When I was trying to reach the Legendary rank at the end of last season, I was on exchange in Leuven. The WiFi in my rental apartment was pretty bad to begin with – I'd pick my hero in ranked mode, get stuck at 80% loading, and by the time I finally got in, first blood had already been given away. During team fights, skills would take two seconds to cast after I pressed the button, and I got reported by teammates so many times I lost 12 credit points. I almost threw my phone across the room back then.
I spent almost two weeks troubleshooting and tried every possible solution. Now my ping stays stable at 110-130ms, and I rarely disconnect even during ranked peak matches. I've organized these steps so you don't have to go through the same frustration I did.
Troubleshoot your local network first, don't blame the game right away
A lot of people buy an accelerator immediately when they see high ping, but sometimes the problem is with your own network. Spend five minutes checking these things first, and you might save yourself some money.
First, connect your phone to your home WiFi and run a speed test to check your upload speed. Honor of Kings needs at least 1Mbps upload to run smoothly. If your upload is below 500kbps, even an accelerator won't help. I used to live in an apartment in Antwerp where the landlord had installed a cheap local broadband plan. Every evening around 7-8 PM, when everyone in the building was online, the upload speed would drop to 300kbps. I couldn't even scroll TikTok smoothly, let alone play games. In this case, either switch to a better internet provider or just use your phone's 4G/5G hotspot. Belgium's 5G coverage is pretty good, and unless you're in a really remote area, hotspot latency is much more stable than shared building WiFi.
Next, check if you're connected to the 5GHz WiFi band – not the carrier's 5G mobile network, the WiFi frequency band. Many older routers still use only 2.4GHz, which has better range but is prone to interference. Your neighbor's microwave, Bluetooth speakers, even other WiFi networks can steal bandwidth. Any small interference while you're playing can send your ping straight to 460. Go into your router settings, enable the 5GHz band, and connect your phone to that exclusively. When the signal is strong, this alone can cut your ping by 30-40ms.
Another thing many people miss: don't use Bluetooth headphones while gaming. I used to wear AirPods to avoid disturbing my roommates, and I'd always get higher latency during matches. Later I found out Bluetooth transmission and 2.4GHz WiFi have channel conflicts. After switching to wired headphones, a lot of those random freezes stopped completely.
Adjust your in-game settings, higher isn't always better
I used to think cranking all graphics settings to max was the only way to play. 120fps, highest resolution, all effects turned on. But when my phone started overheating, my ping would spike constantly and I'd get frequent frame drops.
The international servers for Honor of Kings are inherently less stable than the domestic Chinese ones. If your phone is under too much load, the server might misjudge it as network instability and start dropping packets. Here's the setting I've been using for ages: set frame rate to 60fps, resolution to standard, graphics quality to medium. Turn off character outlines, HD display, and out-of-game animations. Also disable anti-aliasing and dynamic resolution. These don't affect gameplay feel at all, but they save a lot of bandwidth and keep your phone from overheating.
Another small tip: close all background apps before playing ranked, especially cloud storage apps with auto-sync or apps downloading updates. Even if you don't have them open, they'll use bandwidth in the background and take resources away from your game. I once had iCloud photo sync turned on, disconnected twice in three ranked matches, and after turning sync off, that problem never happened again.
Pick the right accelerator, cut your ping in half
If you've done all the steps above and your ping is still above 200ms, the problem is with the international cross-border connection. Public internet routes from Belgium to China are usually long and convoluted, and international出口 congestion is common. You can't fix this on your own – you need a dedicated China return game accelerator.
I tried no less than seven different accelerators. Some had low ping when you first connected, but would start dropping packets after 10 minutes. Some couldn't even connect during peak hours. Others would get your game account banned. After testing all of them, I've been using QuickFox long-term, and here's my actual experience:
During non-peak hours, connecting to the dedicated Honor of Kings line gives me stable ping between 110-120ms, less than half of the 300+ms I get on public internet. There's almost no noticeable delay when pressing skills, and no slow reaction during team fights. During peak evening hours (7-9 PM), it only goes up to around 140ms, which is completely playable. Last month I climbed from 1500 to 1800 in peak ranked matches with this setup, and never lost a game because of latency.
The most reliable part is that the dedicated lines barely drop packets. With other accelerators I used before, sometimes my character would freeze mid-walk, then show a reconnecting message, and by the time I got back in, our core was almost destroyed. In the half year I've used QuickFox, I've only disconnected once, and that was because my home internet cut out. Even during the end-of-season ranking rush, I've never had a sudden disconnection.
It's also really easy to use. After you download it, just select the dedicated
