Lorion Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Lorion is a mid-lane mage built around a dark thunder orb. Skill 1 Electromagnetic Net throws the orb to a target location (up to 2 times; the 3rd cast recalls it), dealing damage along its path and linking a slowing lightning tether after the second throw. Skill 2 Darkness Falls makes the orb attack around him while it’s on his body, or lets Lorion instantly teleport to the orb if it’s outside. His passive Eternal makes the orb attack the lowest-HP enemy and heals him, while his ultimate Starry Night charges for 2 seconds then explodes, suspending enemies in the air. The weaknesses of Lorion are that everything depends on the orb’s position, his ultimate needs time to charge, and once the orb is on his body he has no way to teleport. Heroes with sustained damage, high mobility or healing reduction will give him a hard time. The counters to Lorion are Lauriel, Ignis, Mganga in the mid lane, Billow in the jungle and Hayate in the Abyssal Dragon lane.

• Lauriel
• Ignis
• Mganga

Lauriel

Lorion needs 2 seconds of charging for Starry Night to explode, and in that window Lauriel only needs one Wings of Purity to dash out of the blast zone. The rest of Lorion’s kit is slow too: the orb from Electromagnetic Net has to travel to its spot before it links the lightning tether. Meanwhile, standing inside Great Judgment gives Lauriel double cooldown speed, letting her spam Path of Repentance and her dash to stack all 4 Heaven's Punishment marks; the true damage burst with healing lets her win the long skill trades that Lorion loves.

Ignis

In a poke duel, Ignis has the edge because every skill that lands is rewarded. Fire Crash applies Sacred Flame to Lorion for 2.5 seconds, and the next skill that triggers it is empowered and heals Ignis; Fire Crash hitting a target marked by Sacred Flame also grants a shield for 2 seconds. If Lorion uses Darkness Falls to teleport to his orb and close the gap, cover his landing spot with Rain of Fire : targets marked by Sacred Flame are stunned for 0.75 seconds, long enough for Holy Embers to detonate for true damage before he can recall the orb.

Mganga

Mganga trades HP through attrition, a kind of matchup Lorion struggles to keep up with. Every basic attack or skill from Mganga applies poison from his passive Voodoo , stacking up to 5 marks and dealing magic damage 5 times; Fortunate Gift both hits enemies and heals Mganga, making up for the HP the orb chips away. When Lorion is about to teleport to his orb with Darkness Falls , spread Toxic around the orb: the smoke expands for 4 seconds, dealing damage and slowing, turning his landing spot into a poison field. Finish with Detonation to detonate all the marks.

• Billow

Billow

Lorion ‘s only escape is using Darkness Falls to teleport to his orb, so once Billow catches him, he can’t get far. Landing Space Split applies a mark, which Billow then uses to chase and heal, sticking to Lorion even right after he teleports. Death From Below slows, then dashes in and knocks Lorion back to the end point, letting you push him toward your teammates or away from his orb. When Lorion is low, the passive Hunter deals bonus true damage, while Wavebreaker grants extra movement speed when low-HP targets are nearby.

• Hayate

Hayate

Starry Night is the only skill that can hold Hayate in place, but it needs 2 seconds to charge before suspending enemies in the air. Hayate has Shadow Step to dash over terrain and leave the blast zone, or Kunai Blitz to blink elsewhere and unload shurikens immediately. Apart from his ultimate, Lorion can only slow with the lightning tether of Electromagnetic Net ; Shuriken Toss grants movement speed the whole time Hayate throws shurikens, so he can step out of the tether while building up attacks. After 6 hits, the passive Blood of the Dragon grants bonus true damage for the next 4 seconds, which is brutal against a mage who has to stay close to his orb to be effective.