High entropy alloy has gradually become one of the most popular coating materials in the field of surface engineering due to its unique alloy design concepts and excellent comprehensive properties.Laser cladding technology has become one of the main means of high entropy alloy coating preparation. At present, the comprehensive properties of face center cubic(FCC) or body centered cubic (BCC) single-phase high entropy alloy coating prepared by laser cladding are unsatisfactory due to the mismatch of strength and plasticity, which limits its engineering application. Hard particles can be used to enhance the high entropy alloy coating with FCC single-phase structure, so that its strength and plasticity can match, which has become one of the research hotspots in China and abroad. The way of adding hard particles can be divided into direct addition and in-situ synthesis. In this paper, the research status of direct addition and in-situ synthesis of hard particles reinforced high entropy alloy cladding coating is introduced. Influence factors of hard particles reinforced high entropy alloy composite coatings are analyzed and the future research directions of hard particles reinforced high entropy alloy coating are prospected.