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How to counter Estes
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Estes 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 Estes 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 Estes; red heroes lose to Estes.
8 heroes that beat Estes8 heroes Estes beats
Best counters to Estes
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Estes is countered by heroes with high burst damage. Heroes like Saber and Eudora can easily burst down Estes or the hero he protects in a few seconds.”
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Ixia🏹 Gold Lane
+5.2 pts
edge over Estes
4/5 ranks
Beatrix🏹 Gold Lane
+4.7 pts
edge over Estes
5/5 ranks
Sora🌲 Jungle
+4.3 pts
edge over Estes
5/5 ranks
Nolan🌲 Jungle
+4.1 pts
edge over Estes
5/5 ranks
Luo Yi🔮 Mid Lane
+3.9 pts
edge over Estes
4/5 ranks
Yin🌲 Jungle
+3.4 pts
edge over Estes
3/5 ranks
Helcurt🌲 Jungle
+3.4 pts
edge over Estes
2/5 ranks
Aurora🔮 Mid Lane
+3.3 pts
edge over Estes
3/5 ranks
Estes dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Estes counters heroes with no burst damage, he can easily heal through minor damages from heroes like Faramis and Alice.”
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Diggie🛡️ Roam
+5.6 pts
Estes's edge
4/5 ranks
Faramis🛡️ Roam
+4.7 pts
Estes's edge
2/5 ranks
Cyclops🔮 Mid Lane
+4.1 pts
Estes's edge
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Alice🔮 Mid Lane
+4.1 pts
Estes's edge
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Cici⚔️ EXP Lane
+4.0 pts
Estes's edge
5/5 ranks
Masha🌲 Jungle
+3.6 pts
Estes's edge
4/5 ranks
Mathilda🛡️ Roam
+3.6 pts
Estes's edge
1/5 ranks
Esmeralda🛡️ Roam
+3.1 pts
Estes's edge
2/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Estes's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Estes'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 Estes wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Estes usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Estes'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 Estes'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
Scripture of the Moon Elf
Buff
Moonlight ImmersionCD: 11 Mana Cost: 60
HealBuff
Domain of Moon GoddessCD: 12 Mana Cost: 80
SlowAOE
Blessing of Moon GoddessCD: 55 Mana Cost: 140
HealBuff
What to prepare for against Estes
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Estes 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 (Domain of Moon Goddess) has the Slow tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 2 of 4 skills (Moonlight Immersion and Blessing of Moon Goddess) have the Heal or Shield tag. The healing and shields guide lists the items that reduce those effects.How to counter healing and shields →
- Estes's official durability rating is 70 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
Estes's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
