Natalya Counters 2026: Best Counter Picks & Builds

Natalya

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Heroes That Counter Natalya

Heroes that counter Natalya include: Lauriel, Yue, Krixi, Florentino, Airi, Yan, Murad, Eland’orr, Enzo. These heroes have superior range, high mobility, and strong burst damage, helping easily dodge and outplay Natalya in both 1v1 solo lane and full team fights

Mage Heroes (Mid Lane) That Counter Natalya

Lauriel

Lauriel’s skill “Wings of Purity” diving down can easily dodge Natalya’s directional skills. In a fight, Lauriel just needs to skillfully dodge while dealing damage back to fully outplay Natalya.

Yue

Natalya has to stand still a lot to cast her skills, and that becomes a fatal weakness against Yue. Take advantage of long reach along with extremely strong shocking damage to keep a safe distance and continuously cut Natalya whenever she stands still to cast a skill.

Krixi

Krixi easily applies pressure on Natalya thanks to her superior range. Both keep distance to dodge skills and poke, then immediately use her ultimate to quickly finish her off once there’s enough damage.

Assassin Heroes (Jungle) That Counter Natalya

Murad

Murad’s dash range is too far for Natalya to chase this hero down, so Natalya can only endure continuous poking without being able to counterattack.

Yan

Yan has high flexibility with continuous dashing ability, helping dodge Natalya’s directional skills while dealing strong damage. Natalya will truly be extremely helpless when facing this hero.

Eland'orr

Eland’orr’s high mobility makes it very hard for Natalya to ever touch him. Always keep your distance, use Skill 2 to block her skills while continuously attacking to eliminate Natalya.

Fighter Heroes (Top Lane) That Counter Natalya

Florentino

Florentino has crowd-control immunity, healing, and extremely strong true damage. When clashing with Natalya, Florentino just needs to use Skill 3 accurately then dance until she falls.

Airi

Airi has mobility and crowd-control immunity from her ultimate “Dragon Sword”; Airi easily closes in and unloads a ton of true damage that pierces through fake armor, sending Natalya to the scoreboard.

Support Heroes That Counter Natalya

Enzo

Enzo really likes immobile heroes and Natalya is no exception. Enzo can dash to dodge her directional skills then hook Natalya into unfavorable positions, then quickly finish her off with teammates.

items that counter Natalya

Reduces crowd-control duration from Skill 2 Arcane Nova and magic damage taken from Natalya.

Increases resistance to Natalya’s magic damage.

Increases healing and resistance against Natalya’s continuous magic attacks.

Can be activated to dodge burst combos from Natalya.

how to counter Natalya in a 1v1 solo lane

Dodge her skills: Always move flexibly to dodge Natalya’s directional skills.

Close in when Natalya whiffs: Proactively dive in and unload strong damage right when Natalya’s skill misses.

Keep your distance: Natalya’s kit bursts extremely strong damage up close, so pay attention to keeping distance.

How to Counter Natalya in Combat

Bait her ultimate: Natalya’s Skill 3 Lethal Rays grants crowd-control immunity, so force her to use it before applying your own crowd control.

Don’t focus too much on Natalya: Her kit has fairly long cooldowns and she’s fairly tanky, so just dodge her skills and prioritize eliminating other squishy enemy heroes first.

Hold a safe position: Always maintain a reasonable distance and avoid standing close together to limit Natalya’s wide-area damage.

Tips for Countering Natalya

Strengths to Watch Out For

  • Extremely strong magic burst ability from range.
  • Large wide-area damage that can turn the tables of a fight.
  • Fairly tanky thanks to fake armor plus crowd-control immunity.

Weaknesses to Exploit

  • Heavily reliant on directional skills, easily dodged.
  • Lacks mobility skills, so low burst potential.
  • Dueling ability isn’t too strong.