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How to counter Layla
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Layla 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 Layla 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 Layla; red heroes lose to Layla.
8 heroes that beat Layla8 heroes Layla beats
Best counters to Layla
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Layla is countered by Assassins with high burst damage, such as Karina and Ling, as they can get the jump on Layla and melt her easily.”
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Lolita🛡️ Roam
+8.7 pts
edge over Layla
1/5 ranks
Pharsa🔮 Mid Lane
+6.9 pts
edge over Layla
1/5 ranks
Roger🏹 Gold Lane
+6.9 pts
edge over Layla
1/5 ranks
Lapu-Lapu⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.8 pts
edge over Layla
1/5 ranks
Kalea⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.5 pts
edge over Layla
1/5 ranks
Ling🌲 Jungle
+3.3 pts
edge over Layla
1/5 ranks
Atlas🛡️ Roam
+3.0 pts
edge over Layla
4/5 ranks
Joy🌲 Jungle
+2.8 pts
edge over Layla
1/5 ranks
Layla dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Layla's relatively longer attack range lets her counter slow Tanks like Tigreal and Belerick.”
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Cyclops🔮 Mid Lane
+4.3 pts
Layla's edge
2/5 ranks
Cici⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.7 pts
Layla's edge
1/5 ranks
Edith🛡️ Roam
+3.3 pts
Layla's edge
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Phoveus⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.8 pts
Layla's edge
2/5 ranks
Arlott🌲 Jungle
+2.8 pts
Layla's edge
1/5 ranks
Diggie🛡️ Roam
+2.8 pts
Layla's edge
2/5 ranks
Rafaela🛡️ Roam
+2.7 pts
Layla's edge
3/5 ranks
Bruno🏹 Gold Lane
+2.5 pts
Layla's edge
4/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Layla's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Layla'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 Layla wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Layla usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Layla'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 Layla'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
Malefic Gun
Buff
Malefic BombCD: 6 Mana Cost: 35
BurstBuff
Void ProjectileCD: 7.5 Mana Cost: 70
AOECC
Destruction RushCD: 37 Mana Cost: 130
BurstBuff
What to prepare for against Layla
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Layla 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 (Void Projectile) has the CC tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 2 of 4 skills (Malefic Bomb and Destruction Rush) have the Burst tag. Damage can arrive in a few seconds, so see the burst guide for what blunts it.How to survive burst damage →
- Layla 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
Layla's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
