This hyper excels at turning the tide of battle against his enemies. He can force uneven exchanges or strike and evade at will, dictating the flow of battle. However, mastery of his skills is essential to make the most of him.
Story[ | ]
This was a long, long, very long time ago, when the tigers were still smoking tobacco. This happened to your granny's granny's granny's granny's brother... that would be an ancestor for you, little one. This gentleman had business in Hanyang, and he was on his way back home. Hanyang to here is a long way on foot, and it took a full week if you walked day and night. Back then, there was no train or bus. It would have been better if he had a horse, but he was from a family of scholars, people with integrity. He didn't have the money to buy a horse. So, imagine how tired he must have been walking all the way from Hanyang. He didn't have enough travel money, so he couldn't even sleep at an inn. So on the last day he stayed up all night, walking about without sleeping even a bit.
You know the bridge on the way to the city? That bridge used to be a tree trunk this big. It was barely big enough for one man to cross. Still, there was no other way to get to the other side without crossing. The gentleman was making his way across, and that's when a thing as big as a bull suddenly showed up, blocking his way. He almost fainted, thinking that it was a tiger. Then he took a closer look and realized that it was a dokkaebi, not a tiger. Dokkaebi. Do you know the dokkaebi? If you don't know what they look like, well, they're as big as a tiger, with shoulders this wide, and their eyes look like this, so big and bright. And their teeth, those teeth stick out like this. They're pretty scary, to say the least, because they look exactly like your uncle. Really, he looks just like a dokkaebi, only without the magical club.
So, what could our gentleman do? He was face to face with a dokkaebi. The gentleman thought that he was dead. He was trembling like a leaf. He might have wet his pants too. And then this dokkaebi pounced on him, wanting to wrestle. "Oh no, mister dokkaebi. I don't think I can do it. Please don't kill me," he begged. But that dokkaebi didn't listen. He threatened the gentleman, saying that he would eat him unless he won the wrestling match. So there was nothing he could do. He had to wrestle with the dokkaebi. He was a skinny man, but he must have been strong. He managed to hold on to that bull-like dokkaebi for a while, but he could not take him down, no matter how hard he tried. So he had to think of a trick. Now, you know our family. We are a family of scholars. We even had a minister in our family once. We are nothing if not smart. And the gentleman was very clever. He lied to the dokkaebi and said "Oh no! It's already a sunrise!" Dokkaebis only come out at night, you see. They have no power in the morning. When he said that, the dumb dokkaebi ran away in an instant.
But that's not the only trick the dokkaebi played, either. That mountain you see there? That used to be in the front over there. Hey now, why would ol' granny lie to you? The dokkaebi did that the night he realized he was duped. "Oh no, the dokkaebi's going to pick on me now!" the scholar thought. So he tossed some buckwheat jelly dokkaebies like so much outside. From that day on, the dokkaebi started calling him a friend, visiting asking to wrestle him all the time. "Friend, friend," you could hear him calling from miles away.
Hmm? Wondering where does dokkaebi come from? Everything people use for a long time ends up having a spirit. Spirits, like ghosts and other sorts. So when the wooden poker over there or the laundry stick gets old, they become dokkaebi. Ahh, did the laundry stick just move? Ha ha, that's nonsense. I must have scared you too much, child. This was all a long time ago, when the tigers were still smoking tobacco. You have nothing to worry about. Just go to sleep.
Abilities[ | ]
Passive/Special - I Smell Gold!
Dokkaebi have a talent for sniffing out gold, and Hongdukei is no exception. Killing enemies grants him extra gold, and assisting or killing enemy hypers grants even more.
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• Damage: N/A
• Ability Type: Lasting Effect
• Range: N/A
• Cooldown: N/A
• Cost: No Cost
Ability Video
Ability 1 - Mighty Striker
Hongdukei only uses his club when someone's not being nice, but he can do some real damage with it when he needs to.
Powerful dokkaebi can vanish over short distances, and most use this to surprise people. Hongdukei uses this to blink forward and pummel his foes, decreasing their Movement Speed. Hongdukei briefly takes less damage after landing, too.
Hongdukei magic gourd is reserved for serious troublemakers. He can trap the nearest enemy inside it. During the skill, Movement Speed decreases and he can't use accessories. The enemy team can also see what he sees. Pressing the skill key again before the duration runs out pops the enemy out to do damage, down them, and bowl over other enemies, stunning them. But if the duration ends without letting the enemy hyper out, they'll escape and down Hongdukei instead!
Popular Common Equipmentinsert chart with common gear
Strategy[ | ]
Hongdukei is a quick surprise attack/ambush Hyper, that relies on taking initiative and forcing the enemy Hypers into fights and putting them in unfavorable positions.
His Dokkaebi Step allows him to quickly move into the fray and cause chaos, with his unique Evening Star he receives 1.5 seconds of CC immunity reducing the possibility of a counter allowing him to work fearlessly. Following up Dokkaebi Step with Lay Low and then comboing into Belly Bash can move a Hyper or an entire group into a bad situation. With his ultimate Strange Gourd avaliable, Hongdukei can pull an enemy Hyper away from the action putting the odds in his teams favor, with correct positioning and timing, Hongdukei can still contribute to the battle by using the trapped Hyper as a projectile, stunning any Hypers hit with the released Hyper or throw the released Hyper under tower and keeping them under it with Lay Low and Belly Bash.
However like most Bruisers, his initiate is very predictable but very quick, so correct timing and carefully using skills is key to a successful engagement. In addition his ultimate Strange Gourd is a dual edged sword, while he does remove an enemy Hyper from battle, he can still be punished at two separate times during the duration of the skill, during the casting animation Hongdukei can be stunned saving the trapped Hyper from being captured and while he has an enemy Hyper trapped he can be hard CC'd during the skill and if he is prevented from releasing the enemy Hyper, the enemy Hyper will be released with no stun animation and he will be stunned instead.
Use each Unique Equipment piece for Hongdukei in matches 10 times.
Trivia[ | ]
Hongdukei's "Mr. Bear" skin appears to be based loosely on Pooh Bear from the "Winnie the Pooh" series of children's' books and children's animation series...
