Hua Mulan

Hua Mulan

Warrior · Physical · Melee · Chinese
Builds and guide for SMITE® 2, patch OB47

Hua Mulan Solo build

Top players on Hua Mulan Solo: 52.0% win in 558 games, past month (SmiteBrain, Master+ ranked)
Recommended for Conquest, in buy order. For Joust, Assault or a specific enemy team, open it in the tool.
  1. STARTBluestone Brooch
  2. 1Devourer's Gauntlet
  3. 2Shifter's Shield
  4. 3Sanguine Lash
  5. 4Genji's Guard
  6. 5Freya's Tears
  7. 6Kinetic Cuirass
Relic: Blink Rune
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What top players buy

ItemIn buildsWin rate
Devourer's Gauntlet52%51.6%
Freya's Tears52%56.3%
Shifter's Shield49%53.3%
Sanguine Lash41%53.8%
Genji's Guard30%55.7%
Brawler's Ruin29%57.2%

Best matchups

Achilles 71%Discordia 69%Aphrodite 67%Merlin 67%Artio 66%

Hardest matchups

Amaterasu 24%Neith 32%Baron Samedi 35%Hecate 38%Ares 39%
Top-player items, win rates and matchups: SmiteBrain, Master+ ranked, past month.

How to play Hua Mulan

Hua Mulan is a melee warrior from the Chinese pantheon who deals physical damage. Top players play Hua Mulan in the Solo lane.

In your kit, Grapple (pull enemy) is your main crowd control. Cross Strike (double slash) and Spear Thrust (area damage) add damage and pressure. Your ultimate is Divine Mastery (dash to root, knock-up, damage), on a long cooldown (about 90s at rank 1), so save it for fights that matter. Your passive is Training Arc: abilites improve on damage.

Community guides level Cross Strike, Spear Thrust and Spear Thrust first. Max Spear Thrust first, then Cross Strike, then Grapple.

You are a front line fighter who deals damage and takes it. Walk into the fight first, start it with your crowd control, and stay on the enemy your team is focusing. In the solo lane you will often fight one on one, so attack when their key ability is on cooldown.

Start with Bluestone Brooch, then buy Devourer's Gauntlet. Buy it early so it finishes stacking. Your core is Shifter's Shield and Sanguine Lash, and you finish with Genji's Guard, Freya's Tears and Kinetic Cuirass. A good relic is Blink Rune. If the enemy team heals a lot or you keep dying, open the full tool and enter the enemy gods for the exact swaps.

Top players win most often against Achilles, Discordia and Aphrodite, and struggle against Amaterasu, Neith or Baron Samedi. Against those, play safer and consider a defensive item earlier.

Skill order

Levels 1 to 5: Cross Strike, Spear Thrust, Spear Thrust, Grapple and Divine Mastery. Max Spear Thrust first, then Cross Strike, then Grapple, and put points in Divine Mastery whenever you can.

Cross Strike17101112
Spear Thrust23689
Grapple415161819
Divine Mastery513141720
From a SmiteFire guide by lestimics, updated 2026-11-03.

Abilities

Ability numbers at max rank: SMITE® 2 by Hi-Rez Studios, patch OB47, via the SMITE 2 Wiki. Descriptions are our own wording.

Community guides

Recent SMITE 2 guides from SmiteFire, best rated first. Where top-player data is thin (off-roles, new gods), their builds also nudge the recommended build.
Solo guide by lestimics rated 9.4/10 from 31 votes · updated 2026-11-03
  1. STARTBluestone Brooch
  2. 1Shifter's Shield
  3. 2Gladiator's Shield
  4. 3Genji's Guard
  5. 4Glorious Pridwen
  6. 5Draconic Scale
Relic: Shell of Rebuke or Purification Beads