Lorion Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Lorion

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Heroes That Counter Lorion

Lorion is an extremely annoying mage with his orb-throwing poke, flashy dashing, and a sky-launching ultimate. However, Lorion will have quite a lot of trouble against matchups with strong damage-over-time ability and long-term sustained trading like Ignis, Lauriel, Mganga in mid lane, Billow jungle, and Hayate as marksman.

Mage Heroes (Mid Lane) That Counter Lorion

Lauriel

Lorion has fairly vicious sustain ability, but compared to Lauriel he’s still a notch behind. Thanks to a kit that can continuously dodge attacks, close in, and cast skills faster, Lauriel can fully outplay Lorion by diving to dodge and bursting him down once he’s used up his combo.

Ignis

Lorion likes poking from range? Ignis pokes even more terrifyingly. With the ability to throw fire dealing damage along with continuous stuns, Ignis fully has the advantage at range. And if Lorion dives in, he’s also hard to take down since Ignis is fairly tanky, and once he’s out of combo, Lorion can only die.

Mganga

Mganga is similar to Ignis in his ability to sustain continuous damage combined with durability thanks to strong healing, making him very well suited to deal with Lorion. Another point is that Lorion’s healing amount will be greatly reduced when poisoned by Mganga, making it even harder for him to play.

Assassin Heroes (Jungle) That Counter Lorion

Billow

This is a fairly easy jungle matchup to counter Lorion — when playing Billow, just see the guy who likes throwing orbs and charge in slashing continuously, and Lorion becomes extremely hard to play. Lorion’s kit is fairly slow and requires a lot of calculation, so facing someone who sticks like a heat-seeking missile like Billow immediately knocks him out.

Marksman Heroes (Dragon Lane) That Counter Lorion

Hayate

The number-one natural enemy in the marksman position. Hayate has extremely flashy dashes, easily slipping lightly out of the launch zone from Lorion’s ultimate Starry Night . Right after Lorion uses up his skills is exactly when he’s about to head to the scoreboard, riddled with a pile of true-damage darts.

items that counter Lorion

These name-brand boots will give you a bit of magic resist and reduce how long you’re controlled by Lorion

Lorion’s magic damage is fairly shocking. If you’re playing squishy heroes like mages or marksmen, get this brand-name necklace right away to avoid evaporating.

Gaia’s Standard is well suited for fighter heroes to increase magic resist and healing when facing a mage type.

Healing-reduction items are extremely necessary to effectively counter Lorion’s passive Eternal .

Same as above but for physical-damage heroes.

how to counter Lorion in a 1v1 solo lane

Watch the orb’s position: All of Lorion’s damage and mobility revolve around his pitch-black thunder orb Electromagnetic Net , so always pay attention to where he’s directing it.

Attack relentlessly: Lorion is strongest at sustained trading, poking, and healing, so if you’re not playing a hero who trades even better, it’s best to seize opportunities then unload all your damage.

Time it right: Actually Lorion doesn’t have too much burst potential except for his ultimate Starry Night , so pay the most attention to dealing with that moment, then counterattack for an easy win.

How to Counter Lorion in Combat

Watch for his ultimate: When you see the streak of light at the edge of the thunder orb Starry Night start moving, immediately call your team to spread out. Standing grouped together means he launches everyone at once, and your formation will wipe in an instant

Spread your formation: All of Lorion’s skills deal area damage, so stay away from allied heroes and minions.

Cut off his retreat: Lorion dives into the middle of a fight aggressively, but if he dashes in without taking anyone down, he’ll be stranded in the middle of the enemy since he’s out of escape skills. Save your hard crowd control and wait for him to dive in to immediately lock him down.

Tips for Countering Lorion

Strengths to Watch Out For

  • Extremely annoying poking and wave-clear ability with his thunder orb thrown from a safe distance.
  • Very high mobility and evasion thanks to the ability to dash to the orb’s position, along with an untargetable effect that helps him easily dodge critical damage.
  • An extremely powerful wide-area launch ultimate that can turn the tables of a fight if it catches multiple targets at once.

Weaknesses to Exploit

  • Extremely fragile and weak. If he dives into the middle of the enemy formation and his ultimate whiffs or gets neutralized, he’ll evaporate immediately since he has no way to retreat.
  • 100% reliant on the orb’s position. If a clever opponent knows how to keep distance from the orb, Lorion is nearly useless.
  • His launching ultimate has a fairly slow cast time and clearly shows a streak of light under his feet, giving the opponent plenty of time to dodge out or use a Arctic Orb to protect themselves.