Roam Support who can resurrect a fallen ally straight back into the fight.
Rafaela is a roam Support built around Divine Resurrection, a passive that periodically revives a fallen ally after a channel — a unique second chance no other support offers. Light of Retribution and Holy Healing let her poke, slow, and sustain her team, while Holy Baptism's line stun turns a defensive kit into a playmaking one.
Her healing and slow zones are straightforward to use, though timing Divine Resurrection's channel and Holy Baptism's stun line against a moving fight takes positioning awareness.
Level Holy Healing first for sustain, max Light of Retribution second for the reveal and slow uptime, and take Holy Baptism at 4, 8, and 12.
At regular intervals, Rafaela can use a special skill to instantly resurrect a fallen allied hero after a brief channeling. The resurrected allied hero will respawn at the base and is granted increased Movement Speed.
Always active — no cooldown
Rafaela strikes the three nearest enemies With Light of Retribution, dealing them 225–500 (+120% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage, briefly revealing their positions, and slowing them by 40% for 1.5s. Enemies hit by Light of Retribution again within 5 seconds will take 20% extra damage (this effect stacks up to 3 times).
Rafaela calls upon Holy Light, restoring 100–125 (+35% Total Magic Power) HP to nearby allied heroes, plus and additional 150–250 (+45% Total Magic Power) HP to herself and the most injured allied hero in range. Also increases Movement Speed of nearby allied heroes by 30% and grants Slow Immunity for 1 seconds. Every 20 point(s) of Magic Power will add 1% to the Movement Speed bonus, up to 80%.
Rafaela unleashes the true power of Holy Light in the target direction, dealing 460–660 (+120% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies in a line and stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
5,810g total
Default pick to peel for a carry and keep the team topped up in extended fights.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Queen's Wings — Extra durability when diving in to save a low-HP ally.
Antique Cuirass — Against skill-combo burst threatening to kill her before she can heal.
Radiant Armor — Against sustained magic damage teams chipping her and her carry down.
5,810g total
Into a poke-heavy enemy comp where her team needs constant HP-per-second sustain.
Battle spell
Revitalize75s CDBecause the healing only applies while allies stand inside the zone, its value depends on positioning the cast correctly before a fight starts, not reacting mid-fight.
Swap in when needed
Athena's Shield — Against burst magic damage aimed at her carry in short fights.
Brute Force Breastplate — Extra HP and adaptive attack to threaten a stun before enemies commit.
Thunder Belt — Extra CC-adjacent utility in extended skirmishes.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
OdetteMageHardBlue Nova immobilizes Rafaela for a full 1.5 seconds and Swan Song burns her fragile HP pool down before Divine Resurrection can even finish its channel.
SilvannaFighterHardSilvanna's Imperial Justice restrains and bursts Rafaela down before Holy Healing can offset the damage.
EudoraMageHardBall Lightning's 1.2-second stun chains straight into a full burst combo, killing Rafaela before she can land her own stun.
PaquitoFighter · AssassinHardPaquito's mobile Champ Stance burst closes distance faster than Rafaela can kite or land Holy Baptism to peel him off.
ArlottFighter · AssassinHardDauntless Strike's stun and Vengeance's resetting dash pin Rafaela through her Holy Healing cast, so the slow immunity never gets to matter.
NolanAssassinSoftNolan's overlapping Rifts pull Rafaela in and detonate on her directly, and Holy Healing's slow immunity does nothing against burst aimed at herself.
LaylaMarksmanSoftLayla deals more damage the further away she is, so Malefic Bomb and her basic attacks chip Rafaela down from outside heal-and-stun range.
IxiaMarksmanSoftDual Beam's rectangular beams hit Rafaela straight through the ally she's covering, denying the peel her positioning usually provides.
FaramisSupport · MageSoftFaramis's own resurrection ultimate neutralizes the unique value of Divine Resurrection in a straight revival race.
Sea HalberdLifebane cuts the HP-regen effectiveness of Holy Healing on whoever's marked, undercutting her sustain value.
Dominance IceIts Lifebane passive cuts Holy Healing to 60% on whichever of her allies is damaging you.
Tough BootsCuts the stun duration on Holy Baptism, letting a target walk out before the full CC lands.Heroes whose own counter list names Rafaela — the same matchup, read from the other side.
LesleyMarksman · AssassinHardHoly Baptism stuns Lesley for a full 1.5 seconds from range, which is long enough to break her channel, and Holy Healing tops her target back up in the meantime.
ThamuzFighterHardHoly Healing hands her carry a burst heal, 30% movement speed and slow immunity, which cancels Molten Scythes' slow — the only lockdown Thamuz has — and walks them straight out of the drag-back radius.
HylosTankSoftRafaela's healing sustain lets her team simply outlast the damage Hylos's Ring of Punishment ticks out over time.
KarrieMarksmanSoftHoly Healing's Slow Immunity and 30% Movement Speed shake her team out of the slows Karrie's allies need to hold a target still, and the healing outlasts her sustained DPS.
LyliaMageSoftRafaela's slow and heal keep a diver's target alive and Lylia's own burst combo from finishing a kill outright.
ValirMageSoftHoly Healing tops up everyone Valir is chipping and hands them 30% Movement Speed and Slow Immunity to walk straight out of the firewall, so his Ablaze ticks rarely reach 3 stacks on the same target, and Holy Baptism stuns him mid-rotation from a line he can't zone.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
BaratsTank · FighterRafaela's Holy Baptism stun holds a target still for Detona's Welcome to devour and suppress them, a guaranteed pick.OdetteMageRafaela's Holy Baptism line stun holds enemies together for Swan Song's channel to burn them down.
FredrinnFighter · TankRafaela's Holy Healing speed and slow immunity let Fredrinn stick to a target through his extended CC chain.
MinsittharFighterRafaela's stun chains into Minsitthar's Spear of Glory for a guaranteed lockdown combo.
Lapu-LapuFighterRafaela's healing sustains Lapu-Lapu through the extended stance-swap duels his kit is built to win over time.
SaberAssassinRafaela's Divine Resurrection lets Saber's team keep pressuring objectives even after a bad engage, since a fallen ally can return.
BaxiaTankRafaela's slow-immunity buff pairs with Baxia's own damage reduction to make their frontline nearly impossible to peel off of.
BrodyMarksmanRafaela's Holy Baptism stun gives Brody a free window to stack Abyss Marks safely before Torn-Apart Memory detonates them.
LunoxMageRafaela's Light of Retribution slow keeps a target in range for Lunox's Chaos Assault burst.
EdithTank · MarksmanRafaela's healing and speed boost keep Edith's mech alive through extended engages so her CC chain lands repeatedly.Use Holy Healing's slow immunity proactively before an ally dives in, not reactively after they're already slowed
Land Light of Retribution on the three nearest enemies to build its stacking damage debuff before a fight
Aim Holy Baptism down a chokepoint or river corridor where enemies are forced to walk in a line
Position to survive Divine Resurrection's channel — dying mid-cast wastes the revive entirely
Rafaela is one of the easiest supports to pick up — her heal and slow are straightforward area effects, and Divine Resurrection triggers automatically rather than needing precise timing.
A roam sustain build starting with the roam item into Guardian Helmet and Oracle covers most games, giving HP, cooldown reduction, and healing power for her whole team.
Burst assassins and mages like Odette, Eudora, and Arlott counter her hardest by killing her before Divine Resurrection's channel or Holy Healing's sustain can matter.
Rafaela is a roam Support with no dedicated farm lane, rotating the map for vision, peel, and healing while protecting her team's carries.
