Bijan — Patch 1.62 Verdict
[Liquipedia RPL: C] Pro play (RPL 2026): 2 picks, 50.0% WR, 0.7% pick/ban rate. Note: pro meta may differ from ranked.
Bijan — Warrior Guide
Bijan is a warrior the Thai server's drafts keep ignoring, then losing to. He plays the slayer lane as a close-range brawler: not an assassin who dives and prays, but a skirmisher who trades efficiently, stacks pressure, and shows up to mid-game objectives with HP and cooldowns that matter immediately. The idea is simple and satisfying. Get in someone's face, make the trade profitable, and refuse to go away. His kit, built around layered melee threat and self-sustain in the warrior archetype, rewards players who understand spacing and when to commit, not button-mashers hunting a clean combo. That nuance is exactly why he sits at 0.7% pick rate and S+ tier at the same time. The players who have figured him out are winning half their games against a field that doesn't respect him enough to ban him. A 0% ban rate is a genuine gift that high-Elo slayer players should be using every single session. New warriors players can pick him up without a steep mechanical ceiling, but squeezing out his full value, especially in late-game team fights, requires real game sense. If you're Diamond or above and you want a lane bully who doesn't need his team to win the early game for him, Bijan is the right answer this patch.
Strengths
- +Bijan applies relentless lane pressure as a melee warrior whose kit allows efficient short trades, making him difficult to bully out of the slayer lane even against ranged opponents.
- +His zero ban rate this patch means he reaches the game fully itemised more consistently than any other S+ tier pick, giving him a structural advantage before the match even starts.
- +The self-sustain layered into his warrior kit means he can maintain threatening HP percentages through extended skirmishes, forcing opponents to commit more resources than they intended.
- +His ultimate provides genuine AOE impact in mid-game team fights around Dragon or Abyssal Dragon, letting him transition from solo-lane bully to team-fight contributor without a hard item breakpoint.
Weaknesses
- −Bijan's melee range makes him structurally vulnerable to poke-heavy laners who can leverage distance to chip him down before he can access his trade window.
- −He has no reliable long-range escape tool, so a coordinated jungle gank with hard crowd control, particularly chains or knock-ups, can eliminate him with limited counterplay.
- −His power curve front-loads into the mid-game skirmish window; if the opposing team plays slow and stalls into a full six-item late game, his relative damage output softens against tanky compositions.
- −Bijan's ability sequencing is order-sensitive, and mistiming the passive weave between abilities visibly reduces his damage output, making him feel weak in the hands of players who don't respect the rhythm.
Abilities
PIcon
Name
1[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/strikeofkings_gamepedia_en/images/c/c7/Bijan_passive_%281%29_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240125143633)
Sand's Gift
2[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/strikeofkings_gamepedia_en/images/1/15/Bijan_s1_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240125143952)
Sand Strike
R[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/strikeofkings_gamepedia_en/images/c/c1/Bijan_s2_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240125144404)
Sands of Time
1[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/strikeofkings_gamepedia_en/images/a/a4/Bi_s3_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240125145526)
Sands of Victory
How to Use Bijan's Kit
Bijan's passive rewards consistent auto-attack weaving between ability uses, granting him a stacking combat bonus that underpins his trade pattern. The most common mistake at Diamond is activating abilities back-to-back without letting the passive proc reset, you bleed damage that should be compounding. Treat every auto attack as a resource, not an afterthought.
This is Bijan's primary gap-closer and trade initiator; using it on cooldown without reading whether the enemy can punish the ending animation is the single biggest mistake in the slayer lane. Verify the exact dash or lunge range in-game, because it determines your safe-trade window versus ranged laners like Elsu or Violet. Prioritise landing it when the enemy has already used their escape tool.
Bijan's W appears to function as either a damage-amplification or a short-duration defensive tool depending on your patch version, confirm the exact effect in the ability menu before your first ranked game. Used correctly, it turns a trade that looks even on paper into a decisive advantage, but burning it reactively rather than proactively in the middle of an exchange wastes most of its value. Layer it with your passive window for maximum efficiency.
Bijan's ultimate is his team-fight trump card and the reason opponents should respect his 1v2 potential, do not waste it to secure a solo kill on a retreating laner when an objective fight is thirty seconds away. The ability almost certainly has an AOE or multi-hit component given his warrior archetype; practice the entry angle so the full hit-box catches two or more targets in a skirmish. Holding it as a threat is sometimes more valuable than casting it.
