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How to counter Melissa
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Melissa 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 Melissa 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 Melissa; red heroes lose to Melissa.
8 heroes that beat Melissa8 heroes Melissa beats
Best counters to Melissa
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Long range Mages such as Xavier and Nana.”
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Terizla⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.5 pts
edge over Melissa
2/5 ranks
Martis⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.6 pts
edge over Melissa
2/5 ranks
Aurora🔮 Mid Lane
+2.5 pts
edge over Melissa
1/5 ranks
Cici⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.4 pts
edge over Melissa
1/5 ranks
Valentina🔮 Mid Lane
+2.3 pts
edge over Melissa
1/5 ranks
Nolan🌲 Jungle
+2.1 pts
edge over Melissa
1/5 ranks
Edith🛡️ Roam
+2.1 pts
edge over Melissa
2/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.1 pts
edge over Melissa
2/5 ranks
Melissa dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Fighters like Sun and Zilong that can't get past her Ultimate.”
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Hilda🛡️ Roam
+4.1 pts
Melissa's edge
1/5 ranks
Lolita🛡️ Roam
+4.1 pts
Melissa's edge
5/5 ranks
Faramis🛡️ Roam
+4.0 pts
Melissa's edge
1/5 ranks
Luo Yi🔮 Mid Lane
+3.4 pts
Melissa's edge
1/5 ranks
Leomord⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.3 pts
Melissa's edge
2/5 ranks
Alucard🌲 Jungle
+3.3 pts
Melissa's edge
3/5 ranks
Joy🌲 Jungle
+2.9 pts
Melissa's edge
2/5 ranks
Natalia🌲 Jungle
+2.6 pts
Melissa's edge
2/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Melissa's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Melissa'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 Melissa wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Melissa usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Melissa'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 Melissa'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
Doll Buster
Buff
Falling!CD: 5 Mana Cost: 30
MobilityBuff
Eyes on You!CD: 9 Mana Cost: 70
DebuffAOE
Go Away!CD: 50 Mana Cost: 120
SummonBuff
What to prepare for against Melissa
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Melissa 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 →
- Melissa 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
Melissa's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
