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How to counter Karina
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Karina 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 Karina 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 Karina; red heroes lose to Karina.
8 heroes that beat Karina8 heroes Karina beats
Best counters to Karina
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Karina is countered by Tanky heroes with CC abilities, like Akai and Khufra because they can tank her damage, and protect their allies from her.”
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Granger🏹 Gold Lane
+4.6 pts
edge over Karina
5/5 ranks
Yve🔮 Mid Lane
+4.0 pts
edge over Karina
1/5 ranks
Brody🏹 Gold Lane
+3.8 pts
edge over Karina
5/5 ranks
Gloo🛡️ Roam
+3.4 pts
edge over Karina
1/5 ranks
Clint🏹 Gold Lane
+3.3 pts
edge over Karina
4/5 ranks
Lunox🔮 Mid Lane
+3.1 pts
edge over Karina
3/5 ranks
Hirara🌲 Jungle
+3.1 pts
edge over Karina
2/5 ranks
Harith🔮 Mid Lane
+2.8 pts
edge over Karina
2/5 ranks
Karina dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Karina counters Marksmen that lack mobility, such as Layla and Hanabi, since her 1st Skill can neutralize their Basic Attacks and they can't escape her high mobility and burst damage. ”
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Chip🛡️ Roam
+6.6 pts
Karina's edge
1/5 ranks
Natalia🌲 Jungle
+5.1 pts
Karina's edge
5/5 ranks
Marcel🛡️ Roam
+3.7 pts
Karina's edge
3/5 ranks
Ling🌲 Jungle
+3.6 pts
Karina's edge
4/5 ranks
Kimmy🏹 Gold Lane
+3.4 pts
Karina's edge
5/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+3.3 pts
Karina's edge
2/5 ranks
Uranus🛡️ Roam
+3.3 pts
Karina's edge
1/5 ranks
Lolita🛡️ Roam
+3.3 pts
Karina's edge
3/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Karina's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Karina'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 Karina wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Karina usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Karina'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 Karina'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
Shadow Combo
BuffDamage
Dance of BladesCD: 6 Mana Cost: 50
BuffSpeed Up
Dance of DeathCD: 6 Mana Cost: 60
AOE
Shadow AssaultCD: 34 Mana Cost: 100
BurstMobility
What to prepare for against Karina
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Karina 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 (Shadow Assault) 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
Karina's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
