Diaochan Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Zata

Heaven's Wing lets Zata dash forward, and if the dash path meets an enemy skill, Zata gains extra dashes with the movement joystick for 3 seconds. Diaochan’s Chilling Frost zone, Diamond Dust lotus or Blizzard storm all become springboards: Zata dashes straight through, dodging while building rhythm, and after 3 dashes he becomes untargetable and deals continuous magic damage to her up close. Before starting your combo, fire Screeching Hawk to break the shield from Ice Queen so your ultimate doesn’t get fully blocked. Waterspout slows and returns to Zata, while his passive Wind Slash reduces his ultimate’s cooldown every time he deals damage.

Lauriel

Freezing a target that keeps dashing around is very hard, and Lauriel does exactly that. Wings of Purity lets her dash in a chosen direction and fire 3 bolts of light, with its cooldown reduced on enemy hits, so simply dashing out of Diamond Dust range makes the lotus miss and forces Diaochan to wait for her second one. Path of Repentance draws a path of light that explodes twice, enough to break the Ice Queen shield before she unloads her damage. Inside the Great Judgment circle, Lauriel’s cooldowns recover twice as fast, and her passive Heaven's Punishment at 4 stacks detonates for area true damage, heals her and slows a mage who has no dash.

Aoi

Dragon Claw lets Aoi fire a grapple into terrain and then charge or take flight, with 2 stored charges, and Aoi is immune to CC while moving this way. The Diamond Dust lotus or the Chilling Frost slow zone can’t catch a target moving like that. Once close, Dragon Slash slashes forward and heals; in flight, it becomes a dive that knocks up every target in the area, interrupting Diaochan as she channels Blizzard . Dragon's Wrath leaps into the air untargetable, hooks in to slow, then deals damage based on missing HP, enough to finish off a mage with no dash.

Rourke

Other heroes have to tiptoe around the lotuses of Diamond Dust , but Rourke doesn’t need to. Determination removes all current crowd control and creates a shield, and as long as the shield holds Rourke is immune to CC, plus he gains physical attack and armor for 6 seconds. He can walk straight through the Chilling Frost zone and the Blizzard storm, use Charged Shot for 40% movement speed over 1.5 seconds, then Bolt to dash in and knock back. Blizzard gives Diaochan armor, but every crossbow bolt from the passive Scattershot reduces armor, stacking up to 12 times, offsetting that armor.

Murad

Thorn of Time lets Murad dash in from range and stun, slashing up to three times and returning to his original position on the third. The first dash is enough to break the shield from Ice Queen , the following ones deal real damage, and Murad pulls back before Diaochan can throw Diamond Dust . Once he has enough Rift stacks, Temporal Turbulence slashes 5 times in a row while Murad cannot be attacked or targeted, perfectly timed for when she is channeling Blizzard . Another Dimension also makes Murad untargetable on activation, slowing and reducing armor to offset the armor Blizzard gives her.

Laville

Mighty Shield gives Laville a skill-blocking shield plus movement speed, exactly what’s needed to block the Diamond Dust lotus or the Chilling Frost slow zone when closing in. Basic attacks in the following 3 seconds also slow the target, stacking up to 3 times. When Diaochan stands channeling Blizzard late in a fight, Double Trouble fires a light bullet across the map, dealing burst physical damage and stunning. Break the Ice Queen shield with a few basic attacks first so the ultimate isn’t fully blocked. At 3 stacks, the passive Lucky Star turns each basic attack into 3 bullets, bursting down a squishy mage very quickly.

Violet

Violet has a roll whose cooldown keeps getting reduced, enough to dodge the Diamond Dust lotus. Tactical Fire lets Violet roll forward, empowering her next attack to deal damage in a line and increasing her attack range; rolling toward an enemy also grants 50% movement speed for 2 seconds. Her passive Reload reduces this skill’s cooldown by 0.5 seconds every time her basic attack hits an enemy hero, and that constant stream of attacks also gives the shield from Ice Queen little chance to come back. Fire In The Hole slows for 1 second when Diaochan tries to get out of range, while Concussive Rounds deals bonus physical damage equal to 12% of the enemy’s missing HP to finish her off.