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How to counter Paquito
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Paquito 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 Paquito 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 Paquito; red heroes lose to Paquito.
8 heroes that beat Paquito8 heroes Paquito beats
Best counters to Paquito
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Paquito is an agile hero, but he is also kind of squishy, which makes him weak against heroes with strong CC abilities. Such as Franco and Kaja.”
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Esmeralda🛡️ Roam
+2.8 pts
edge over Paquito
5/5 ranks
Chip🛡️ Roam
+2.4 pts
edge over Paquito
3/5 ranks
Khufra🛡️ Roam
+2.3 pts
edge over Paquito
4/5 ranks
Balmond⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.0 pts
edge over Paquito
1/5 ranks
Johnson🛡️ Roam
+1.9 pts
edge over Paquito
1/5 ranks
Saber🌲 Jungle
+1.8 pts
edge over Paquito
3/5 ranks
Phoveus⚔️ EXP Lane
+1.8 pts
edge over Paquito
4/5 ranks
Gloo🛡️ Roam
+1.8 pts
edge over Paquito
1/5 ranks
Paquito dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Paquito is a hero with dash and high burst damage, making him strong against squishy heroes without defensive abilities, such as Gord and Layla.”
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Natalia🌲 Jungle
+3.3 pts
Paquito's edge
5/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.9 pts
Paquito's edge
5/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+2.8 pts
Paquito's edge
1/5 ranks
Karina🌲 Jungle
+2.5 pts
Paquito's edge
4/5 ranks
Aldous⚔️ EXP Lane
+1.9 pts
Paquito's edge
1/5 ranks
Estes🛡️ Roam
+1.8 pts
Paquito's edge
1/5 ranks
Sun⚔️ EXP Lane
+1.7 pts
Paquito's edge
1/5 ranks
Lylia🔮 Mid Lane
+1.6 pts
Paquito's edge
1/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Paquito's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Paquito'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 Paquito wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Paquito usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Paquito'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 Paquito'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
Champ Stance
BuffDamage
Heavy Left PunchCD: 7
AOEShield
JabCD: 7
BurstMobility
Knockout StrikeCD: 15
CCBurst
What to prepare for against Paquito
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Paquito 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 (Knockout Strike) 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 (Jab and Knockout Strike) 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 →
- 1 of 4 skills (Heavy Left Punch) has the Heal or Shield tag. The healing and shields guide lists the items that reduce those effects.How to counter healing and shields →
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
Paquito's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