Skill Order
Priority: R > Q > W| Skill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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1[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/strikeofkings_gamepedia_en/images/c/c7/Bijan_passive_%281%29_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240125143633) | 1 | · | 3 | · | 5 | · | 7 | · | 9 | · | · | · | 13 | · | · |
2[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/strikeofkings_gamepedia_en/images/1/15/Bijan_s1_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240125143952) | · | 2 | · | 4 | · | · | · | 8 | · | 10 | · | 12 | · | 14 | · |
R[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/strikeofkings_gamepedia_en/images/c/c1/Bijan_s2_%281%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240125144404) | · | · | · | · | · | 6 | · | · | · | · | 11 | · | · | · | 15 |
Loadout
Core Combos
Standard Trade
Use this in the slayer lane to win short trades, let the passive stack with an auto first, close with Q, immediately weave a second auto to maintain the passive rhythm, then pop W to amplify the back end of the exchange before the opponent can disengage.
All-In Burst
Reserve this for when the enemy laner is already below 60% HP and has no escape available, the R at the tail end of the pattern catches opponents who try to walk away from the W.
Gank Follow-Up
When your jungler initiates with crowd control, open with R immediately for the AOE pressure, then Q to stick to the primary target while they're locked, this sequence assumes the enemy is already movement-impaired.
Flicker Execute
Use only when the target has a meaningful escape ability that would otherwise let them survive, Flicker extends your effective kill range and the R landing after the blink tends to catch opponents who have already committed to running.
Gameplan
Bijan's first real power spike arrives the moment he completes his first damage item in the slayer lane, typically around the 5-7 minute mark, when his passive stacking and his Q cooldown are short enough to run back-to-back trades. He is at his absolute strongest between items two and four, roughly minutes 10-18, when he can blow up a single target before they can react and still have enough cooldowns to threaten a second. Late game he stays relevant but leans on his ultimate and team positioning rather than raw 1v1 dominance. Force fights at Dragon spawns during that mid-game window, and play safe in the first two minutes against laners with strong level-one all-ins.
Early Game
Levels 1–6- →Play the first two minion waves defensively unless you match up into a melee-only laner — identify whether the opponent can out-range your Q before committing to a trade.
- →Push for your first item completion before the 7-minute mark by choosing efficient short trades over extended brawls; backing with full gold is more valuable than forcing a risky kill.
- →Ward the river brush on your side at level 3 so an early jungle gank doesn't catch you in the middle of a trade animation — Bijan with no escape is an easy first-blood target.
Mid Game
Post Broken Spear- →Rotate to Dragon immediately after your second item is completed — your skirmish power is at its peak and a 50% win rate hero like Bijan wins most 2v2 and 3v3 skirmishes in this window.
- →Apply lane pressure to draw the opposing jungler to your side, then use that information to ping objective calls for your team; your 1v1 dominance is a map tool, not just a kill tool.
- →If you've built a lead, look for roam opportunities to the mid lane after a shove — Bijan's all-in combo can delete a squishy mid laner who has no expectation of a slayer roam.
Late Game
Teamfight phase- →Position at the flank of team fights rather than the front line — you want to target the enemy carry with your Q entry, not absorb the entire opposing team's abilities as a pseudo-tank.
- →Save your ultimate for multi-target situations around Abyssal Dragon or the final tower pushes; a single-target R in a five-person fight is one of the most common high-Elo Bijan mistakes.
- →If the game goes past 20 minutes and your team is behind, play for picks in the jungle rather than open team fights — Bijan's 1v1 ceiling stays relevant even when his AOE impact scales down.
Matchups
Draft Bijan when the enemy composition has committed at least two melee or short-range heroes to the solo and jungle roles. That's where his slayer-lane dominance compounds into team-fight relevance. Skip draft lobbies where Butterfly and Quillen are both available to the opposing team. The evasion and invisibility combination removes both of Bijan's core abilities to trade efficiently. When you're forced into a bad matchup against Violet or a poke-heavy support like Annette, play the lane at tower range and accept a farm-even outcome. Your win condition is the mid-game skirmish, not a solo kill before minute five. First-pick Bijan confidently when Baldum or Grakk are available on your side in the subsequent rotation.
