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How to counter Zilong
The heroes that beat them, how the matchups play out, and what to build against them.
Counter intel
How Zilong 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 Zilong 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 Zilong; red heroes lose to Zilong.
8 heroes that beat Zilong8 heroes Zilong beats
Best counters to Zilong
These heroes win this matchup — pick with confidence
“Zilong is still vulnerable to non-slow CC skills, making him weak against heroes with powerful single-target CC skills, such as Franco and Nana.”
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Lancelot🌲 Jungle
+5.5 pts
edge over Zilong
1/5 ranks
Jawhead⚔️ EXP Lane
+5.4 pts
edge over Zilong
2/5 ranks
Baxia🛡️ Roam
+5.2 pts
edge over Zilong
1/5 ranks
Alucard🌲 Jungle
+5.1 pts
edge over Zilong
1/5 ranks
Barats⚔️ EXP Lane
+4.8 pts
edge over Zilong
1/5 ranks
Natan🏹 Gold Lane
+4.3 pts
edge over Zilong
1/5 ranks
Khaleed⚔️ EXP Lane
+4.0 pts
edge over Zilong
2/5 ranks
Lolita🛡️ Roam
+4.0 pts
edge over Zilong
1/5 ranks
Zilong dominates these
Avoid these picks — the data says you lose
“The immunity to Slow effects that Zilong gets from his Ultimate makes him strong against squishy heroes without CC skills, such as Layla and Lylia.”
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Minsitthar⚔️ EXP Lane
+4.9 pts
Zilong's edge
1/5 ranks
Hanzo🌲 Jungle
+4.6 pts
Zilong's edge
1/5 ranks
X.Borg⚔️ EXP Lane
+4.4 pts
Zilong's edge
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Roger🏹 Gold Lane
+4.3 pts
Zilong's edge
1/5 ranks
Cici⚔️ EXP Lane
+3.9 pts
Zilong's edge
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Helcurt🌲 Jungle
+3.5 pts
Zilong's edge
1/5 ranks
Faramis🛡️ Roam
+3.2 pts
Zilong's edge
1/5 ranks
Angela🛡️ Roam
+3.2 pts
Zilong's edge
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Who wins the matchup, and when
Source: mobilelegends.comRanked pairings, past 7 days
Change in Zilong's win rate (in percentage points) when that hero is on the opposing team or on Zilong'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 Zilong wins about 3 more games out of every 100 with that hero than Zilong usually wins, and −3.0 means about 3 fewer. Hover a number for the exact wording.
The small bars show Zilong'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 Zilong'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
Dragon Flurry
BuffHeal
Spear FlipCD: 12 Mana Cost: 80
CCDamage
Spear StrikeCD: 12 Mana Cost: 40
MobilityDebuff
Supreme WarriorCD: 35 Mana Cost: 120
Speed UpBuff
What to prepare for against Zilong
Worked out from the official skill tags and ratings and our tracked builds.
- Zilong 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 (Spear Flip) 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 (Dragon Flurry) 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
Zilong's win rate in specific matchups · Source: mlcounter.com
