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How to counter Esmeralda
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda 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 Esmeralda; red heroes lose to Esmeralda.
8 heroes that beat Esmeralda8 heroes Esmeralda beats
Best counters to Esmeralda
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Esmeralda is countered by highly mobile Marksmen, such as Karrie and Lesley, because she lacks the burst damage to finish them off quickly and can't keep up with their mobility.”
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Karrie🏹 Gold Lane
+3.4 pts
edge over Esmeralda
4/5 ranks
Fredrinn🌲 Jungle
+3.3 pts
edge over Esmeralda
3/5 ranks
Estes🛡️ Roam
+3.1 pts
edge over Esmeralda
2/5 ranks
Kimmy🏹 Gold Lane
+3.1 pts
edge over Esmeralda
2/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+3.0 pts
edge over Esmeralda
1/5 ranks
Dyrroth⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.0 pts
edge over Esmeralda
5/5 ranks
Natan🏹 Gold Lane
+2.9 pts
edge over Esmeralda
2/5 ranks
Lunox🔮 Mid Lane
+2.9 pts
edge over Esmeralda
3/5 ranks
Esmeralda dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Esmeralda works well against heroes with shields, like Akai and Lolita, because her skills not only ignore their shields, but she also converts them into her own.”
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Lolita🛡️ Roam
+5.5 pts
Esmeralda's edge
5/5 ranks
Mathilda🛡️ Roam
+4.8 pts
Esmeralda's edge
5/5 ranks
Marcel🛡️ Roam
+3.9 pts
Esmeralda's edge
4/5 ranks
Diggie🛡️ Roam
+3.8 pts
Esmeralda's edge
4/5 ranks
Yin🌲 Jungle
+3.7 pts
Esmeralda's edge
5/5 ranks
Aldous⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.5 pts
Esmeralda's edge
4/5 ranks
Grock🛡️ Roam
+3.3 pts
Esmeralda's edge
3/5 ranks
Lapu-Lapu⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.3 pts
Esmeralda's edge
5/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Esmeralda's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Esmeralda'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 Esmeralda wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Esmeralda usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Esmeralda'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 Esmeralda'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
Starmoon Casket
BuffShield
Frostmoon ShieldCD: 8 Mana Cost: 40
ShieldBuff
Stardust DanceCD: 4.5 Mana Cost: 35
AOEBuff
Falling StarmoonCD: 30 Mana Cost: 100
BurstMobility
What to prepare for against Esmeralda
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Esmeralda 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 4 skills (Falling Starmoon) 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 →
- 2 of 4 skills (Starmoon Casket and Frostmoon Shield) have the Heal or Shield tag. The healing and shields guide lists the items that reduce those effects.How to counter healing and shields →
- Esmeralda's official durability rating is 90 out of 100. Damage that ignores part of their defense helps; see the physical and magic defense guides.How to beat high physical defense →How to beat high magic defense →
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
Esmeralda's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
