Although the trend began quietly, Honor of Kings players following team strategies through 12BET have already started using Zhao Huaizhen in the support position. His poor results in both the jungle and side lane suggest that he is struggling in his traditional roles. However, his distinctive skill mechanics remain useful, making a move to support a practical alternative. He is not an elite support and probably belongs in the middle or lower tier, but an occasional Zhao Huaizhen selection can still create entertaining and effective team combinations.
His main strengths as a support are crowd control, control immunity, and projectile blocking. Sometimes, looking back at the road already traveled helps people move further forward. His first skill can interrupt enemy dashes, protect teammates, or push opponents away. His second skill can be positioned between allies and enemies to absorb damage or counter crowd-control effects. His ultimate is particularly valuable in team fights. Combined with a tank build, it absorbs considerable damage and prevents him from being easily disabled, allowing him to pressure important enemy damage dealers and confidently check dangerous areas for vision.
According to tactical observations available through 12BET, Zhao Huaizhen should avoid charging into battle without preparation. Initiating with his ultimate, a second-to-first skill combination, jungle monsters, or tower-jumping techniques requires strong coordination with teammates. In ordinary matchmaking, a protective approach is therefore more reliable than forcing aggressive team fights. During the early game, he should move with an aggressive teammate, then focus on protecting the marksman, securing vision, and landing abilities accurately from the middle game onward. Learning his first skill at level one and rotating toward the middle lane may even create an early first-blood opportunity.
Other opening strategies are also possible. Against a powerful solo laner, Zhao Huaizhen can hide in a bush at level one and prepare an ambush. He may also predict the enemy jungler’s route and pull a newly spawned monster away, using harassment similar to Zhong Kui. Even so, his main responsibility is helping allied lanes push and improving the team’s overall development speed. A support exists to assist others, and losing the support is usually less damaging than losing a core teammate. When necessary, taking the fall to save an ally is part of the job.
Stepping between an enemy attack and a vulnerable teammate can create the opening needed for a counterattack. Effort does not always produce immediate results, but genuine trust between teammates remains essential. A support who plays even more cautiously than the marksman should reconsider taking the role. Protecting allies comes first, while personal survival comes second. Because Zhao Huaizhen depends heavily on abilities, cooldown reduction and skill accuracy are both important. His first skill is especially effective for disrupting key techniques used by heroes such as Lu Bu and Su Lie.
A full support build requires tank runes and defensive equipment, although the red rune choice is awkward. The 10 percent attack-speed bonus offers little practical value, yet Fate remains the most realistic option because there is no clearly superior replacement. Sometimes, a player must take on a challenge even when success is uncertain.
For the final setup, recommendations shared through 12BET favor Weaken as Zhao Huaizhen’s summoner spell. It improves his survivability during large team fights while reducing the danger faced by nearby allies. With disciplined positioning, accurate skills, and a willingness to put the team first, Zhao Huaizhen can become a surprisingly useful support despite his limitations in other roles.