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How to counter Joy
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Joy 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 Joy 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 Joy; red heroes lose to Joy.
8 heroes that beat Joy8 heroes Joy beats
Best counters to Joy
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Joy is countered by heroes that can restrict mobility skills, such as Minsitthar and Khufra, due to her kit's heavy reliance on her 2nd Skill.”
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Khufra🛡️ Roam
+4.7 pts
edge over Joy
1/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+4.3 pts
edge over Joy
2/5 ranks
Phoveus⚔️ EXP Lane
+4.0 pts
edge over Joy
2/5 ranks
Lunox🔮 Mid Lane
+3.9 pts
edge over Joy
1/5 ranks
Kalea⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.7 pts
edge over Joy
1/5 ranks
Edith🛡️ Roam
+3.7 pts
edge over Joy
2/5 ranks
Cyclops🔮 Mid Lane
+3.4 pts
edge over Joy
3/5 ranks
Hirara🌲 Jungle
+3.4 pts
edge over Joy
2/5 ranks
Joy dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Joy is strong against heroes that lack mobility or rely on CC, like Xavier and Vexana, because she has an easier time hitting them with her 2nd Skill while being immune to their CC's.”
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Zhuxin🔮 Mid Lane
+6.7 pts
Joy's edge
1/5 ranks
Yve🔮 Mid Lane
+5.5 pts
Joy's edge
1/5 ranks
Baxia🛡️ Roam
+4.5 pts
Joy's edge
2/5 ranks
Lolita🛡️ Roam
+4.5 pts
Joy's edge
3/5 ranks
Uranus🛡️ Roam
+4.1 pts
Joy's edge
2/5 ranks
Popol and Kupa🏹 Gold Lane
+3.6 pts
Joy's edge
1/5 ranks
Sun⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.3 pts
Joy's edge
5/5 ranks
Valir🔮 Mid Lane
+3.3 pts
Joy's edge
1/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Joy's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Joy'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 Joy wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Joy usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Joy'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 Joy'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
Humph, Joy's Angry!
DamageSpeed Up
Look, Leonin Crystal!CD: 4
Summon
Meow, Rhythm of Joy!CD: 0.132
MobilityDamage
Ha, Electrifying Beats!
AOESpeed Up
What to prepare for against Joy
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Joy 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 →
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
Joy's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