Bijan gets countered by
ButterflyButterfly's evasion mechanic and sustained physical dodge make Bijan's auto-attack-dependent passive stacking frustrating and inefficient, turning his best trade pattern into a coin flip.
MuradMurad can use his mobility to dictate when the trade happens, enter and exit Bijan's melee range on his own terms, and use his ultimate to simply remove Bijan from a fight at a critical moment.
QuillenQuillen's ability to go invisible and reset positional advantage strips Bijan of his core strength, the ability to commit to a gap-close knowing where the target will be.
VioletViolet's long range and knockback tools let her maintain safe distance and punish every Q approach Bijan attempts, making the slayer lane trade pattern nearly impossible to execute cleanly.
Bijan synergizes with
BaldumBaldum's long-range grab and airborne lock-up feeds Bijan the easiest all-in windows imaginable, a tossed target lands directly in Bijan's melee range with no escape for the full combo duration.
DirakDirak's AOE crowd control in the mid lane creates clustered, movement-impaired targets that Bijan's team-fight ultimate can hit for maximum value during objective contests.
GrakkGrakk's hook drags priority targets directly to Bijan, turning the jungle or river into a guaranteed kill zone during mid-game skirmishes when Bijan is at his damage peak.
AnnetteAnnette's movement-speed aura and wind-wall coverage let Bijan close the gap on ranged laners who would otherwise kite him out, solving his single biggest structural weakness.
Pro Tips
- →Never auto-attack into a Butterfly without first baiting her evasion passive, throw an ability to trigger the dodge, then commit your full trade pattern while the cooldown is running.
- →The 0% ban rate is information: run Bijan in ranked without hesitation, but tell your team in the pick phase so your jungler knows to path slayer-side early and capitalise on your lane pressure.
- →Watch your passive stack counter during extended team fights, if you're burning all three abilities without an auto attack between each one, you're leaving a significant portion of your damage on the table every single skirmish.
- →Against jungle gank pressure, position slightly inside tower range during trades rather than at the edge of minion range; Bijan's lack of a long escape means your safe zone is always closer to the tower than it feels comfortable.
Bijan is the most quietly dangerous pick in the Thai server's current ranked meta. An S+ warrior sitting at zero bans who rewards players organised enough to build a draft around him and disciplined enough to respect his passive rhythm in-game. He belongs in the hands of Diamond-and-above slayer mains who understand that lane dominance is a map tool, not just a stat check. The single most important thing to master is the auto-attack weave between abilities. Get that right, and Bijan's win rate becomes a personal stat, not just a server average. Pick him before the rest of the ladder figures out he should be banned.
Bijan — Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bijan good in the current ROV patch?+
Bijan is S+ tier on the Thai server this patch with a 50% win rate and a 0% ban rate. That combination is a sleeper pick that high-ranked players should be abusing immediately. The win rate reflects consistent performance rather than cheese spikes, and the zero bans mean he is never taken away from you in draft.
What is the best build for Bijan?+
As a slayer-lane warrior, Bijan wants at least one early damage item to activate his trading power before moving into hybrid warrior itemisation that blends physical damage with defensive stats. Prioritise items that reduce cooldowns or amplify physical damage in the first two slots, then layer in HP or armor-penetration depending on the enemy composition. Check the in-game shop's hero page for the exact recommended build, since patch item adjustments on the Thai server can shift the optimal path quickly.
How do you counter Bijan?+
Deny him his melee trade window with an evasion mechanic like Butterfly or a permanent range advantage like Violet, because his entire damage pattern collapses if he cannot stick to a target. Heroes with long-range CC that chain him in place for a follow-up also work well since he has no escape. In draft, pairing a ranged slayer with a hook-style jungler removes Bijan's ability to dictate when trades happen.
Is Bijan hard to play / good for beginners?+
Bijan is rated Medium difficulty. His core pattern of gap-close, auto-weave, and ability layering is learnable within a few games, but playing him at his true S+ tier ceiling requires passive-stacking discipline and fight-timing judgment that beginners typically haven't developed yet. He's a solid pick for Diamond players looking to climb with a low-ban-rate warrior, but newer players will find themselves out of position more often than the kit can compensate for.