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How to counter Cecilion
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Cecilion does against each hero in ranked matches, from mlcounters.app, data of 2026-10-05. The number is the edge in percentage points of win rate: +3.0 means about 3 more wins per 100 games than Cecilion usually gets (or loses, for the other side). Matchups with too few games are left out. Each list shows the eight most decisive, ranked from the most. Green heroes beat Cecilion; red heroes lose to Cecilion.
8 heroes that beat Cecilion8 heroes Cecilion beats
Best counters to Cecilion
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Cecilion is countered by Assassins who can quickly close the gap like Ling and Fanny because Cecilion lacks defensive tools and his normal skills cannot hit enemies in melee range.”
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Pharsa🔮 Mid Lane
+2.9 pts
edge over Cecilion
1/5 ranks
Yin🌲 Jungle
+2.6 pts
edge over Cecilion
1/5 ranks
Zilong🌲 Jungle
+2.5 pts
edge over Cecilion
2/5 ranks
Helcurt🌲 Jungle
+2.2 pts
edge over Cecilion
2/5 ranks
Natalia🌲 Jungle
+2.1 pts
edge over Cecilion
3/5 ranks
Ixia🏹 Gold Lane
+1.9 pts
edge over Cecilion
5/5 ranks
Aamon🌲 Jungle
+1.8 pts
edge over Cecilion
1/5 ranks
Hanzo🌲 Jungle
+1.8 pts
edge over Cecilion
3/5 ranks
Cecilion dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Cecilion counters less mobile Fighters like Balmond and Terizla because these heroes have a hard time getting close to Cecilion while Cecilion can more easily hit them with his skills.”
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Lolita🛡️ Roam
+4.4 pts
Cecilion's edge
5/5 ranks
Zhuxin🔮 Mid Lane
+2.6 pts
Cecilion's edge
1/5 ranks
Faramis🛡️ Roam
+2.6 pts
Cecilion's edge
1/5 ranks
Zhask🔮 Mid Lane
+2.5 pts
Cecilion's edge
2/5 ranks
Thamuz⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.4 pts
Cecilion's edge
1/5 ranks
Phoveus⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.3 pts
Cecilion's edge
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Balmond⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.0 pts
Cecilion's edge
2/5 ranks
Akai🛡️ Roam
+2.0 pts
Cecilion's edge
1/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Cecilion's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Cecilion's own team, across all ranks. Based on the official ranked statistics; heroes with very few games can swing a lot, and a counter at one rank can disappear at another.
Read the points as wins per 100 games: +3.0 means Cecilion wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Cecilion usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Cecilion's win rate in that matchup by game length, from 10-12 minutes (left) to 20+ (right), green above 50% and red below; the two numbers are the first and the last. “3/5 ranks” counts the rank brackets where the hero is on the same list. The official data gives no game counts, so a bar from a rare matchup can be noise, and games under 10 minutes are left out because they swing the most.
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What Cecilion's skills do
Each skill with the tags the official hero page gives it. Look for the ones that lock you down, move them or deal burst, then pick the answer in the counter guides. Source: mobilelegends.com
Overflowing
Buff
Bat ImpactCD: 1.5 Mana Cost: 75
AOESpeed Up
Sanguine ClawsCD: 12 Mana Cost: 95
CCAOE
Bats FeastCD: 44 Mana Cost: 150
BurstSpeed Up
Moonlit WaltzCD: 45
ShieldSlow
What to prepare for against Cecilion
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Cecilion mostly deals magic damage, judging by the items in their tracked builds. Magic defense and the magic protections in the burst guide are the ones that apply.How to survive burst damage →
- 1 of 5 skills (Sanguine Claws) has the CC tag, and 1 of 5 skills (Moonlit Waltz) has the Slow tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 1 of 5 skills (Bats Feast) has the Burst tag. Damage can arrive in a few seconds, so see the burst guide for what blunts it.How to survive burst damage →
- 1 of 5 skills (Moonlit Waltz) has the Heal or Shield tag. The healing and shields guide lists the items that reduce those effects.How to counter healing and shields →
What this does not know
- This says what to look out for. It does not claim that any item wins the matchup.
- Skill tags are the game's short labels; the skills themselves are not read in detail, so a hero can do more than their tags show.
- Damage type is a guess from the items in tracked builds, and a hero with no tracked build falls back to their class.
Matchup stats
Cecilion's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
