Arena of Valor Allain Combat Guide: Combos and Teamfights

To win trades and teamfights with Allain in Arena of Valor, you must build your basic attack stacks before committing your abilities, use your dashes to root priority targets, and time your ultimate to dodge lethal enemy burst. Diving into fights without passive stacks leaves Allain fragile and cuts his damage output significantly.

Howling Sword Stack Thresholds

Allain’s passive, Howling Sword, alters his normal attack sequence to deal alternating physical and magic damage, concluding with true damage on the final strike. Landing basic attacks grants stacking damage reduction, armor pierce, magic pierce, and life steal.

Because Allain relies on these defensive and offensive stats to survive extended trades, retreating early during a duel resets his stacks and removes his sustain. Hit minion waves or neutral monsters before closing distance against high-burst duelists like Florentino, Ryoma, or Riktor.

Priming Meteor Strike

Meteor Strike is Allain’s primary damage ability. When activated, Allain channels in place and delivers a flurry of slashes. Its total damage, crowd control, and protective effects depend on the number of passive marks built through basic attacks before casting.

• Build four marks before activation: Firing Meteor Strike at four marks unleashes the maximum number of slashes, inflicts hybrid true damage, knocks enemies airborne on the final hit, and grants iron body immunity to crowd control during the channel.
• Avoid casting with zero marks: Tapping the ability without marks triggers an un-empowered three-slash sequence with no knockup or crowd control immunity.
• Confirm enemy escape cooldowns: Allain cannot move while channeling Meteor Strike. If an enemy has a dash or Flicker available, they can escape the strike zone. Reposition or dash if the target moves outside the perimeter.

Managing Moonflash Charges

Moonflash serves as Allain's gap-closer and crowd-control tool. The ability stores up to two charges, dashing in a designated direction, dealing damage along the path, and rooting the first enemy hero struck.

• Hold one charge for disengages: Do not expend both charges to clear minion waves. Retain at least one dash to escape ganks or pursue fleeing opponents across the river.
• Stagger casts during duels: Initiate with the first Moonflash to close distance and root the target. Weave basic attacks to build marks, then use the second charge only after the opponent burns an escape ability to disengage.

Executing Death at Sunset

Death at Sunset launches Allain into the air, making him untargetable while tracking a target hero before crashing down. The impact deals true damage that scales with the target's missing health and grants Allain a temporary shield.

Use the ability defensively to negate incoming burst rather than leading with it from full health:

1. Root the target: Close the gap with Moonflash to pin down an enemy carry.
2. Build marks: Land basic attacks to stack Howling Sword and charge Meteor Strike.
3. Dodge lethal damage: Activate Death at Sunset when the enemy casts their main burst spells or crowd control, completely evading the damage while untargetable.
4. Finish with Meteor Strike: Land with the resulting shield and immediately cast a fully stacked Meteor Strike to apply an airborne knockup and eliminate the target.

Teamfight Flanking Route

Charging through the front line exposes Allain to hard crowd control before he can ramp up Howling Sword. Instead, navigate through jungle corridors to flank the enemy backline. Wait for opposing frontliners to expend their primary displacement abilities on your team. Once those cooldowns are spent, dash in with Moonflash to root the opposing marksman or mage, absorb retaliatory focus fire using Death at Sunset, and trigger your four-mark Meteor Strike to finish the fight.