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How to counter Zetian
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Zetian 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 Zetian 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 Zetian; red heroes lose to Zetian.
8 heroes that beat Zetian8 heroes Zetian beats
Best counters to Zetian
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Zetian's Ultimate can strike down anywhere on the map, but having such a powerful Ult means a hero like Valentina can also use it against Zetian's team.”
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Valentina🔮 Mid Lane
+2.4 pts
edge over Zetian
3/5 ranks
Minotaur🛡️ Roam
+2.1 pts
edge over Zetian
1/5 ranks
Gloo🛡️ Roam
+2.0 pts
edge over Zetian
4/5 ranks
Floryn🛡️ Roam
+1.9 pts
edge over Zetian
4/5 ranks
Mathilda🛡️ Roam
+1.8 pts
edge over Zetian
2/5 ranks
Uranus🛡️ Roam
+1.6 pts
edge over Zetian
3/5 ranks
Diggie🛡️ Roam
+1.4 pts
edge over Zetian
2/5 ranks
Harith🔮 Mid Lane
+1.4 pts
edge over Zetian
4/5 ranks
Zetian dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“Zetian's Passive counters melee heroes with limited gap closers like Balmond and Zilong, allowing her to continue poking the enemy from a safe distance.”
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Lolita🛡️ Roam
+3.6 pts
Zetian's edge
5/5 ranks
Natalia🌲 Jungle
+2.9 pts
Zetian's edge
4/5 ranks
Tigreal🛡️ Roam
+2.4 pts
Zetian's edge
5/5 ranks
Zilong🌲 Jungle
+2.4 pts
Zetian's edge
1/5 ranks
Pharsa🔮 Mid Lane
+1.8 pts
Zetian's edge
2/5 ranks
Helcurt🌲 Jungle
+1.7 pts
Zetian's edge
4/5 ranks
Chip🛡️ Roam
+1.5 pts
Zetian's edge
1/5 ranks
Popol and Kupa🏹 Gold Lane
+1.3 pts
Zetian's edge
3/5 ranks
Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Zetian's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Zetian'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 Zetian wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Zetian usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Zetian'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 Zetian'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
Celestial Armament
ShieldCC
Phoenix StrikeCD: 5 Mana Cost: 60
AOE
Phoenix DescentCD: 15 Mana Cost: 80
SlowDebuff
Fury of the PhoenixCD: 90 Mana Cost: 150
CCAOE
What to prepare for against Zetian
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Zetian 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 →
- 2 of 4 skills (Celestial Armament and Fury of the Phoenix) have the CC tag, and 1 of 4 skills (Phoenix Descent) has the Slow tag. The crowd control guide covers what can be done about it.How to deal with crowd control →
- 1 of 4 skills (Celestial Armament) 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
Zetian's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
