Edras Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Florentino

Edras ‘s Light form is strong when he can keep his distance and land his range-extended attacks, but Florentino has too many ways to close that gap: the dash from Shuffle lunges forward and slows, the follow-up sword step dashes again, and Gentlemen's Duel leaps in to Duel Edras for 5 seconds, reducing his armor and making Florentino immune to crowd control. Note that Radiant Divine Step and Holy Radiance Destruction both give Edras CC immunity and damage immunity while charging, so wait until he finishes casting before throwing Blossom to stun him and slashing with Triple Threat for true damage based on max HP.

Charlotte

Charlotte closes in on Light form Edras faster than he can back off: Tri-Slash boosts movement speed, Splash Fount dashes in a chosen direction and heals her, and every skill that lands empowers the next one thanks to the passive Splash Gradation . This constant healing is very valuable, because Radiant Divine Step converts the target’s missing HP into bonus damage; the higher Charlotte keeps her HP, the less Edras’s dash hurts. When he charges Holy Radiance Destruction , use Power Gradation to gain CC and damage immunity and slow him instead of standing there eating all three sword waves.

Paine

All of Light form Edras ‘s power revolves around his skill-weaving loop: each skill empowers his next attack, and every skill or empowered attack that hits an enemy reduces all his cooldowns by 1 second thanks to Radiant Artifact . Paine breaks that loop with Elegy , a ring of light that deals magic damage and silences enemies inside. To get in range, Paine uses Soul Tidings (CC immunity while releasing his soul) or Acknowledge (damage immunity while lunging in), then his first attack after a skill, thanks to Soul Divide , blinks behind Edras for double damage.

Nakroth

Nakroth gets two casts of Jury Fury within 5 seconds, each dashing in and knocking the target back, so Light-form Edras struggles to keep the distance he needs for his range-boosted attacks. His only dash is Radiant Divine Step , which has to be charged first; Nakroth just waits for him to finish the dash, then chases with the second cast. Death Sentence lets Nakroth blink back to dodge the three sword waves of Holy Radiance Destruction , and during Judgement's Blade Nakroth can’t be crowd-controlled, with the final hit knocking Edras back.

Grakk

Light form makes Edras want to stay at the edge of fights, which is the ideal distance for Grakk ‘s Devil's Chain : the chain hooks him right in front of Grakk, where teammates are waiting. Next, Earthquake pulls nearby enemies in, slowing them and silencing anyone standing close for 0.5 seconds, while World Devourer repeatedly stuns and pulls the target for 3 seconds and gives Grakk a shield. Just avoid hooking while Edras is charging Radiant Divine Step or Holy Radiance Destruction , since he’s CC immune then and the hook will be wasted.

Aleister

Dark form Edras only has Desire to Devour to deal with crowd control, and its CC immunity only lasts while he’s charging. Aleister can simply let him dive in, wait for the charge to end, then use Magic Barrier to stun him and Magic Prison to imprison him, dealing magic damage every tick for 2.5 seconds. Locked in the magic prison, Edras can’t reach anyone to basic attack and lower Desire to Devour ‘s cooldown, while Matrix of Woe keeps applying Wicked Plot marks for the passive Wicked Plot to detonate into true damage.

Violet

Dark form Edras has to walk up to his target, while Violet rolls constantly. Each basic attack that hits a hero reduces Tactical Fire ‘s cooldown by 0.5 seconds thanks to the passive Reload , so as long as you keep firing steadily, you’ll always have a roll ready to keep your distance. Desire to Devour removes slows from Edras, so save Fire In The Hole for right after he finishes his charge. Once Edras is low, Concussive Rounds deals bonus physical damage equal to 12% of his missing HP, enough to finish him off before he can heal from Dark Night Frenzy Slash .

Hayate

Dark form Edras only has Desire to Devour to speed in, and it has to be charged first. As soon as Hayate sees him charging, use Shadow Step to dash over terrain and send his charge into empty space. While retreating, Shuriken Toss still fires and boosts Hayate’s movement speed; after 6 hits on the same target, the passive Blood of the Dragon makes your attacks over the next 4 seconds deal bonus true damage, which armor can’t reduce. When he unleashes Chaos Destruction , use Kunai Blitz to vanish out of the magic circle before it explodes.

Arum

When Edras switches to Dark form, he has to get into melee range, and Arum is right there waiting. Wait for Desire to Devour ‘s charge to end (when he’s no longer CC immune), then Arum uses Snare to dash in and bind Edras: both are fully immobilized in an unbreakable link, and Arum instantly gets 3 beasts circling around. Thanks to passive Ravenous Beasts , the beasts deal magic damage and heal Arum while teammates pile on. Then cast Uncaged with all three beasts to slow and then stun for 1 second, denying him the basic attacks he needs to reduce his cooldowns.