What Kagura is bad at
- Rasho Umbrella Flee leaves the Seimei Umbrella behind, temporarily cutting off her other two skills.
- Very low base durability — a single landed stun from a diving assassin usually ends the fight.
- Umbrella retrieval range limits her effective threat radius compared to true long-range mages.
- Weak early game before she has the magic power to punish mistakes with real burst.
Every counter below works by pressing one of these.
Hard counters to Kagura
Pick one of these and the matchup is decided before the fight starts.
PhoveusFighterHardPhoveus's ultimate charges off enemy dashes, and Rasho Umbrella Flee is exactly that — every escape attempt feeds his hunt meter and marks her as his next target.
KajaSupport · FighterHardKaja's suppression ignores resilience and locks Kagura down completely, leaving Rasho Umbrella Flee's cleanse with nothing to remove since the effect can't be cleared.
ObsidiaMarksmanHardObsidia's ultimate tethers to Kagura and disables dashes while attached, cutting off Rasho Umbrella Flee exactly when she needs it to escape.
MinsittharFighterHardSpear of Glory stuns her at the tip from well outside her comfort range, and King's Calling's field stops her using Rasho Umbrella Flee to get out at all.
DiggieSupportHardTime Journey clears Yin Yang Overturn's slow and knockback off his whole team the instant it lands, and the shield it hands out soaks the poke that follows.
Soft counters
Favourable, but Kagura can still play around them.
EsmeraldaTank · MageSoftFrostmoon Shield regenerates faster than Kagura's poke can strip it, and every Stardust Dance hit cuts its cooldown further, so the chip damage never sticks.
HarithMageSoftHarith's constant blink dashes close the distance on Kagura faster than her poke range can punish, and his shield-on-cast absorbs Seimei Umbrella Open's damage.
HildaFighter · TankSoftHilda's passive sustain lets her shrug off Kagura's early poke, and her gap-closer catches Kagura in lane long before her burst combo is strong enough to punish it.
ThamuzFighterSoftCauterant Inferno heals him and hands him a large chunk of extra Max HP while burning everything nearby, so a poke war only gives him a bigger health bar to fight from.
ChipSupport · TankSoftOvertime's charge knocks Kagura back mid-cast, and his Shortcut portal lets a target leave before Yin Yang Overturn's burst lands.
Items to build against Kagura
You cannot always change your pick. You can always change your fourth slot.
Do not pick these into Kagura
Heroes whose own counter list names Kagura — these matchups go the other way. A red dot marks a hard counter.
Why Kagura works
Common questions
Who counters Kagura in Mobile Legends?
Phoveus, Esmeralda, Kaja, Harith, Hilda all beat Kagura. Phoveus is the hardest counter: Phoveus's ultimate charges off enemy dashes, and Rasho Umbrella Flee is exactly that — every escape attempt feeds his hunt meter and marks her as his next target.
What items should I build against Kagura?
Winter Crown: Negates the burst window right as Yin Yang Overturn lands. Athena's Shield: Its short-window magic damage reduction is built for exactly this kind of burst poke-into-combo. Tough Boots: Cuts the stun and slow durations from her umbrella retrieval and ultimate.
What is Kagura's biggest weakness?
Rasho Umbrella Flee leaves the Seimei Umbrella behind, temporarily cutting off her other two skills.