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How to counter Nolan
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Nolan 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 Nolan 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 Nolan; red heroes lose to Nolan.
8 heroes that beat Nolan8 heroes Nolan beats
Best counters to Nolan
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Nolan is countered by tanky heroes with high sustained damage, such as Thamuz and Fredrinn, who can survive Nolan's burst and kill him afterwards.”
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Natalia🌲 Jungle
+3.8 pts
edge over Nolan
5/5 ranks
Helcurt🌲 Jungle
+3.2 pts
edge over Nolan
1/5 ranks
Saber🌲 Jungle
+3.2 pts
edge over Nolan
5/5 ranks
Johnson🛡️ Roam
+3.0 pts
edge over Nolan
1/5 ranks
Arlott🌲 Jungle
+3.0 pts
edge over Nolan
1/5 ranks
Jawhead⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.6 pts
edge over Nolan
2/5 ranks
Khaleed⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.1 pts
edge over Nolan
1/5 ranks
Hilda🛡️ Roam
+2.1 pts
edge over Nolan
4/5 ranks
Nolan dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Nolan counters squishy heroes that lack mobility skills like Hanabi and Eudora because they have a hard time avoiding his rifts while Nolan's own mobility makes them easy targets.”
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Estes🛡️ Roam
+4.1 pts
Nolan's edge
5/5 ranks
Yve🔮 Mid Lane
+3.5 pts
Nolan's edge
2/5 ranks
Karrie🏹 Gold Lane
+2.9 pts
Nolan's edge
1/5 ranks
Lolita🛡️ Roam
+2.8 pts
Nolan's edge
4/5 ranks
Pharsa🔮 Mid Lane
+2.7 pts
Nolan's edge
1/5 ranks
Natan🏹 Gold Lane
+2.5 pts
Nolan's edge
3/5 ranks
Bane🔮 Mid Lane
+2.4 pts
Nolan's edge
4/5 ranks
Hanabi🏹 Gold Lane
+2.2 pts
Nolan's edge
1/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Nolan's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Nolan'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 Nolan wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Nolan usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Nolan'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 Nolan'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
Dimensional Rift
Damage
ExpansionCD: 2.5 Energy Cost: 25
AOE
GaugeCD: 2.5 Energy Cost: 25
Mobility
FractureCD: 21
Burst
What to prepare for against Nolan
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Nolan 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 (Fracture) 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
Nolan's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
