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How to counter Hayabusa
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Hayabusa 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 Hayabusa 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 Hayabusa; red heroes lose to Hayabusa.
8 heroes that beat Hayabusa8 heroes Hayabusa beats
Best counters to Hayabusa
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Hayabusa is countered by heroes with targeted CC like Franco and Kaja who can lock him down before he can blink away.”
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Hanzo🌲 Jungle
+3.7 pts
edge over Hayabusa
1/5 ranks
Chip🛡️ Roam
+3.7 pts
edge over Hayabusa
3/5 ranks
Hilda🛡️ Roam
+3.4 pts
edge over Hayabusa
1/5 ranks
Baxia🛡️ Roam
+3.0 pts
edge over Hayabusa
1/5 ranks
Saber🌲 Jungle
+2.9 pts
edge over Hayabusa
2/5 ranks
Fredrinn🌲 Jungle
+2.8 pts
edge over Hayabusa
3/5 ranks
Khaleed⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.6 pts
edge over Hayabusa
1/5 ranks
Hirara🌲 Jungle
+2.4 pts
edge over Hayabusa
1/5 ranks
Hayabusa dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Hayabusa counters squishy heroes that lack CC to shutdown the blinks from his 2nd Skill, and who are also easy targets for his Ultimate, such as Chang'e and Cecilion.”
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Aamon🌲 Jungle
+3.2 pts
Hayabusa's edge
4/5 ranks
Bane🔮 Mid Lane
+3.1 pts
Hayabusa's edge
1/5 ranks
Harley🔮 Mid Lane
+2.8 pts
Hayabusa's edge
2/5 ranks
Zhuxin🔮 Mid Lane
+2.6 pts
Hayabusa's edge
4/5 ranks
Granger🏹 Gold Lane
+2.4 pts
Hayabusa's edge
1/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.4 pts
Hayabusa's edge
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Karrie🏹 Gold Lane
+2.3 pts
Hayabusa's edge
4/5 ranks
Karina🌲 Jungle
+2.1 pts
Hayabusa's edge
1/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Hayabusa's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Hayabusa'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 Hayabusa wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Hayabusa usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Hayabusa'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 Hayabusa'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: Trace of Shadow
Buff
Ninjutsu: Phantom ShurikenCD: 4 Energy Cost: 30
DamageBuff
Ninjutsu: Quad ShadowCD: 16 Energy Cost: 25
MobilitySummon
Ougi: Shadow KillCD: 40
Burst
What to prepare for against Hayabusa
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Hayabusa 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 (Ougi: Shadow Kill) 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 →
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
Hayabusa's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
