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Flow Styles and Resonances
May 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Expanded into a full overview of the dual Flow Style combat system: two equipped styles with independent health bars and three abilities plus a special each, no-animation-lock swapping and cross-style combos, role and build-variety table, and how styles are unlocked through gameplay
"Flow Styles" is an alternate English-press translation of the Chinese term 共鸣 (Resonance). It refers to the combat-moveset system in Honor of Kings: World. This page is a short pointer; the deep mechanics documentation lives on the dedicated articles below.
In the open-world build, the "Flow Style" name describes the heart of combat: you always control one main character, but you equip two Flow Styles from different heroes at once and swap between them freely in real time during a fight. The two stances chain and synergize, and because the swap carries no animation lock, you can begin a combo with one style and continue it on the other without dropping the string. This is the system the overseas press hands-on and the official alpha feature breakdown both centered on.
Each equipped Flow Style runs on its own independent health bar, so swapping mid-fight gives a short reprieve in tough boss encounters. Each stance carries three active abilities plus one special move that becomes available once its gauge fills. Because both halves of the loadout stay live, a build is defined as much by how the pair dovetails as by either style on its own.
Flow Styles fall into the standard battlefield roles, so a loadout pairs two complementary functions rather than two copies of the same job:
Role | Battlefield Function | Examples in the Style Pool |
|---|---|---|
Frontline / Defender | Absorbs damage and holds aggro. Tank-style stances lean on a strong block, and parry-built styles open counter windows. | Shield carrier, tank with a stellar block |
Main DPS / Damage Dealer | Primary damage output, available in both melee and ranged flavors. Ranged styles kite; melee styles trade reach for stronger burst. | Greatsword fighter, ranged marksman, bow-and-arrow caster |
Support / Utility | Healing, shielding, and battlefield control to sustain the duo through long fights. | Healer, shield support |
A typical encounter might open with a tanky frontline stance to soak the first wave, then snap to a ranged damage stance for a burst window, then flex into a support stance for a heal before swapping back. Different pairings encourage different directions: burst damage, area control, or pull-and-lockdown utility. Around seven distinct Flow Style types were available to try in the overseas alpha, and each played differently enough that they were not simply reskins of one another.
Every Flow Style is earned through the game, not pulled from a banner. You unlock a style by progressing the story and meeting the Heroes the style belongs to; building your bond with a character can also grant a transformation that lets your avatar take on that hero’s appearance for the style. No Flow Style or character sits behind gacha, and Flow Style and Talent progression travels with your account across PC and mobile. See Monetization for the full free-to-earn breakdown.
Resonance System - the full mechanics of the Resonance system: how characters are equipped, swapped, combined, and customized via the Talent tree.
Combat System - the broader combat layer covering basic attacks, dodge, parry, ultimate timing, and how Resonances slot into the combat loop.
Primal Flow - the protagonist's innate four-weapon Resonance and the Flow archetypes (Scorching Flow and the rest) that power the system.
Heroes - the full Resonance roster, including the S0 launch Resonances and the S1 additions.
The slug "flow-styles" is preserved as an entry point for English search traffic that lands on the press-translation term. The deeper system documentation uses "Resonance" consistently because that is the canonical Chinese term used by Tencent and TiMi Studio Group in all official channels.
