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How to counter Novaria
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Novaria 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 Novaria 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 Novaria; red heroes lose to Novaria.
8 heroes that beat Novaria8 heroes Novaria beats
Best counters to Novaria
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Novaria is countered by Assassins with strong targeted burst damage, such as Saber and Hayabusa, because they can easily close in on Novaria and burst her down.”
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Chip🛡️ Roam
+3.8 pts
edge over Novaria
1/5 ranks
Natalia🌲 Jungle
+3.5 pts
edge over Novaria
4/5 ranks
Zilong🌲 Jungle
+3.0 pts
edge over Novaria
2/5 ranks
Khaleed⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.5 pts
edge over Novaria
2/5 ranks
Harith🔮 Mid Lane
+2.5 pts
edge over Novaria
1/5 ranks
Ling🌲 Jungle
+2.5 pts
edge over Novaria
5/5 ranks
Hilda🛡️ Roam
+2.4 pts
edge over Novaria
4/5 ranks
Johnson🛡️ Roam
+2.3 pts
edge over Novaria
1/5 ranks
Novaria dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Novaria counters Mages with shorter range and low mobility, such as Eudora and Odette, because these heroes can't reach Novaria while Novaria can hit them with her 2nd Skill.”
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Gatotkaca🛡️ Roam
+2.9 pts
Novaria's edge
1/5 ranks
Diggie🛡️ Roam
+2.5 pts
Novaria's edge
5/5 ranks
Atlas🛡️ Roam
+2.5 pts
Novaria's edge
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Lylia🔮 Mid Lane
+2.2 pts
Novaria's edge
2/5 ranks
Valir🔮 Mid Lane
+2.0 pts
Novaria's edge
5/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.0 pts
Novaria's edge
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Belerick🛡️ Roam
+2.0 pts
Novaria's edge
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Bane🔮 Mid Lane
+1.9 pts
Novaria's edge
2/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Novaria's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Novaria'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 Novaria wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Novaria usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Novaria'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 Novaria'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
Star Trail
Buff
Astral MeteorCD: 8 Mana Cost: 60
SlowAOE
Astral RecallCD: 20 Mana Cost: 60
BurstBuff
Astral EchoCD: 48 Mana Cost: 100
Buff
What to prepare for against Novaria
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Novaria 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 (Astral Meteor) has the Slow tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 1 of 4 skills (Astral Recall) 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
Novaria's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
