Draft Practice
Ban and pick through a full draft, then share it with a link. Solo practice - click a hero to slot them into the current step.
Practice Honor of Kings drafting
In Honor of Kings, most games are shaped before a single minion spawns. The pick and ban phase is where teams remove dangerous heroes, secure their own win conditions and build a composition that can actually work together. This free draft simulator lets you rehearse that phase as many times as you like - no queue, no wasted match - so the real draft screen feels familiar when it matters.
Why the pick and ban phase matters
A HOK draft is a small game of information and trade-offs. Blue side picks first and can grab a priority or flexible hero, while red side holds the last pick and the counter-pick that comes with it. Bans are used to take away enemy comfort heroes and current meta threats. Reading those signals - and planning around your own bans - is a skill that separates players who climb from players who stall, and it is far cheaper to practice here than to learn it live in ranked.
How to use the draft simulator
Choose your format: Ranked mirrors the two-bans-per-side flow you see in the client, while Tournament uses the longer four-ban global ban-pick order that competitive teams practice. Pick which side drafts first, then click a hero from the pool to slot them into the highlighted step - the tool follows the standard snake pick order and greys out anyone already banned or taken. Every hero shows their current tier and win and pick rate, so you can weigh comfort picks against the meta as you go. A per-turn timer adds real draft pressure without ever picking for you.
Share and review your drafts
When you finish a draft, use Share link to turn the whole board into a single URL. Send it to a teammate, drop it in your team chat or post it in our Discord and anyone who opens the link sees the exact same draft, ready to keep editing. It is an easy way to plan compositions, debate counter-picks or set up scrim drafts before you load into a game.
Looking to sharpen the rest of your game too? Pair your draft practice with our Honor of Kings build guides, the latest hero tier list, and hero win and pick rates to make every pick count.