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How to counter Valentina
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Valentina 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 Valentina 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 Valentina; red heroes lose to Valentina.
8 heroes that beat Valentina8 heroes Valentina beats
Best counters to Valentina
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Heroes with gap closers or high burst like Hayabusa, Natalia, and Hanzo.”
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Xavier🔮 Mid Lane
+3.8 pts
edge over Valentina
1/5 ranks
Guinevere⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.1 pts
edge over Valentina
1/5 ranks
Johnson🛡️ Roam
+3.1 pts
edge over Valentina
4/5 ranks
Khufra🛡️ Roam
+3.1 pts
edge over Valentina
1/5 ranks
Saber🌲 Jungle
+3.1 pts
edge over Valentina
2/5 ranks
Hilda🛡️ Roam
+3.0 pts
edge over Valentina
1/5 ranks
Marcel🛡️ Roam
+3.0 pts
edge over Valentina
2/5 ranks
Harley🔮 Mid Lane
+2.8 pts
edge over Valentina
1/5 ranks
Valentina dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Heroes that lack mobility or burst such as Hanabi and Faramis are suspectible to Valentina's low cooldown skills that provide soft CC and sustained damage.”
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Grock🛡️ Roam
+4.7 pts
Valentina's edge
1/5 ranks
Atlas🛡️ Roam
+4.1 pts
Valentina's edge
3/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.7 pts
Valentina's edge
4/5 ranks
Carmilla🛡️ Roam
+3.4 pts
Valentina's edge
5/5 ranks
Lylia🔮 Mid Lane
+3.3 pts
Valentina's edge
1/5 ranks
Lukas⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.1 pts
Valentina's edge
2/5 ranks
Jawhead⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.0 pts
Valentina's edge
1/5 ranks
Martis⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.0 pts
Valentina's edge
1/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Valentina's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Valentina'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 Valentina wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Valentina usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Valentina'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 Valentina'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
Primal Force
BuffHeal
Shadow StrikeCD: 7 Mana Cost: 70
DamageCC
Arcane ShadeCD: 12 Mana Cost: 40
MobilityBuff
I Am YouCD: 55
MorphSlow
What to prepare for against Valentina
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Valentina 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 (Shadow Strike) has the CC tag, and 1 of 4 skills (I Am You) has the Slow tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- Valentina'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 →
- 1 of 4 skills (Primal Force) 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
Valentina's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
