sustain for allies with the lowest health, allowing for more powerful healers to top the health of the rest of the team.

Strengths

Low learning curve, making her great for beginners.
Low Mana usage.
High sustained healing with low cooldown though Healing Brew.
- Healing Brew has smart cast, automatically targeting allies.
Decent damage for a Support Hero, being capable of efficient trading.
Fast Feet allows her to escape tight situations, giving her good needed mobility.
- Kung Fu Hustle immensively improves her efficiency, providing a massive power spike.
Has two great viable options for Heroic Abilities.

Weaknesses

Very poor waveclear.
Cannot deal with teams that inflict high damage spikes, especially if solo healing.
Both Healing Brew and Jug of 1,000 Cups will automatically heal allies with the lowest health, which is not always useful.
- Because of that, Li Li is innefective at preventing incoming damage and controlling.

Abilities

Traits

Heroic Abilities

Talents

Tier 1, Hero Level 1

Tier 2, Hero Level 4

Tier 3, Hero Level 7

Tier 4, Hero Level 10

Tier 5, Hero Level 13

Tier 6, Hero Level 16

Tier 7, Hero Level 20

Talent Builds

Healing Build - focused on improving Healing Brew and Li Li's maximum healing potential. Recommended if she is the only Support/Healer.
Cloud Serpent Build - focuses on improving Cloud Serpent for increased trading and extra healing for both Li Li and her allies. Recommended in dual Support compositions.

Tips

Use Cloud Serpent on frontline Heroes, such as Warriors and Melee Assassins, so they get extra damage output, as well healing from the Serpent's attacks.
Use Blinding Wind solely to blind enemy heroes; avoid using it on PvE situations (i.e. Minions, Mercenaries). Despite its range, relatively low cooldown and decent damage, it is not advised to waste it on waveclear unless really necessary.
When using push compositions, choose Jug of 1,000 Cups to keep the allies at maximum health.
- Make sure to activate it preempetively when a big burst is expected from the enemy team.
  - However, don't use it too soon if the enemy teams has stun and silence cooldowns; since it is a semi-channeled ability, it can be interrupted, thus negativing its efficiency.
Use Water Dragon when the allies can cover the attack and preventing opponents from interrupting Li Li.

Matchups

Pairings

Li Li excels when paired with another Support/Healer. While she is capable of solo healing in some specific team compositions, she is best used as suplementary healer, which allows the player to focus on picking Talents to increase her damage and utility.

Most of the time, Cassia will be fairly resistant during skirmishes, due to her Trait, Avoidance. This means that she can handle herself for a bit but her health will be chipped away over time. What better way to shore up any bumps and nicks she gets along the way than a happy-to-heal Panda! Healing isn’t the only thing Li Li brings that can help Cassia out though – Blinding Wind also blinds their foes, making her a wonderful traveling companion who is more than willing to help Cassia explore the enemies weaknesses! Who’s ready for adventure?

Similarly to Uther, Rehgar is a strong healer, and has the right tools to complement Li Li's set. His Lightning Shield can be used in conjuntion with Cloud Serpent on Warriors and Melee Assassins to improve their trading ability, while Earthbind Totem works fantastically with Water Dragon (especially if Earthgrasp Totem is taken), allowing for a massive slow chain.

Li Li is at her best as a secondary healer, allowing her to take talents to increase her utility and damage. Having one of the strongest single target heals in the game, Uther greatly complements her kit, with Divine Storm and Water Dragon shutting down opponents.

Effective against

Dealing surprising damage for a Support, Li Li can effectively trade against Heroes that rely on basic attack damage, as she can negate their advances with Blinding Wind.

Li Li can completely shutdown Samuro and his clones from Mirror Image with Blinding Wind should he try to gank her, especially if Mass Vortex is taken. However, this can be a double edged sword, as this will means that she won't be able to blind optimal opponents if they advance together (and behind) Samuro's clones.

Since Varian is a melee Assassin that relies primarily on Basic Attacks to deal damage, Li Li has the ability to shut down Varian as he’s charging in by using Blinding Wind.

Effective foes

Li Li struggles very much against burst damage and area damage, as Healing Brew will not always heal the optimal target (while another team member might be more in need of healing), thus reducing Li Li's efficiency to keep the right targets alive. This results in Li Li using her mana inefficiently, and not always healing the optimal target.

Chromie's high spike damage and unpredictability of her Dragon's Breath landing can make hard for Li Li to keep her team alive.

In a similar fashion to Chromie, Kael'thas burst damage and area damage makes very hard for Li Li to keep up. His Living Bomb is especially dangerous when spreading to more than one target, preventing Li Li from healing the right target.

While Li Li does have an advantage against Basic Attackers thanks to Blinding Wind, Raynor's increased attack requires Li Li to frontline in order to blind him, which can easily make her vulnerable.

Despite being a Basic Attacker, The Butcher can easily focus on Li Li and shut her down with Lamb to the Slaughter, negating any chances for her to react. His Ruthless Onslaught can also interrupt both her Heroic Abilities, as they are channeled.

Skins

World Wanderer (base)


World Wanderer	Jade	Saffron

Explorer 100: The Explorer’s League is known for their progressive stance on accepting members of all species into their ranks. If you’ve got a heart that longs for adventure and discovery, you’re in!


Explorer	Night	Pink

Adventurer 100: When you've wandered as much of the world as Li Li has you lear many things... but perhaps the most important is that it's always wise to carry an umbrella.


Adventurer	Snowy	Plum

Shadowpaw 400: Not all pandaren were willing to serve as the Thunder King's army of Warmasters. Even now, rumors persist of a rebellion; a resistance born within the shadows.; _{Features themed abilities.}


Shadowpaw	Twilight	Pearl	Magenta

Shadowblade 400: When faced with an opponent as powerful as the Thunder King, honorable combat is simply not an option. To attain victory, one must strike from the shadows. Li Li has taken this lesson to heart.; _{Features themed abilities.}


Shadowblade	Vengeful

Lunar 400: Each new year brings with it untold promise. It is a joyous time when we honor those who came before us, while celebrating the endless possibilities ahead of us.; _{This skin is related to the Lunar Festival themed-skins. Features themed abilities.}


Lunar	Sweet	Eclipse

Patch changes

(Patch November 29, 2017) Note: Base Maximum Health reduced from 1552 to 1475; Health Regen from 3.23 to 3.07; Basic Attack Damage reduced from 63 to 60.
(Patch November 14, 2017) Note: Li Li has received updated visual effects to coincide with Talent changes.
(Patch April 4, 2017) Note: Radius decreased to better match actual model size.