ExpAT A GLANCE
Strengths
- Percent-health or true damage that threatens tanks
- Mobility: Buoyant Bounce
Weaknesses
- No protection from crowd control
- No hard control of their own
SKILLS
Performer's Delight
lifesteal
Cici generates a stack of Delight after dealing damage, increasing her Movement Speed by 0.75% and Spell Vamp by 0.75% per stack up to 10 times, doubling the effects at full stacks.
Yo-Yo Blitz
Cooldown: 6.5 s
Cici uses Yoyo to continuously attack the nearest enemy within range (prioritizing heroes) for 3.5 seconds, hitting them up to 10 times and dealing (pd) equal to 60–85 plus 3–4.5 (+1.2% extra PA)% of the target's Max HP per hit. Cici can move and use other skills during this attack.
If there's no enemy hero within the range, Yoyo will attack Turrets or the Base instead.
The skill deals 20% extra damage to Minions.
Buoyant Bounce
Cooldown: 9.5–7.5 s by level
leap
Cici leaps to a target location. If she lands on any unit (not including Turrets and Base), she can leap again in the Joystick's direction. If she lands on an enemy with the first leap, she deals 200–300 (+40% PA) physical damage to them.
Curtain Call
Cooldown: 40 / 36 / 32 s by level
pullslow
Cici throws Yoyo at the target enemy hero and links them with another nearby enemy hero, dealing 100 (+10% PA) physical damage, slowing them by 30%, and pulling them together.
During this time, Cici can use Yo-Yo Blitz to attack both linked targets at the same time. If only one is within the range of Yo-Yo Blitz, Cici will attack the target twice, but the damage of the second attack will be reduced to 25%~45%.
WHO COUNTERS CICI
Pick them when the enemy has Cici · score is their advantage
Sun11.5
Clones keep her from ever isolating him, and his ultimate dodges her combo.
Aamon11.5
You match her mobility from camouflage, and Endless Shards cannot be dodged even when she disengages.
X.Borg10.1
Firaga Armor makes her burst nearly worthless while the flames wear her down in every extended trade.
Masha10.0
She is good at kiting, but your speed boost can match hers; disarm her to stop her Yo-Yo pokes.
Estes10.0
Team healing outpaces her sustained damage and she cannot burst through it.
WHO CICI COUNTERS
Pick Cici into them
Balmond10.5
She kites him endlessly and the yo-yo out-damages him before Cyclone Sweep ever connects.
Thamuz10.3
You stay mobile through his scythes and chip him down while he cannot heal it back.
Alice9.6
Percent damage and constant mobility beat her drain sustain in the side lane.
Faramis9.5
Faramis wants to group while you take the map somewhere else. You simply walk out of what Faramis needs to finish casting.
Zhuxin9.5
You simply walk out of what Zhuxin needs to finish casting. You out-sustain the poke Zhuxin relies on.
BEST TEAMMATES
HOW TO PLAY CICI
Stay at the edge of your attack range to kite enemies while moving. Use your Ultimate to link two enemies together, making your Yo-Yo hit both for massive sustained damage.
HOW TO PLAY AGAINST CICI
- No protection from control — a stun before the engage wins the duel.
HIDDEN MECHANICS
What the in-game descriptions do not tell you: crowd-control rules and verified skill quirks. How crowd control works →
Performer's Delight- Aside from the buff indicator, a visual indicator of Delight stacks below Cici's health bar is shown and is visible to both allies and enemies.
Yo-Yo Blitz- Cooldown starts upon casting.
- Only suppression can cancel this skill, thus ending its duration; appropriate crowd control effects can only interrupt this skill.
Curtain Call- Yoyo applied to an enemy counts as debuff, therefore, it can be removed by effects such as Purify.