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How to counter Yi Sun-shin
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Yi Sun-shin 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 Yi Sun-shin 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 Yi Sun-shin; red heroes lose to Yi Sun-shin.
8 heroes that beat Yi Sun-shin8 heroes Yi Sun-shin beats
Best counters to Yi Sun-shin
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Yi Sun-shin is countered by heroes with CC skills, such as Franco and Kaja who can lock him down and stop him from freely swapping weapons.”
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Hilda🛡️ Roam
+2.6 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
1/5 ranks
Yve🔮 Mid Lane
+2.3 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
2/5 ranks
Uranus🛡️ Roam
+2.3 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
5/5 ranks
Karina🌲 Jungle
+2.0 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
4/5 ranks
Lolita🛡️ Roam
+1.9 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
5/5 ranks
Chip🛡️ Roam
+1.7 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
2/5 ranks
Harley🔮 Mid Lane
+1.6 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
1/5 ranks
Johnson🛡️ Roam
+1.5 pts
edge over Yi Sun-shin
3/5 ranks
Yi Sun-shin dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Yi Sun-shin counters heroes that lack CC like Uranus and Terizla who are at the mercy of his ability to jump in and out of melee range using his 2 weapons.”
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Zilong🌲 Jungle
+2.3 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
2/5 ranks
Diggie🛡️ Roam
+2.2 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
1/5 ranks
Benedetta🌲 Jungle
+2.1 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
2/5 ranks
Rafaela🛡️ Roam
+2.1 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
1/5 ranks
Balmond⚔️ EXP Lane
+2.0 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
1/5 ranks
Melissa🏹 Gold Lane
+1.9 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
3/5 ranks
Khufra🛡️ Roam
+1.9 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
3/5 ranks
Thamuz⚔️ EXP Lane
+1.9 pts
Yi Sun-shin's edge
5/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Yi Sun-shin's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Yi Sun-shin'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 Yi Sun-shin wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Yi Sun-shin usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Yi Sun-shin'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 Yi Sun-shin'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
Heavenly Vow
Buff
TracelessCD: 12 Mana Cost: 50
MobilityAOE
Blood FloodsCD: 11 Mana Cost: 60
AOE
Mountain ShockerCD: 60 Mana Cost: 150
BurstCC
What to prepare for against Yi Sun-shin
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Yi Sun-shin 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 (Mountain Shocker) has the CC tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 1 of 4 skills (Mountain Shocker) 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 →
- Yi Sun-shin 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
Yi Sun-shin's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
