Butterfly — Patch 1.63 Verdict
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Butterfly — Assassin Guide
Key Insights
- Passive (Assassin) resets ALL cooldowns and restores 12% HP on every kill or assist.
- Backstab auto-targets the lowest-HP visible enemy hero, so you don't fully control where you blink.
- Backstab gives 60% incoming damage reduction for 1 second after the blink lands.
- Whirlwind applies a 50% movement-speed slow for 2 seconds, centered on Butterfly herself.
- Sword Propel grants a 50% attack-speed steroid for 3 seconds, which is what makes Omni Arms proc consistently.
Strengths
Assassin resets all cooldowns on kill or assist, chain ganks for free.
Backstab's 60% damage reduction lets her tank one CC reaction.- 0% ban rate means a free S-tier pick every ranked game.
- Assassin HP restore keeps her topped up between ganks without recalling.
Weaknesses
- Backstab auto-targets lowest HP, can fling you into a frontliner.
- Zero gap-closer off cooldown; anything with range kites her easily.
- Hard CC before Backstab lands cancels the blink entirely.
- Fall behind early and the burst fails, passive never fires, loss spirals.
Matchups
Abilities
PAssassin
Killing or assisting an enemy resets all skill cooldowns and restores 12% of your max HP.
1Whirlwind
Butterfly releases a wave of swords around herself, dealing physical damage to nearby enemies and slowing their movement speed by 50% for 2 seconds.
2Sword Propel
Butterfly slashes a sword wave forward at high speed, dealing physical damage and increasing her attack speed by 50% for 3 seconds.
RBackstab
Butterfly dashes to the enemy hero with the lowest HP (prioritizing enemy heroes) and deals physical damage. Reduces incoming damage by 60% and increases her movement speed by 50% for 1 second.
Skill Order
Priority: R > Q > W| Skill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Whirlwind | 1 | · | 3 | · | 5 | · | 7 | · | 9 | · | · | · | 13 | · | · |
| 2Sword Propel | · | 2 | · | 4 | · | · | · | 8 | · | 10 | · | 12 | · | 14 | · |
| RBackstab | · | · | · | · | · | 6 | · | · | · | · | 11 | · | · | · | 15 |
Loadout
Onslaught
Assassinate
Dragon's Claw
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6Core Combos
Standard Kill Rotation
R12Open with Backstab to close distance and trigger the damage reduction window, immediately Q to slow and deal AoE, then W to ramp attack speed and land empowered autos. Run this on any isolated carry as your default gank pattern.
Reset Chain
R12PR12After the first kill triggers the passive reset, pivot immediately to the next-lowest HP target and run the full rotation again before enemy reaction time kicks in. Only viable when two enemies are both below 50% HP.
Camp-to-Gank Transition
21RWhen finishing a jungle camp just before a gank, use W to clear the last monster fast and arrive at lane with the attack-speed buff still active, then drop Q on the laner before closing with Backstab.
Expert Video Guide
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Gameplan
Butterfly's first real spike is at level 4 when Backstab comes online and Soulreaver is close to finished. That is when you should be looking for your first gank on the most isolated lane. Her strongest window is the stretch between completing Broken Spear and Omni Arms. Broken Spear makes her one-shot potential real, and Omni Arms turns the W attack-speed steroid into bonus ability damage on every auto. She falls off slightly in the very late game if the enemy stacks armour, but Fenrir's Tooth's execution threshold and Death Sickle's death-prevention effect give her enough room to reset through a fight and stay relevant all the way to the final push.
Early Game
Levels 1–6- →Start at the blue buff closest to mid lane, clear W-first to exploit attack-speed synergy, then rotate to the opposing buff before the enemy jungler arrives. Butterfly's early clear is respectable enough to contest.
- →Look for a level 4 gank on whichever lane has an overextended squishy. Backstab at this point deals enough to force a flash or secure a kill, and a single passive proc here compresses your Soulreaver timing.
- →Avoid early invades without vision. Butterfly's pre-Backstab dueling is weak against most meta junglers, and dying before your first item spike delays the entire snowball.
Mid Game
Post Broken Spear- →With Soulreaver and Gilded Greaves completed, start alternating between dragon control and picking off rotating supports or split mids caught without backup.
- →Use Backstab's blink to appear on the backline during 5v5 skirmishes near objectives. The enemy team will often burn CC on your frontliners first, leaving the carry exposed.
- →Track the enemy jungler's position before diving. Butterfly has almost no way to escape a counter-gank mid-fight, so committing without information is the fastest way to throw a winning game.
Late Game
Teamfight phase- →In late-game teamfights, position just outside vision range and wait for one carry to drop below 50% HP before activating Backstab. The auto-target system will find them even through minion clutter.
- →Prioritise the enemy's AD carry or mage over supports regardless of HP, since the passive reset is more valuable when you remove high-damage threats rather than burning it on a support who is already useless.
- →If the game goes to a siege, use Backstab to snipe isolated backliners defending the tower before the main fight breaks out, then reset in on the scrambling survivors.
Pro Tips
- →Watch the minimap for heroes sitting at roughly 40 to 60% HP before pressing Backstab. The ability locks onto the lowest-HP visible enemy hero, so knowing all five HP states lets you predict where you blink instead of being caught off guard.
- →The one-second damage reduction from Backstab stacks multiplicatively with Death Sickle's death-prevention shield. Blink into a burst mage's ultimate and proc Death Sickle mid-combo, and you can run the full rotation at effectively zero risk.
- →After a passive reset, hold your next Backstab half a second if the remaining enemy is trying to flash or pop a mobility spell. The blink is nearly instant, and letting them burn the escape first guarantees the kill.
- →In the mid-game, fake jungle clear near a visible ward before a gank. The sound cue of Butterfly's Q hitting jungle monsters carries to nearby enemies and can bait them into assuming you are farming while you are already cutting toward their blind spot.
Butterfly is the right pick for Diamond-plus junglers who are disciplined about target prioritisation and want a consistent, near-unbannable S-tier carry that rewards game-sense over mechanical complexity. The passive reset loop is the single most important mechanic to internalise. Your item path, your gank timing, your teamfight positioning, all of it is built around making sure that first kill leads to a second and a third without stopping. Learn to read HP bars across the minimap before pressing Backstab, and this hero will feel unbeatable. On the current Thai server, she very nearly is.
Butterfly — Frequently Asked Questions
Is Butterfly good in the current ROV patch?+
Butterfly is S tier on the Thai server right now with a 100% win rate across ranked data, making her one of the strongest junglers in the game. Her near-zero ban rate means you can pick her freely every game. That combination of power and availability at high rank is genuinely rare.
What is the best build for Butterfly?+
The core path is Soulreaver into Gilded Greaves, then Broken Spear for armour penetration, Omni Arms to convert the W attack-speed burst into ability damage, and Fenrir's Tooth plus Death Sickle to close out. Don't deviate from this order. The penetration-before-crit sequencing is what keeps her one-shot window consistent rather than situational.
How do you counter Butterfly?+
The cleanest counter is hard, point-and-click CC timed to interrupt Backstab before the blink resolves. Baldum and Arum are the best picks for this. Stacking two or more tankier frontliners also works by forcing Backstab onto targets that won't die in one rotation, which stops the passive reset chain from ever starting.
Is Butterfly hard to play / good for beginners?+
She sits at Medium difficulty. The basic pattern of R-Q-W-AA is easy to pick up, but mastering the passive reset chain and understanding Backstab's auto-targeting to control where you blink takes real game sense. Beginners will get some value out of her. Her ceiling, though, belongs to players who can read HP bars and predict enemy positioning across the whole map.