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How to counter Popol and Kupa
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Popol and Kupa 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 Popol and Kupa 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 Popol and Kupa; red heroes lose to Popol and Kupa.
8 heroes that beat Popol and Kupa8 heroes Popol and Kupa beats
Best counters to Popol and Kupa
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“But since Popol and Kupa don't have any Blink skills and Popol is quite squishy, they are at the mercy of more agile Assassins like Gusion and Karina.”
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Hanzo🌲 Jungle
+4.3 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
1/5 ranks
Marcel🛡️ Roam
+4.0 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
1/5 ranks
Chip🛡️ Roam
+4.0 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
1/5 ranks
Atlas🛡️ Roam
+3.8 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
5/5 ranks
Hanabi🏹 Gold Lane
+3.6 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
5/5 ranks
Joy🌲 Jungle
+3.6 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
1/5 ranks
Ixia🏹 Gold Lane
+3.2 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
3/5 ranks
Carmilla🛡️ Roam
+3.1 pts
edge over Popol and Kupa
5/5 ranks
Popol and Kupa dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Kupa is powerful in combat, especially against Marksmen with lower sustainability such as Lesley and Brody.”
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Yin🌲 Jungle
+6.4 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
1/5 ranks
Aldous⚔️ EXP Lane
+6.4 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
1/5 ranks
Aamon🌲 Jungle
+5.4 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
1/5 ranks
Harith🔮 Mid Lane
+4.4 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
3/5 ranks
Franco🛡️ Roam
+3.4 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
1/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+3.3 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
1/5 ranks
Zilong🌲 Jungle
+3.2 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
4/5 ranks
Mathilda🛡️ Roam
+3.2 pts
Popol and Kupa's edge
3/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Popol and Kupa's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Popol and Kupa'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 Popol and Kupa wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Popol and Kupa usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Popol and Kupa'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 Popol and Kupa'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
We Are Friends
Buff
Bite 'em, Kupa!CD: 7 Mana Cost: 50
DamageCC
Kupa, Help!CD: 5.5 Mana Cost: 50
CCAOE
Popol's SurpriseCD: 1.5 Mana Cost: 50
SummonCC
We Are Angry!CD: 38 Mana Cost: 100
Buff
What to prepare for against Popol and Kupa
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Popol and Kupa 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 →
- 3 of 5 skills (Bite 'em, Kupa!, Kupa, Help! and Popol's Surprise) have the CC tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- Popol and Kupa's official speciality lists Burst. Damage can arrive in a few seconds, so see the burst guide for what blunts it.How to survive burst damage →
- Popol and Kupa 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
Popol and Kupa's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
