Kil'Groth Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Kil'Groth is a fighter who becomes more dangerous the longer he keeps basic attacking: his passive The Fanatic stacks attack speed with each hit, his third attack has a wider range, and every target killed grants him permanent physical attack. Skill 1 Sea Spear dashes forward with a slowing spear thrust, skill 2 Enraged Spear empowers his attacks and heals him for each target hit, and his ultimate Gore Lord removes all crowd control, instantly grants 5 passive stacks and makes him immune to crowd control for 4 seconds. His weaknesses: he has only one dash, deals almost all of his damage with basic attacks, relies on healing to survive, and is very easy to lock down once his ultimate wears off. Kiting, anti-heal and well-timed crowd control are the most effective ways to deal with him. Counters to Kil'Groth include Florentino, Marja, Roxie in the Dark Slayer Lane, Fennik, Eland’orr in the jungle, Hayate, Capheny in the Abyssal Dragon Lane and Baldum as support.

• Florentino
• Marja
• Roxie

Florentino

Kil'Groth survives on nonstop basic attacks and healing from Enraged Spear , while Florentino trades very quickly and then pulls out. Each slash of Triple Threat adds true damage based on max HP, and picking up flowers from Blossom refunds Triple Threat’s cooldown, so you can slash several times in a row before Kil’Groth stacks enough attack speed from The Fanatic . Florentino’s lunge is immune to crowd control and can dodge the slow from Sea Spear . When he activates Gore Lord , Blossom’s stun becomes useless, so use Gentlemen's Duel to duel him: Florentino is also immune to crowd control, while Kil’Groth has his armor reduced for 5 seconds. Add Curse of Death to cut his healing.

Marja

Marja ‘s Soul-Devouring Worm tethers to the first enemy hit, slowing it and draining both its physical attack and magic power to heal herself. Against Kil'Groth , who deals almost all of his damage with basic attacks, losing physical attack means every spear strike gets weaker. When he activates Gore Lord and charges in, Vile Spirit makes Marja untargetable, removes the slow from Sea Spear and boosts her speed; his basic attack chain is broken, so his ultimate doesn’t get extended either. Wave of Agony can be recast to dash to the energy point, helping Marja keep her distance while the servant from Soul Curse keeps healing.

Roxie

Roxie plays a run-and-burn style: Wild Fire leaves a fire trail that continuously deals magic damage underfoot, while Blazing Shield grants movement speed and a shield, and slows enemies she runs into. Kil'Groth only has the dash from Sea Spear to chase, so he has to run over that very fire trail without hitting anyone to build The Fanatic . Agnie's Grasp grabs enemy heroes within 4m toward Roxie, pulls through terrain and ignores tenacity, making it great for dragging him under your tower or into your team. Use Agnie’s Grasp while Gore Lord is on cooldown, since his ultimate makes him immune to all crowd control.

• Fennik
• Eland'orr

Fennik

Kil'Groth has to reach his target to stack attack speed from The Fanatic , while Fennik has both long attack range and plenty of ways to create distance. Each time he uses Detonator , he dashes an extra distance and gains attack speed and attack range for 4 seconds. Electric Zap rolls away while untargetable, leaving a slowing electric trail in the path of Kil’Groth as he charges in after Sea Spear . During the 4 seconds of CC immunity from Gore Lord , don’t count on slows; use Electric Zap and Detonator’s dash to run, then drop Supersonic Vortex to slow every 0.5 seconds once his ultimate has ended.

Eland'orr

Eland'orr can dash away with Butterfly Wings while the spirit lantern stays in place, then reactivate it thanks to his passive Soul Steal to return to the lantern’s position. These two back-to-back repositions make it very hard for Kil'Groth , who has only one dash from Sea Spear , to stick around long enough to build The Fanatic . If he still closes in, Metamorphosis knocks enemies back and deals magic damage, reopening the gap so Eland’orr can keep basic attacking to stack marks. After each skill cast, his basic attack also deals bonus damage that can crit. Note that Metamorphosis can’t push him back while Gore Lord is still giving him CC immunity, so save Butterfly Wings for that window.

• Hayate
• Capheny

Hayate

Against Kil'Groth , Hayate relies on two things: always keeping his distance and having true damage. Shadow Step can dash through terrain, so when he lunges in with Sea Spear , you can hop over a wall and make him lose his target. While Gore Lord gives him CC immunity and movement speed, Kunai Blitz lets Hayate blink to another spot while still throwing shuriken at nearby enemies. After 6 hits on the same target, his passive Blood of the Dragon grants 4 seconds of bonus true damage, letting you take him down faster than Enraged Spear can heal. Shuriken Toss grants movement speed throughout the throw so you can attack while backing off.

Capheny

The passive Aquamarine lets Capheny move while attacking, exactly what you need to kite a melee hero with only one dash like Kil'Groth . Skill 1 Pulse Shot in Cannon form gains attack range and pierces through targets, enough to shoot from outside his spear’s reach. When Sea Spear slows you, the Momentum phase of Armorbreaker removes active slows and boosts your movement speed so you can escape. Fusillade unleashes 15 waves of bullets, and enemies hit suffer stacking armor reduction while Capheny can still move, perfect for breaking down his tankiness when he activates Gore Lord to charge in.

• Baldum

Baldum

Kil'Groth is strongest when he can keep basic attacking to hold The Fanatic at max stacks, and Baldum ‘s Wild Prison cuts that chain: the victim is imprisoned for 3 seconds, unable to act and untargetable. Wild Stomp slows, reduces the physical damage victims deal to Baldum and gives Baldum 2 stacks of damage reduction on cast, blunting his spear strikes. Wild Charge knocks him up, flings him behind and deals an extra 8% max HP as physical damage. Just remember one thing: Gore Lord grants immunity to all crowd control for at least 4 seconds, so wait for it to end before dropping Wild Prison.