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How to counter Hanabi
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Hanabi 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 Hanabi 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 Hanabi; red heroes lose to Hanabi.
8 heroes that beat Hanabi8 heroes Hanabi beats
Best counters to Hanabi
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Hanabi is weak against heroes with high burst damage, such as Lancelot and Zilong, because they can quickly take down her shield.”
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Yve🔮 Mid Lane
+4.0 pts
edge over Hanabi
1/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.5 pts
edge over Hanabi
1/5 ranks
Beatrix🏹 Gold Lane
+3.3 pts
edge over Hanabi
4/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+3.3 pts
edge over Hanabi
3/5 ranks
Joy🌲 Jungle
+3.2 pts
edge over Hanabi
2/5 ranks
Lolita🛡️ Roam
+3.0 pts
edge over Hanabi
4/5 ranks
Chang'e🔮 Mid Lane
+3.0 pts
edge over Hanabi
1/5 ranks
Karina🌲 Jungle
+2.8 pts
edge over Hanabi
4/5 ranks
Hanabi dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Hanabi counters heroes that rely heavily on CC abilities, such as Tigreal and Belerick, since Hanabi can use her 1st Skill to ignore CC.”
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Cyclops🔮 Mid Lane
+3.8 pts
Hanabi's edge
1/5 ranks
Popol and Kupa🏹 Gold Lane
+3.6 pts
Hanabi's edge
5/5 ranks
Saber🌲 Jungle
+3.1 pts
Hanabi's edge
4/5 ranks
Fredrinn🌲 Jungle
+3.0 pts
Hanabi's edge
1/5 ranks
Arlott🌲 Jungle
+2.8 pts
Hanabi's edge
2/5 ranks
Kaja🛡️ Roam
+2.7 pts
Hanabi's edge
5/5 ranks
Diggie🛡️ Roam
+2.4 pts
Hanabi's edge
1/5 ranks
Faramis🛡️ Roam
+2.4 pts
Hanabi's edge
1/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Hanabi's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Hanabi'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 Hanabi wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Hanabi usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Hanabi'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 Hanabi'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
Ninjutsu: Petal Barrage
Buff
Ninjutsu: EquinoxCD: 15 Mana Cost: 75
ShieldBuff
Ninjutsu: Soul ScrollCD: 8 Mana Cost: 50
AOE
Forbidden Jutsu: HiganbanaCD: 40 Mana Cost: 120
CCAOE
What to prepare for against Hanabi
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Hanabi 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 (Forbidden Jutsu: Higanbana) has the CC tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 1 of 4 skills (Ninjutsu: Equinox) has the Heal or Shield tag. The healing and shields guide lists the items that reduce those effects.How to counter healing and shields →
- Hanabi 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
Hanabi's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
