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How to counter Yin
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Yin 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 Yin 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 Yin; red heroes lose to Yin.
8 heroes that beat Yin8 heroes Yin beats
Best counters to Yin
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Yin is countered by Fighters that can interrupt skills, such as Fredrinn and Badang, because they can easily interrupt his Ultimate during the initial delay. These heroes can also hold their own in a duel, making them risky targets for Yin's Ultimate.”
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Popol and Kupa🏹 Gold Lane
+6.4 pts
edge over Yin
1/5 ranks
Hylos🛡️ Roam
+6.4 pts
edge over Yin
1/5 ranks
Chip🛡️ Roam
+5.1 pts
edge over Yin
1/5 ranks
Wanwan🏹 Gold Lane
+5.0 pts
edge over Yin
5/5 ranks
Johnson🛡️ Roam
+4.7 pts
edge over Yin
1/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+4.5 pts
edge over Yin
1/5 ranks
Esmeralda🛡️ Roam
+3.7 pts
edge over Yin
5/5 ranks
Terizla⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.5 pts
edge over Yin
1/5 ranks
Yin dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Yin counters squishy heroes without Blink skills like Layla and Cecilion because they will have a hard time dodging his Golden Rings. Once they are stunned or trapped in his Ultimate, Yin can easily finish them off.”
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Gord🔮 Mid Lane
+3.9 pts
Yin's edge
1/5 ranks
Zhuxin🔮 Mid Lane
+3.7 pts
Yin's edge
1/5 ranks
Yve🔮 Mid Lane
+3.5 pts
Yin's edge
1/5 ranks
Estes🛡️ Roam
+3.4 pts
Yin's edge
3/5 ranks
Argus⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.4 pts
Yin's edge
1/5 ranks
Diggie🛡️ Roam
+3.3 pts
Yin's edge
2/5 ranks
Silvanna⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.2 pts
Yin's edge
2/5 ranks
Faramis🛡️ Roam
+3.1 pts
Yin's edge
2/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Yin's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Yin'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 Yin wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Yin usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Yin'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 Yin'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
Leave It to Me
Buff
Charged PunchCD: 10
BurstSpeed Up
Instant BlastCD: 12
MobilityCC
My TurnCD: 52
CCBuff
What to prepare for against Yin
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Yin 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 →
- 2 of 4 skills (Instant Blast and My Turn) have the CC tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 1 of 4 skills (Charged Punch) 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
Yin's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
