Poke mage whose summoned cat auto-chases targets into a stun burst
Nana is a mid-lane Mage who poke and burst with Magic Boomerang and the chasing summon Molina, then finishes with the multi-hit Molina Blitz. Molina's Gift is a built-in death save that removes debuffs and grants a movement burst once every 150 seconds, giving her a rare safety net for a squishy mage with no dash in her kit.
Her poke and burst combo is straightforward and doesn't need precise skillshot leads since Molina automatically chases the nearest enemy hero.
Max Magic Boomerang first for the poke damage, put one early point in Molina Smooch for the crowd control, and take Molina Blitz at 4, 8 and 12.
Upon taking fatal damage, Nana removes all debuffs on her and transforms, becoming untargetable and invincible, and gains 70% Movement Speed for 2 seconds. She also recovers 10% Max HP over the duration. Nana can only transform once every 150 seconds and cannot cast skills in the transformed form.
Always active — no cooldown
Nana hurls her Magical Boomerang in the target direction, dealing damage to enemies hit on its way out and back. The boomerang deals 320–440 (+100% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to the first enemy For every additional enemy hit, the damage is reduced by 20% (max reduction of 60%).
Nana summons Molina at the target location. After a short delay. Molina will chase the nearest enemy hero in range for 2.5 seconds. Molina Will deal 250–375 (+50% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to the first enemy hero it collides with and transform them for 1.5 seconds, and also slow them by 50% and reduce their Magic Defense by 25% for the duration. If there are no enemy heroes in range, Molina will disappear after 12 seconds.
Nana summons Molina to strike the target area 3 times, each time dealing 440–660 (+160% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies within the area and slowing them by 50% for 1 second. Enemies hit consecutively will be stunned for 1 second.
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
8,000g total
Default pick for lane poke that scales into teamfight burst.
Battle spell
Purify90s CDPurify does not clear suppression (e.g. Franco's Bloody Hunt or Khufra's ultimate) — a common mistake is trusting it to escape a hook combo it can't actually cleanse.
Swap in when needed
Divine Glaive — Against a stacked magic-defense frontline blunting her burst.
Ice Queen Wand — Stacks extra slow on top of Molina Smooch to lock down mobile targets.
Winter Crown — Insurance since her only real defensive tool is the once-per-150s Molina's Gift.
7,890g total
When Nana needs to control lane tempo and out-range enemies rather than all-in.
Battle spell
Flameshot50s CDThe short cooldown makes Flameshot the best spell for poke comps that want to repeatedly punish approaches over a long lane phase rather than save a single-use cooldown for one fight.
Swap in when needed
Ice Queen Wand — Stacks extra slow on top of Molina Smooch to lock down mobile targets.
Divine Glaive — Against a stacked magic-defense frontline blunting her burst.
Winter Crown — Insurance since her only real defensive tool is the once-per-150s Molina's Gift.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
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.
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.Heroes whose own counter list names Nana — the same matchup, read from the other side.
Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
HarleyAssassin · MageHarley blinks in and rings a target with Deadly Magic's slow, giving Nana a free window to land Molina Blitz's full 3-hit stun-and-burst on top of it.
JulianAssassin · FighterJulian's Chain immobilizes a group in one spot, letting Nana drop Molina Blitz's AoE burst on the cluster for a near-guaranteed multi-kill.GlooTankGloo's ultimate merges with an enemy hero and forces the fight onto that spot, giving Nana a stationary, guaranteed target for her full Magic Boomerang and Molina Blitz combo.AtlasTankAtlas's ultimate pulls the entire enemy team into one point, and Nana can immediately follow with Molina Blitz to burst the grouped enemies before they can spread back out.
NatanMarksmanNatan's Reverse-Clone doubles up his damage on whatever Nana's Magic Boomerang and Molina Blitz have already worn down, converting her chip damage into confirmed kills.
AldousFighterNana's Molina Smooch slow and Molina Blitz burst can soften or finish a target so Aldous can walk in and secure the kill that feeds his stacking punch combo.
RafaelaSupportHoly Baptism stuns a whole line for 1.5 seconds, well past Molina Smooch's own short CC window, giving Nana time to land her full combo uncontested.
HarithMageHarith's blink mobility lets him dive in and out of fights, and Nana's Molina Smooch slow plus her burst combo covers the follow-up damage once he isolates a target.
Popol and KupaMarksmanKupa fights out in front on its own, soaking the first hit of a flank and buying Nana the reaction time to poke safely or retreat.AliceTank · MageThrone of Ruin drops AoE damage and a one-second immobilize on a cluster, and following it with Molina Blitz nearly guarantees a kill on anyone caught in both.Throw Magic Boomerang along an angle where both the outgoing and returning pass can clip an enemy for double poke damage
Pre-cast Molina Smooch before an engage rather than reactively — the summon's chase and transform take a moment to land
Save Molina Blitz for grouped or slowed enemies, since the stun only triggers on consecutive hits within its 3-strike pattern
Use the movement speed burst from a triggered Molina's Gift proactively to reposition into a better fighting spot, not just to flee
Nana is very beginner-friendly — Molina automatically chases the nearest enemy hero, so her CC doesn't require precise skillshot aim, and Molina's Gift forgives some positioning mistakes.
Arcane Boots into Clock of Destiny, Lightning Truncheon and Holy Crystal covers the standard burst build, shifting toward Divine Glaive or Ice Queen Wand depending on whether the enemy stacks magic defense or needs more slow.
Atlas, Balmond, Akai, Joy and Khaleed counter her hardest because they close distance or lock her down through pulls, knockbacks or lost-HP execute damage that her passive death-save can't fully answer.
Molina Blitz summons Molina to strike the target area three times, each hit dealing magic damage and slowing enemies within it, with consecutive hits on the same target applying a stun.
