Gildur Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Gildur is a crowd-control mage who can play both Mid Lane and Support. His passive Midas Touch grants him a shield every time he casts a skill, and his 4th basic attack knocks back targets in front. Skill 1 Siege dashes in the chosen direction, deals magic damage and empowers his next basic attack, skill 2 Extravagant launches a golden force blast that stuns anyone it hits, and his ultimate Indulgence summons a magic circle that continuously deals magic damage, slows and stuns all enemies inside. Gildur is very strong at initiating teamfights, but all of his value lies in crowd control: against heroes with cleanses, CC immunity or tenacity, he loses most of his usefulness. He also has only one dash, and his shield depends on being able to cast skills. The counters to Gildur are Veera in the Mid Lane, Chaugnar, TeeMee, Alice at Support, Laville in the Abyssal Dragon Lane, Zanis, Rourke in the Jungle and Kil’Groth, Lu Bu in the Dark Slayer Lane.

• Veera

Veera

The shield that lets Gildur hold his lane so well only appears when he casts a skill, thanks to his passive Midas Touch . Veera takes that opportunity away with Mesmerize : the kiss deals magic damage and stuns, so if you land it right as Gildur dashes in with Siege , he loses his next cast, gets no new shield and can’t fire off Extravagant in time. Outside of that window, poke him with Hell Bat from out of range, then drop Inferno Bats while he’s still stunned. The passive Come Hither grants 25% movement speed out of combat, making it easy for Veera to retreat after each trade.

• Chaugnar
• TeeMee
• Alice

Chaugnar

All of the teamfight value of Gildur lies in his area-of-effect stuns, and Chaugnar can erase them with a single press. When teammates are standing in the Indulgence circle or have just been hit by Extravagant , Chaos Protection cleanses all crowd control effects on allies while granting status resistance, damage immunity and movement speed for 1 second to teammates and 3 seconds to Chaugnar himself. Afterwards, Shock Wave has only a 1-second cooldown for 6 seconds and costs no mana; combine it with the 50% slow from Energy Surge so Gildur can’t dash away in time.

TeeMee

TeeMee is one of the few supports who can still do their job while under Gildur ‘s crowd control: Being a Bro can be cast even while crowd-controlled, covering TeeMee and the lowest-HP ally, and anyone killed during its duration revives after 2 seconds. As a result, engages with Indulgence or Extravagant rarely secure the kills Gildur wants. In lane, Chain Lance pulls TeeMee right up to Gildur and stuns him for 1 second, while Pooty Poots stuns longer the longer it’s charged, perfect for punishing Gildur when he dashes in with Siege .

Alice

Alice fights back against Gildur with the very thing he relies on: crowd control. Sunshine stuns everyone it hits, while Hissy Fit creates an energy zone that slows and silences anyone who steps in for 1 second. To engage, Gildur has to dash with Siege before unleashing Indulgence , so a silence zone placed in front of your team will block that combo and deny him the shield from Midas Touch . If a teammate still gets hit by Extravagant , Friendship wraps them in a shield and boosts their movement speed so they can escape.

• Laville

Laville

Laville has Mighty Shield , a spell-blocking shield that also grants movement speed: pop the shield right as Gildur fires Extravagant and his main stun hits the shield instead of you. For the next 3 seconds, each basic attack slows the target, stacking up to 3 times, so when Gildur dashes in with Siege , he gets slower and slower while eating shots from Light Chaser . If Gildur makes it into the middle of your team and unleashes Indulgence , Double Trouble flies across the map to stun him from afar so your teammates can counterattack.

• Zanis
• Rourke

Zanis

Every skill of Zanis cleanses crowd control (except suppression) thanks to his passive Dragoon , so stuns from Extravagant or the Indulgence circle only hold him until he presses his next skill. Blood Wyrm boosts movement speed to close the gap, and Tail Sweep increases attack speed and lifesteal once he’s right next to Gildur . Finish with Dragon Wraith : true damage on a targeted enemy plus a stun and slow, and while empowered all bonus damage is true damage that ignores armor, so Gildur struggles to survive even with defensive items.

Rourke

When Gildur lands his skills on Rourke , a single press of Determination lets Rourke remove all crowd control on him, create a shield and stay immune to crowd control for as long as the shield lasts; each attack during this time also converts part of the damage into shield value, so the more he hits Gildur, the harder Rourke is to lock down again. Bolt dashes forward to knock him back and has its cooldown reduced by 2 seconds on hero hit, while Charged Shot grants 40% movement speed for chasing. Gildur only has Siege for mobility, so he struggles to escape the barrage of armor-shredding arrows from Scattershot .

• Kil'Groth
• Lu Bu

Kil'Groth

Kil'Groth answers the crowd control kit of Gildur with Gore Lord : the ultimate removes all crowd control effects, instantly grants 5 stacks of The Fanatic and makes him fully immune to crowd control for 4 seconds, with each hit on an enemy hero extending it further, up to 3 seconds. During that window, stuns from Extravagant or Indulgence are useless, while Kil’Groth, with fully stacked attack speed, is free to stab away. Sea Spear slows so Gildur can’t dash away, and Enraged Spear heals per target hit for sustained trading.

Lu Bu

Lu Bu has God of War to instantly cleanse any crowd control he’s under, restore 20% of missing HP and gain status resistance, so subsequent stuns from the Indulgence circle of Gildur are shorter too. Red Hare can dash 3 times in a row with the third dash knocking up, plenty to stick to a Gildur who only has Siege for mobility. While empowered, every basic attack or Red Hare that hits an enemy heals him, and Sky Piercer Halberd slows and heals per victim, helping Lu Bu win drawn-out trades.