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How to counter Claude
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Claude 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 Claude 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 Claude; red heroes lose to Claude.
8 heroes that beat Claude8 heroes Claude beats
Best counters to Claude
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Claude is countered by heroes with powerful CC abilities. Their CC abilities will cause Claude to lose his Mobility advantage. Like Eudora and Franco.”
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Lesley🏹 Gold Lane
+3.6 pts
edge over Claude
5/5 ranks
Baxia🛡️ Roam
+3.4 pts
edge over Claude
4/5 ranks
Aamon🌲 Jungle
+3.2 pts
edge over Claude
5/5 ranks
Edith🛡️ Roam
+2.9 pts
edge over Claude
5/5 ranks
Marcel🛡️ Roam
+2.9 pts
edge over Claude
1/5 ranks
Odette🔮 Mid Lane
+2.6 pts
edge over Claude
1/5 ranks
Natan🏹 Gold Lane
+2.6 pts
edge over Claude
1/5 ranks
Natalia🌲 Jungle
+2.5 pts
edge over Claude
2/5 ranks
Claude dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Claude is strong against heroes with weak CC abilities and poor Mobility, so he can easily dodge their attacks with his 2nd Skill, such as Vexana and Luo Yi.”
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Lolita🛡️ Roam
+3.2 pts
Claude's edge
3/5 ranks
Ixia🏹 Gold Lane
+3.2 pts
Claude's edge
4/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+3.2 pts
Claude's edge
1/5 ranks
Lancelot🌲 Jungle
+2.5 pts
Claude's edge
1/5 ranks
Granger🏹 Gold Lane
+2.5 pts
Claude's edge
3/5 ranks
Yve🔮 Mid Lane
+2.5 pts
Claude's edge
1/5 ranks
Layla🏹 Gold Lane
+2.4 pts
Claude's edge
2/5 ranks
Lapu-Lapu⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.4 pts
Claude's edge
3/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Claude's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Claude'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 Claude wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Claude usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Claude'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 Claude'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
Battle Side-by-side
Buff
Art of ThieveryCD: 5 Mana Cost: 35
AOEBuff
Battle Mirror ImageCD: 13 Mana Cost: 90
MobilitySummon
Blazing DuetCD: 50 Mana Cost: 100
BurstShield
What to prepare for against Claude
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Claude mostly deals physical damage, judging by the items in their tracked builds. Physical defense and the physical protections in the burst guide are the ones that apply.How to survive burst damage →
- 1 of 4 skills (Blazing Duet) 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 4 skills (Blazing Duet) has the Heal or Shield tag. The healing and shields guide lists the items that reduce those effects.How to counter healing and shields →
- Claude is a Marksman, a class built on steady basic-attack damage. Defense items that slow the attacker's attack speed are listed in the attack speed guide.How to counter high attack speed →
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
Claude's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
