Best Butterfly Build, Arcana & Guide for 2026
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Butterfly
Introduction to Butterfly
▼Butterfly is an Assassin and Fighter in Arena of Valor who usually plays the Jungle and can also take the Top Lane. Her simple kit makes her a great fit for newer players.
Butterfly's biggest strength lies in her passive: every kill or assist fully resets her cooldowns, letting her jump from one target to the next. Whirlwind removes slows and boosts her movement speed, while Sword Propel throws a blade in a straight line and grants attack speed. Her ultimate, Backstab, puts her behind the enemy with the lowest health, gives her damage reduction and heals her based on the damage the target has taken.
She has average health, high damage and low difficulty, but almost no crowd control, so Butterfly should wait for her team to start the fight before jumping in to clean up. The guide on this page covers Butterfly's item build, Arcana, Enchantments, summoner spells, combos, skill usage and how to play through each phase.
Butterfly Item Build
Notes on Butterfly's Item Build
Rankbreaker
instead of
Spear of Longinus
.
Spear of Longinus
instead of
Rankbreaker
.
Muramasa
instead of
Fenrir's Tooth
.Butterfly Enchantments
Butterfly Arcana
Butterfly Support Spell
Butterfly Skill Order
How to Play Butterfly
How to Use Butterfly's Skills Effectively
How to Combo Butterfly
How to Play Butterfly in the Early Game
At the start of the match, check which side of the map has the easiest enemy to gank, and finish your jungle route on that side — for example, if the enemy marksman has no escape skill, start your jungle route in the Abyssal Lane and finish near the Dragon Lane, so by the time
Butterfly
reaches level 4, you can gank the enemy marksman.
At this stage,
Butterfly
already has decent damage, so if there’s an opening, secure major objectives early to gain an advantage.
How to Play Butterfly in the Mid Game
In this phase,
Butterfly
‘s damage has become quite big, and since the enemy’s core damage dealers are usually still weak, keep rotating to gank continuously, playing aggressively and targeting squishy heroes to set up repeated Skill 3
Backstab
combos.
You can also split push and secure major objectives when the opportunity arises, thanks to your fast and powerful damage kit.
How to Play Butterfly in the Late Game
By the late game,
Butterfly
still has huge damage, but the enemy’s core damage dealers usually already have some life-saving items like
Arctic Orb
or
Blade of Eternity
…, so you need to pick your moments carefully instead of playing as aggressively as in the mid game.
A good strategy is to split push and force the enemy to split their formation to defend, so you can more easily pick off stragglers. If you have to join a full team fight, wait for a good opportunity to circle around and take down the enemy’s core damage dealer as fast as possible.


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