What Nana is bad at
- No dash, blink or hard escape outside Molina's Gift, which only triggers on fatal damage and sits on a long 150s cooldown
- Molina Smooch has a long 14.5s cooldown and a cast delay, so her primary CC tool is often unavailable when she needs it
- Magic Boomerang's damage falls off sharply against multiple targets due to its per-target reduction, capping her AoE burst
- Extremely vulnerable to burst assassins and divers between Molina's Gift procs, since she has no shield or repositioning skill
Every counter below works by pressing one of these.
Hard counters to Nana
Pick one of these and the matchup is decided before the fight starts.
AtlasTankHardAtlas's ultimate is an unblockable, team-wide pull that catches Nana regardless of positioning, and Molina's Gift doesn't trigger until she's already taken fatal damage from the follow-up.
BalmondFighterHardBalmond's ultimate is a long-range execute line scaling off lost HP, letting him finish Nana off from outside her effective poke range even after she's landed her combo on him.
AkaiTankHardHeavy Spin knocks Nana around continuously once Akai is on her, and it catches her regardless of whether Molina Smooch is off cooldown.
JoyAssassinHardJoy's chained Meow, Rhythm of Joy! dashes weave through Magic Boomerang and Molina Blitz's paths entirely, closing distance risk-free before Nana can land a full combo.
KhaleedFighterHardRaging Sandstorm charges the entire distance to Nana, knocking her along the way and slamming down on arrival — a gap her kit has no tool to keep open.
Soft counters
Favourable, but Nana can still play around them.
GlooTankSoftGloo's tankiness lets him walk through Magic Boomerang poke and close distance regardless of her kiting, and his ultimate forces her to fight at melee range where Molina Smooch's delay can't save her.
HylosTankSoftGlorious Pathway cuts Nana's movement by three quarters while Hylos regenerates on it, so he walks through her whole poke rotation and closes the gap anyway.
AliceTank · MageSoftBlood Banquet heals Alice off every tick of its area damage, out-sustaining Nana's burst entirely while Throne of Ruin walks her in under Control Immunity.
EsmeraldaTank · MageSoftFrostmoon Shield keeps regenerating and converting into raw HP, so Magic Boomerang and Molina Blitz chip at a bar that refills faster than Nana can empty it.
ChipSupport · TankSoftChip ramps up with Overtime and knocks Nana back with the charge at the end of it, denying her the space her whole poke game needs.
Items to build against Nana
You cannot always change your pick. You can always change your fourth slot.
Do not pick these into Nana
Heroes whose own counter list names Nana — these matchups go the other way. A red dot marks a hard counter.
Why Nana works
Common questions
Who counters Nana in Mobile Legends?
Gloo, Hylos, Atlas, Balmond, Alice all beat Nana. Atlas is the hardest counter: Atlas's ultimate is an unblockable, team-wide pull that catches Nana regardless of positioning, and Molina's Gift doesn't trigger until she's already taken fatal damage from the follow-up.
What items should I build against Nana?
Tough Boots: Cuts the duration of Molina Smooch's transform-and-slow and Molina Blitz's stun. Winter Crown: Its damage-negation window can swallow Molina Blitz's 3-hit burst combo. Athena's Shield: Mitigates the short, heavy magic burst of her ultimate in a single engagement.
What is Nana's biggest weakness?
No dash, blink or hard escape outside Molina's Gift, which only triggers on fatal damage and sits on a long 150s cooldown